THE LEEDS UNIVERSITY COKE BOYCOTT CONFERENCE.

THE LEEDS UNIVERSITY COKE BOYCOTT CONFERENCE.

Please register in advance.



Activist Conference.

Called by Student Green Action



The International Campaign against Coca-Cola

Building the Network and Mobilising the Boycott



1-6.30pm, Saturday 26 February 2005

Leeds University Union.

(Next to “Parkinson steps”, about 5 mins by taxi from the train station)



1-2.30pm, Introduction



Speakers:

Rosie Kane- Member of the Scottish Parliament for the SSP

Juan Pablo Ochoa- Colombian student activist

Leeds Social Forum Rep.- University of Leeds

Gearoid Oloingsigh- Latin America Solidarity Centre, Ireland

Amit Srivastava- India Resource Centre



Plus representatives from Universities in Ireland and the UK, COBAS in Italy and from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign.



2.45- 4.30pm, Workshops



(1) Boycott in the Universities:

Students and Universities in Colombia; How students can change NUS and NUSSL policy; The Coke boycott- a National University campaign.

(2) Linking with the Trade Union Week of Action

(3) Students and Mobilising in the Community



4.45-6.30pm, Final Session



Building the Networks and Uniting the Campaigns



There will be a party after the conference with music and dancing, and plenty of time for hard-core supporters to continue discussing tactics.



Supporters of the campaign in the area are offering accommodation on Saturday night; please bring a sleeping bag. To register for the conference, and to request overnight accommodation, please contact us ASAP at:



 universities@colombiasolidarity.org.uk