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LAWG Expresses Appreciation for Hilda Solis's Efforts to Stop Violence against Women

by Christa Schelter and Jenny Johnson on February 09, 2009

As Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) is being considered to serve as our next Secretary of Labor, the LAWG would like to salute Ms. Solis for her record of leadership in Congress to raise awareness and bring an end to brutal violence against women in Mexico and Guatemala.

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Stand by Colombia's Victims of Violence

by Lisa Haugaard and Travis Wheeler on February 09, 2009

When we talk about Colombia, we often hear two reactions. "It's so complicated!" Or, "Why should I care. There are no good guys to support there." Well, as to the first, yes, it’s complicated. Even more than you know. But as to the second, there are few places on earth with more heroes and heroines than Colombia.

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Promote Justice in Mexico and the Borderlands

by Jenny Johnson on February 09, 2009

I remember arriving to Ambos Nogales (Nogales, Sonora & Nogales, Arizona) in 1994. Dairy Queen Blizzard in hand, I walked by the crumbling mix of chain-link fencing and rusted metal sheets that bisected the downtown, with families from both sides of the border streaming through the ports of entry to go grocery shopping, celebrate a cousin’s birthday party, or attend church services.

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