[Peace] Nov 12, 1pm&7pm: Beehive Collective visit: "Dismantling Monoculture: The Struggle of Diversity vs. Homogenization in the Americas"

[Stuart Levy]

[passing this on from Beth Simpson, elizacorps{at}yahoo.com -- please forward]


The Beehive will be presenting their latest work:

		Dismantling Monoculture
  The Struggle of Diversity vs. Homogenization in the Americas

on Wednesday November 12, in two free, public, events
as part of a fundraising tour to generate money
to create their Mesoamerica Resiste poster.

If you are unable to attend, please consider
making a donation to this important work at:

    http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/donate.htm


1:00PM  Wednesday Nov 12
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall (in the Atrium)
611 E. Loredo Taft Drive
Champaign, IL
(University of Illinois)

and

7:00PM  Wednesday Nov 12   (doors at 6:30)
Allen Hall
1005 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL
(University of Illinois)



		    DISMANTLING MONOCULTURE
    The struggle of diversity vs. homogenization in the Americas


This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica
(formerly "Plan Puebla Panama") -- a development plan designed to
facilitate the exploitation of resources by corporate interests
in Central America, and transform much of its land to create
more "efficient" trade routes for global markets.
This elitist plan is a threat to the very survival
of unique and important ecosystems and traditional cultures.
Our presentation illustrates many inspiring and successful examples of
resistance to this top down development through horizontal community
based organizing.


Combined with the two previous trilogy graphics
("Free Trade Area of the Americas" and "Plan Colombia"),
these graphical narratives share stories of resource extraction,
militarization, and (under)development in Latin America,
drawing clear connections between the colonial history of the
Western Hemisphere and contemporary patterns of corporate
globalization, violence, and racism.


As educators, the Bees are multi-disciplinary and have appeared at
hundreds of locations internationally each year, from high schools and
community centers, conferences and union halls, to political
convergences and music festivals, teaching in academic departments
ranging from economics, geography and anthropology to social work,
environmental studies and the arts. We give presentations on a sliding
scale basis to community based groups and social and environmental
justice focused organizations.

For the past several years, Bees have been touring the Americas and Europe
with an array of political graphics.  With these enormous, highly
detailed, hand illustrated portable murals and an engaging narrative,
the Bees have awed and inspired audiences with a presentation intended
to be understood by anyone - not just the experts and political
analysts! We offer several different workshop formats- from picture
lectures to highly interactive popular education models, in order to
introduce our work to every different type of audience: from high
schools and universities to community centers, political convergences
and music festivals.
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