NEW WCPA CHAPTER ESTABLISHED IN COSTA RICA
(Photos Below)January 14, 2010 was a big day for WCPA. Secretary-General Glen Martin had spent three weeks in Costa Rica meeting people, promoting the Earth Federation, and studying Spanish.
Near the end of this period, on January 14, Martin spoke to two groups concerning the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement, the first was an all-day seminar in the Collegio de Abogados (the College of Lawyers) in San Jose. The second was at a meeting of Casa Infinita, an organization devoted to human spiritual transformation. Spanish versions of both the Earth Constitution and the Manifesto of the Earth Federation were given to all participants. A number of copies of Martin’s new book Triumph of Civilization: Democracy, Nonviolence and the Piloting of Spaceship Earth were also sold to various participants.
The meeting with Casa Infinita was arranged by Ana Orozco and the meeting at the Colegio de Abogados by Celina Garcia, both WCPA members and advocates in Costa Rica. Ana Orozco is a prominent social activist in San Jose and Celina Garcia is Director of an organization well-known in Costa Rica called Fundacion CEPPA: the Center for the Study of Peace and Nonviolence, also located in San Jose.
The culmination of the all-day seminar at the College of Lawyers was the founding of a new WCPA chapter in Costa Rica with the ceremonial signing of a charter for the new chapter by all 20 people present. The chapter is named the "Rodrigo Carazo Odio WCPA Chapter" after the recently deceased former President of Costa Rica, who was a great leader for world peace and world law. The wife of former President Carazo was present for the ceremony and the group was honored to have her as the first signatory on the Charter for the new chapter.
The new chapter has scheduled its first meeting for the second week in February and intends to become a major center for the promotion of the Earth Federation Movement both in Costa Rica and Latin America.
The seminar at the Collegio took place from 8 am to 4 pm on January 14
Senora Rodrigo Carazo, widow of former President Carazo (left) and Celina Garcia (Dirctor Foundacion CEPPA) sign the charter for the new WCPA Chapter
Some of the founding members of the Rodrigo Carazo WCPA Chapter of Costa Rica
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