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Association for India's Development (AID), Austin
invites you to

'WHO PAYS FOR PROGRESS ?' - A talk by MEDHA PATKAR,
Leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada
Movement), Winner of Right Livelihood Award (Alternate
Nobel Prize), and the Goldman Environmental Prize,

on policies that inhibit sustainable development and
people's non-violent struggle for social justice.

November 4th, Tuesday 7.30 - 9.30pm
LBJ Auditorium in Sid Richardson Hall,
University of Texas campus.
Map: www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/srh.html

Co-sponsors:
with Saheli,
Third Coast Activist Resource Center, Sierra 
Club Southern Plains Region,
Senior Fellows Program of the UT College of
Communications, UT Center for Asian Studies
and UT Department of Anthropology

For more information please contact Harish Sharma @
695-7983 or email (aidut@u...) or visit
www.aidaustin.org
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Other Events as part of Narmada Struggle Awareness
week are as follows:

i. Photo Exhibition at West Mall, UT Campus - Nov 3
and 4th : Photos depicting the Submergence in the
Narmada valley and the Narmada Struggle for justice.

ii. Join us for a video screening of NBA Campaign
followed by discussion : 6 - 8pm Nov 8, RLM 4.142 , UT
Campus

About Ms Medha Patkar and Narmada Bachao Andolan:
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Ms Medha Patkar founded and leads Narmada Bachao
Andolan (NBA - Save Narmada Movement) which is one of
the largest non-violent peoples movement in the
world. NBA is the voice of hundreds of thousands of
indigenous people and peasants who are losing their
land and livelihoods to large dams on the Narmada
River. The nonviolent satyagraha (insistence on
truth) of the displaced people for their
rehabilitation has spanned two decades, challenging
the centralized development programs and envisioning
alternatives. NBA is actively engaged on women's
empowerment, education and alternative energy
development in the region.

Visit www.narmada.org to learn more about the Narmada
struggle.

Ms Patkar also spearheads the National Alliance of
People's Movements, a powerful network of more than
150 mass-based movements across India. NAPM is a
non-electoral and secular political alliance of
peasant, tribal, dalit, women and labor groups that
are critical of corporate globalization and offer
alternative development plans.

Ms. Patkar has been recognized through international
awards including Right to Livelihood Award (Alternate
Nobel Prize), Goldman Environment Prize, Human Rights
Defender's Award from Amnesty International, Ramon
Magsaysay Award, and Global Villager Award.

About Association for India's Development (AID):
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(AID Inc.) is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting grass roots efforts in India
that organize communities for health care, education,
small enterprise, alternate energy, environmental
action and people's rights. AID-Austin is the local
chapter of AID. For more information, please visit
www.aidaustin.org or www.aidindia.org

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