Spring 2012 Speaking Tours

All year, 2012 (OH, MN, IN, WI, IL, MI, MO): "Why We Leave: the structural causes of US migration" with active members of the Albany Park Autonomous Center. These tours are coordinated on an ad hoc basis depending on the university's and speakers' schedules. Contact us today to schedule an event!

March 4 - 17 (OH, KY, TN, NC): "Sowing Struggle: Urban and rural social movements in Tlaxcala, Mexico" with Luz Rivera Martínez, lead organizer with Consejo Nacional Urbano Campesino (CNUC). Luz will speak about her 20 years of experience constructing autonomy, organizing outside the electoral system, and resisting free trade. She established CNUC (the National Urban and Peasant Council) in the 1980s to coordinate resistance to the impending North American Free Trade Agreement, and today the organization includes thousands of peasant families across the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. As CNUC's lead organizer, Luz has worked tirelessly to demand government accountability, defend family farms, and build inspiring, community-based health, education, and infrastructure projects. Luz is an amazingly inspiring speaker with a wealth of experience and her talk will have important lessons for anyone interested in women's, peasant, and labor movements. [download flyer here]

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March 18-31 (MI,IL,WI,MN) & April 23 - 30 (California): "Border politics from above & below: Organizing for justice in spite of elections" with Macrina Cárdenas de Alarcon, a community activist and educator from Tijuana. Macrina of Tijuana, Mexico, discusses the reasons behind increasing violence along the US-Mexico border, including international arms traffic, reliance on a maquiladora economy, and US military aid. Macrina is the former Legislative Coordinator for MSN in Washington, DC, and she will draw on her four years of experience working as a community activist and educator in Tijuana with the Casa del Migrante.