by Vanessa Kritzer and Lisa Haugaardon April 08, 2010
The National Days of Action for Colombia have begun! As we write you this update, people all across the country are gathering their materials, friends, and families, and are preparing to "face the displaced." Are you?
If this is the first time you're hearing about it, don't worry; it's not too late. Here are four ways you can get involved in the movement to stand with those working for peace in Colombia.
by Jennifer Johnson and Vanessa Kritzeron April 01, 2010
Working to protect human rights in the heavily militarized mountain region of Guerrero, Mexico is never easy; and threats and harassment are not new for the Mexican human rights defenders who work for the Organization of the Me’phaa Indigenous People (OPIM) and the Tlachinollan Mountain Center for Human Rights. But we have been alarmed to see a rise in threats against them because of their outspoken advocacy, including their accompaniment of two indigenous women, Inés Fernández Ortega y Valentina Rosendo Cantú, who were raped and tortured by soldiers in 2002.
Charles Bowden’s Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global
Economy’s New Killing Fields is an unflinching look at the
violence on the U.S.-Mexico border and the failing solutions by both
countries to address it. With an intense sympathy for the many victims
but also a degree of understanding even for a contract killer who finds
God, the author doesn’t let the reader find comfort in anything. The
book, just published by Nation Books (New York: 2010), can be found at
your local bookstore or online distributors. Here are a few selections
from this devastating catalog of violence.
by Lisa Haugaard, Mavis Anderson, and Jennifer Johnsonon March 31, 2010
We know you want to see a just U.S. foreign policy to Latin America.
We're working on it. But we need your help. We need you to stay active and keep those calls and letters coming. And we need you to generously support our work, with a non-tax-deductible gift to the LAWG for our advocacy efforts. Or give a tax-deductible gift to the LAWGEF for our educational work.
by Brian Erickson & Jennifer Johnsonon April 05, 2010
If you ascribe to the old saying that "actions speak louder than
words," then March 21st, 2010 may become a historic moment. On that
day, an estimated 200,000 plus families, students and concerned
individuals from Delaware to Oregon participated in the "March
for America" in Washington D.C. to remind Congress and
President Obama that we're tired of empty promises and want to see
action towards immigration reform - and we want to see it now!
Hoy, como todos ustedes saben, nos une en este lugar el recuerdo
imperecedero de Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, guía espiritual de
nuestra Nación.
Me conmueve profundamente poder compartir este día con ustedes, porque
muchas veces en mi vida pensé que nuestra Patria no alcanzaría nunca la
paz si no recuperábamos la memoria de Monseñor Romero.
Lo que jamás había imaginado era que yo mismo sería uno de los
protagonistas de esta recuperación, al conducir los destinos del país.
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