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National Meeting & Legacy of Alina Sanchez (Legerin Ciya)

The ECR is inviting you to a national Zoom meeting on Wednesday, February 10 at 5 pm EST to discuss the current situation in Rojava, update you on ECR’s ongoing work, and discuss the ways you can support us. 

Our national meetings continue with short reflections about Rojava. This month, we will be joined by ECR’s own Sergio Palencia Frener presenting to us about Alina Sánchez, Legerin Çîya, an international martyr of the Rojava Revolution. Sergio Palencia is a Guatemalan sociologist working on the history of the Guatemalan guerrilla rebellion in 1981 and the genocidal campaigns against Maya indigenous communities in 1982. The talk will be about an unpublished speech by Alina Sánchez, her ideas on the Rojava revolution, and Sergio’s memories of her.   

The Agenda for our meeting is as follows:

  1. Sergio Palencia presentation followed by a short Q&A (15 minute presentation followed by 20 minute Q&A). 

  1. Fundraising Campaign Concluded  

  2. Updates from Rojava, Rojava University, etc.

  3. Updates from Outreach and Advocacy Committees

  4. Updates on the Reading Group

  5. Update on the Writing Committee

If you would like to participate at this meeting, please RSVP at info@defendrojava.org to get the Zoom link.

In order to get to know our new participants, we ask you to please join the meeting 30 minutes ahead of time on Feb 10 at 4:30 pm with the same Zoom link to meet with ECR steering committee members Ozlem Goner and Matthew Whitley. 

Hope to see many of you,

ECR Steering Committee