Media Advisory - ETFO Annual Meeting - Stephen Lewis Foundation to Announce Plans for African Grandmothers' Human Rights Tribunal

TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, executive director of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, will address upwards to 800 delegates at the Annual Meeting of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) this Tuesday morning.

Landsberg-Lewis will announce the upcoming people's tribunal: 'The African Grandmothers Tribunal, seeking justice at the frontlines of the AIDS crisis'. Along with personal testimonies from six grandmothers caring for some of the millions of children orphaned by AIDS, the tribunal will consist of a panel including author Gloria Steinem, and will feature speakers Stephen Lewis and African Women's Development Fund CEO Theo Sowa among others. The initiative is part of the Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, a Canadian network of over 240 grandmothers' groups that raises funds for their African counterparts.

What:	ETFO Annual Meeting, address by Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, executive director,
	Stephen Lewis Foundation
When:	Tuesday August 13^th, 10:45 am
Where:	Westin Harbour Castle Hotel
	Metropolitan Ballroom, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto

As part of its mandate to promote equity and social justice, ETFO and its members are contributors to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Reporters are welcome to attend sessions. Media credentials are available at the ETFO Media Centre (Queen's Quay 1).  For meeting hours, daily agenda, and resolutions, see www.annualmeeting.ca and click on the documents tab. Regular updates will be posted to our blog located at that website, on Twitter @ETFOnews and #ETFOam, and Facebook (ETFOprovincialoffice).

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario represents 76,000 elementary public school teachers and education professionals across the province and is the largest teacher federation in Canada.

SOURCE: Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario

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