A-Infos (en) suggestions needed for caravan

["Shawn Ewald" <shawn@wilshire.net>]

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Date:          Mon, 2 Feb 1998 22:23:44 -0800 (PST)
To:            clr@igc.org
From:          Campaign for Labor Rights <clr@igc.apc.org>
Subject:       suggestions needed for caravan

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SUGGESTIONS NEEDED FOR CARAVAN
February 2, 1998

In our second strategy paper, dated January 29, we said that there will be a
West Coast caravan traveling from the Canadian border to the Mexican border
during the week leading up to April 18. At each stop, the caravan will
collect old Nike shoes. When the caravan reaches its end, there will be a
symbolic ceremony to "dispose of" the shoes.

ISSUE: What should we do with all of the shoes we have collected? Some of
the alternatives have large problems:
*   Destroying the shoes, even though they are Nikes, would seem arrogant,
in the face of so much poverty at the border.
*   Giving them away to low-income people would smack of paternalistic
charity in an event which is intended to build international solidarity
based on mutual respect.

One possibility would be to do a shoe return at the Nike store just this
side of the border.

Please give us your input. What should we do with the Nikes? Ideally,
whatever we do with them would accomplish the following:
*   Make a statement that we value the rights of workers above corporate
profits and consumerism.
*   Show creativity.
*   Demonstrate respect for the viewpoints of our allies and people we would
like to have as allies.
*   Help to build our movement - within borders and across borders.

We are looking forward to hearing from you !!!

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