10.07.08
Pizza and Politics: Free Trade, Human Rights and Immigration Forum
Bishop Medardo E. Gómez-Soto and Carrie Tracy of the Northwest Federation of Community Organizers will speak on Free Trade, Human Rights and Immigration Forum Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Multicultural Center, 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Free pizza and drinks are supplied.
Bishop Medardo E. Gomez-Soto, a bishop of the Resurrection Lutheran Church of the Salvadoran Synod, was recently honored for his courageous support of peace and human rights in El Salvador. Bishop Gomez-Soto, church leaders, and members suffered harassment, threats, capture, and torture for their stand in support of peace and reconciliation, and their commitment to the most vulnerable people. In New York, he served as the President of the International Association against Torture. He was the 1990 recipient of the Rothko Chapel’s Oscar Romero Award, which is presented to persons or organizations who distinguish themselves by their courage and integrity in defense of human rights.
Carrie Tracy is an attorney and is the director of the Immigration Project for the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations. NWFCO provides training, technical assistance, and policy support for grassroots organizations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. The grassroots activists who make up NWFCO’s membership represent low-income communities, immigrants, urban Native Americans, and people with disabilities.