From smandel at admin.umass.edu  Sat Aug 21 22:07:40 2010
From: smandel at admin.umass.edu (Sandra Mandel)
Date: Sat Aug 21 22:07:44 2010
Subject: [Sage] EVENT: Sustainable Development in Nicaragua: 9/7/10
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>      FORMER VALLEY RESIDENT, FULBRIGHT GRANTEE AND WESTERN MA FOOD
>  BANK EMPLOYEE RACHEL LINDSAY REPORTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NICARAGUA
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>  On September 7, 2010 at 7:00 in the Community Room of the Media  
> Education Foundation in Northampton on Gothic Street, the  
> Solentiname Friendship Group of Western MA welcomes Alan Wright,  
> President of  SOSTENICA and Rachel Lindsay, Coordinator of  
> Sustainable Development for SOSTENICA, who will be discussing  
> current efforts to develop a  national Sustainable Rural Development  
> program in northern Nicaragua. This gathering is free, open to the  
> public and wheelchair accessible.  Everyone is welcome!
>
>  SOSTENICA promotes sustainable economic, human and community  
> development in Nicaragua by providing funds that offer credit and  
> technical assistance to small business owners and farmers throughout  
> the Northwest region of Nicaragua.  SOSTENICA?s collaborative work  
> integrates environmental and educational projects with financial  
> services, creating a holistic and long-term approach to the   
> alleviation of poverty in Nicaragua. SOSTENICA envisions a world  
> without poverty, based in dignity, environmental stewardship, and  
> strong community values. THE SOLENTINAME FRIENDSHIP GROUP is a   
> western MA-based solidarity group that has an established  
> relationship with this Nicaraguan community with the goal of   
> improving the quality of life for all its participants.
>
> Rachel Lindsay is the Coordinator of Sustainable Development for  
> SOSTENICA, and currently lives full-time in Nicaragua.  She  
> graduated with honors in cultural anthropology from Wesleyan  
> University, CT and then worked for four years as an apprentice and  
> assistant manager at the Food Bank Farm in Hadley, MA.  In 2009 she  
> was awarded a Fulbright grant to study the intersection of  
> microfinance and sustainable farming in Nicaragua, and is currently  
> helping to develop a national Sustainable Rural Development program  
> for 650 microcredit borrowers in northern Nicaragua.  A devoted  
> local food advocate and organic farmer, Rachel supports land rights,  
> sustainable agriculture  and environmental justice movements across  
> Latin America.
>
>  Alan Wright, the founder and President of SOSTENICA, received his  
> doctorate in Philosophy from Yale University. For twenty-five years,  
> Dr. Wright has worked for social and economic justice in Nicaragua.  
> He lived and worked in Nicaragua from 1990 through 1995. Dr. Wright  
> is currently collaborating with a team of Nicaraguan professionals  
> to  deliver micro-credit and bio-intensive agriculture to rural   
> Nicaraguan communities. In addition to his work on behalf of  
> Nicaragua, Dr. Wright works to promote agro-ecology and food  
> forestry as ways toward first and third-world food security and  
> greaterconnectedness to the earth.
>
> The Solentiname Friendship Group will also provide an opportunity to  
> view and purchase paintings, pottery and crafts by Nicaraguan  
> artists. All proceeds are returned to community development efforts  
> in Solentiname, Nicaragua.
> For more information contact: Sandy Mandel @413-585-8240 or  
> smandel@admin.umass.edu
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