LAWG Blog - Latin America Working Group

Mix-and-Mingle at the LAWGEF Happy Hour

by Ruth Isabel Robles on November 06, 2012

Save the Date & Kick off your Holiday Season in a Spirited Fashion!

Join the Latin America Working Group Education Fund staff, friends, and fellow Latin Americanists for our holiday happy hour at The Passenger in Washington, D.C.

When: Monday, N holiday_hh_meme ovember 19, 5 – 8 p.m.

Where: The Passenger, 1021 7th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (1 block south of Mt. Vernon Sq./7th St. Convention Center Metro Station, green/yellow lines)

Why: To support the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, mix and mingle with LAWGEF staff and fellow Latin Americanists, and kick off your holiday season in a spirited fashion!

The Latin America Working Group Education Fund will receive 10 percent of the total sales from our group during this special time. We hope that you will join us and bring along a few friends!

For more information, please check out our Facebook invite or contact Ruth I. Robles at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202-546-7010 ext. 103.

See you there!

P.S. In the spirit of the holidays and OUR way to show appreciation of you all, the first 10 people to purchase a drink will receive a LAWG tote bag!

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Missed Mexico's Caravan for Peace? Watch D.C. Highlights.

by Ruth Isabel Robles on October 25, 2012

We were proud to join with YOU and so many partners and allies in hosting Mexico’s Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity here in our nation’s capitol last month. Highlights of their 3-day stop in Washington, D.C. included a TV-camera crowded press conference on the steps of a Capitol Hill church and a ‘lobby day’ where teams of victims and advocates deployed all over Capitol Hill to tell their stories to individual members and congressional aides. The historic visit ended with a moving vigil and march through Columbia Heights to a final event in Malcolm X Park, a dramatic poetry reading by the Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, whose reaction to his son’s murder sparked the movement, and a stirring speech by the legendary farmworker union leader, Dolores Huerta.

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Mexico's Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity in DC Slideshow

by Ruth Isabel Robles on October 01, 2012

In September, LAWG and other partners hosted Mexico's Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity for their 3-day stop in Washington, D.C. In D.C. the Caravan was a success thanks to your support and that of the greater D.C. community. Watch this slideshow to learn more about how they spent their time in D.C.

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Victims of Violence from Mexico and LAWG to Brief Congress

by Ruth Isabel Robles on September 08, 2012

Since August 12, 2012, Mexico's Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity has traveled 6,000 miles across the United States calling for the U.S. to do its part to stop violence in Mexico. The caravaneros are calling for an end to the failed drug war that has left over 60,000 dead and 10,000 disappeared in Mexico over the last five years.

Join us on Wednesday, September 12th in the House of Representatives, Rayburn 2226 from 12-1:30 p.m. as U.S. Caravan Riders Tell their Stories. Join LAWG's Executive Director, Lisa Haugaard, and the caravaneros as they brief Congress demanding new policies that will Foster peace, justice and human dignity on both sides of the border.

For the past couple of months, LAWG and other organizations have been organizing a series of events for the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity's final stop in Washington, D.C. from Monday, September 10th - Wednesday, September 12t. If you are in the D.C. area please join us for these unique series of events.

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