Caravana vs Represión en México: Nov 17


Speaking Tour
Against the Repression in Mexico

Eight activist women from Mexico and an Ayotzinapa student travel throughout the U.S. to expose violence in Mexico and the social efforts to recover a country whose mafia-like  government is strongly supported by U.S. politicians.



San Diego


Miercoles / Wednesday Nov. 16
Forum / Foro
University of California, San Diego
Room SME 149
11 am
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Foro / Forum
Brengle Terrace Park
Jim Porter Recreation Center
1200 Vale Terrace Dr.
Vista, Ca. 92084
6-8 pm

Jueves / Thursday Nov. 17
Conferencia / Conference
San Diego City College
1046 16th Street
San Diego, Ca. 92101
Building MS
Room MS 162
9:30 am - 1 pm
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Marcha / March
City College - Chicano Park
4:30pm - 6pm
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Mitin y Marcha / Rally and March
Chicano Park
6pm

Viernes / Friday Nov. 18

Consulado Mexicano (Mexican Consulate)
1549 India St.
San Diego, Ca. 92101
Pinta Squad
9-10 am
Conferencia de Prensa / Press Conference
10am - 11am
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Foro con Estudiantes de High School
Forum with High School Students
Lincoln High School
11:15 am
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Celebrando el último día de la Caravana
Comida Comunitaria
Celebration of the last day of the Caravana
Community Meal
San Ysidro Casa Familiar Civic Center
212 W. Park Ave
San Ysidro, CA 92173
12- 3 pm
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Community Forum / Foro Comunitario
Bread and Salt
1955 Julian Ave.
San Diego, Ca 92113
6 - 9 pm

This speaking tour is a collective effort to create solidarity with the different social struggles being waged in Mexico, and to denounce government repression towards social activists which takes the form of forced disappearances, assassinations, political imprisonments, land grabs, feminicide, and other forms of violence. The Caravana also denounces and demands an end to the Merida Initiative.

From October 18th through November 18th, a group of representatives of 7 social movements tours several U.S. cities making this denunciation and promoting solidarity. The speaking tour is composed of representatives of the following groups: Ayotzinapa students; Parent Assembly of the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa; the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE); San Quintin farm workers; May our Daughters Return Home (Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa) from Juarez City denouncing femicide; victims of the attack on the community of Nochixtlan, Oaxaca; and Xochicuautla, an Otomi community fighting mega-projects land grabbing against indigenous communities.

contrarepresionmex.org



Caravana contra la Represión en México 

Ocho mujeres activistas de México junto con un estudiante de Ayotzinapa viajan por EUA para hablar de la violencia en México y los esfuerzos de rescatar al país del gobierno mafioso y sus patrocinadores en Estados Unidos. 

Esta caravana es un esfuerzo colectivo cuyo objetivo es solidarizarse con las diferentes luchas que se libran en México, y, al mismo tiempo, denunciar la represión del gobierno hacia los luchadores sociales que se manifiesta en desapariciones, asesinatos, presos políticos, despojos de tierras, feminicidios, etc. asi mismo, denunciando y exigiendo el alto a el plan Mérida.

Del 18 de octubre al 18 de noviembre, una delegación de siete movimientos sociales recorre varias ciudades de EUA llevando esa denuncia y promoviendo la solidaridad. La caravana está integrada por representantes de: alumnos de Ayotzinapa, asamblea de padres/madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa, la Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE), jornaleros de San Quintín, "Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa" de Ciudad Juárez denunciando feminicidios, Victimas de Ataque a la comunidad de Nochixtlan, Oaxaca, y Xochicuautla, comunidad otomí, denunciando mega-proyectos/despojo de tierras a comunidades indígenas.

Más información sobre las integrantes y el recorrido de la Cravana
:
contrarepresionmex.org


Reclaiming our Stories: Oct 28, 2016


 City works press presents 


 RECLAIMING OUR STORIES 
Narratives of Identity, Resilience and Empowerment 

Friday Oct 28th 
7-9pm 

World Beat Center 
2100 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101 
(Balboa Park) 

Books for sale, readings and
light food and drinks 

No cover 



Mixtec Culture and the Familia Unida Project: Oct 20, 2016


Daisy Alonso and Julieta GonzalezFamilia Indígena Unida
Thursday, Oct 20, 12:45 pm
Room MS 462
San Diego City College


Mixtec Culture and the Familia Unida Project 

Daisy Alonso and Julieta Gonzalez will introduce students to the Mixtec culture and history in Oaxaca and in San Diego and present one of the most important experiences of a migrant Mexican Indigenous community. The Mixtecs have preserved and re-created cultural and social links between their people at home and their people in the US, in spite of cultural and national borders. 

Daisy Alonso

She is an Indigenous woman from the Mixteca Baja, one of 8 regions in Oaxaca, Mexico. She is from the town called Santa Rosa Caxtlahuaca; in Mixteco is called Ñuú Shoo “pueblo de a lado” “pueblo apartado”. As a child she experience Oaxaca in Vista, California. The sense of community provided her a strong cultural formation of her identity, since cultural practices, language, and community organizing was embedded in her daily life. She became conscious of her value of her indigenous roots at the university as an undergrad that lead her to be involved and organize work around Indigenous cultural preservation and rights in the United States. She attended Cal State San Marcos and study Sociology with a concentration in Critical Race Studies. 

Julieta González

She considers herself a Mixteca woman. She is from a small town called Santa Maria Natividad, Oaxaca, Mexico. At age ten, she migrated to the United States in the community of Linda Vista. She has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in International Business with Finance specialization with Latin America Studies emphasis. She is one of the co-founder of Familia Indigena Unida (FIU) and program director of the Mixtec Cultural Exchange program since 2006. She is currently the coordinator for the Mixtec kids program in Familia Indígena Unida. She has successfully empowered Mixtec kids and youths by encouraging them to be proud of their cultural identity and conserve their native language and culture in addition providing homework assistance.

The Search for Justice and Against Impunity in Mexico- Oct 3, 6, 2016

The Search for Justice and Against Impunity
Speaking Tour from Mexico


San Diego City College
Room MS 462

Monday, October 3, 9:35-11 am 
and
Thursday, Oct 6, 11:10-12:35 pm 



Eduardo García Maganda- Student from the college for rural teachers of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Former president of Ayotzinapa Student Association, and survivor of the police and army attack against students in Iguala, Guerrero, on Sep 26, 2014. 

Alejandro Ramos- Human Rights Center Morelos from Guerrero, Mexico Alejandro will speak about the repression of activists, especially Indigenous who fight for their communities 

Gerardo Espinosa- Human Rights Center Fray Matías from Tapachula, Chiapas Gerardo will speak about the attack against the immigrants from Central America when they cross Mexico trying to go the USA., especially unaccompanied children. 

Sponsored by Unión del Barrio and the Caravana Against the Repression in Mexico 

Unión del Barrio






Caravana against Repressionin Mexico