<div dir="ltr">Information about this fantastic event is below:<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:798.395px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:3ei" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="gmail-:3el" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div><div id="m_-6114435577419291046ydpd1d0776ayahoo_quoted_3017463758"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div><div id="m_-6114435577419291046ydpd1d0776ayiv9557562325"><div><div id="m_-6114435577419291046ydpd1d0776ayiv9557562325ydp74da32d1yahoo_quoted_2194942423"><div><div><div id="m_-6114435577419291046ydpd1d0776ayiv9557562325ydp74da32d1yiv0398864490"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Please join us and please help spread the word to students and faculty colleagues about an important event on April 29, the </span><a href="https://www.americaspolicyforum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Latin American Policy Forum</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: “In Search of a New U.S. Policy for a New Latin America: Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine." It will take place at American University's Kerwin Hall T-01 starting at 10 am and is being sponsored by American University’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Departments of History and Anthropology </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and over </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.americaspolicyforum.org/endorsers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">50 partners</a>, including CodePink.</span></div><br style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ll hear from speakers including Democracy Now’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Juan Gonzalez</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Belly of the Beast’s award-winning Cuban journalist </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Liz Oliva Fernández,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Mexican renowned scholar of Critical Theory and the Philosophy of Liberation </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jorge Zuñiga,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nick Estes,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> founder of the indigenous resistance group Red Nation. We’ll look at movements that are opposing sanctions and unilateral intervention, countering militarism with cooperation, building independent regional institutions, addressing the climate crisis, and helping migrants. </span></p><br style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ll also have a cultural celebration in the evening and an advocacy day in Congress the day before.  </span><a href="http://www.americaspolicyforum.org/registernow?e=19df9cb57e19ec29e0143d04ce5ac902&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latam_forum_medea&n=6" rel="nofollow" targ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