THE
ANTORCHA GUADALUPANA
Mexico
Solidarity Network is working with a large coalition of Mexican
and US organizations and churches to put together a
international religious pilgrimage of 3133 milles, called
Carrera Antorcha Guadalupana Mex-NY to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe.
This run started
on October 29th, at Basilica de Guadalupe, in Mexico City. Runners
from Mexico and many other nationalities have been taking turns
during 35 days in many the East Cost Cities of Mexico and the
United States. This run will arrive in New York City on December
12th, at St Patrick Cathedral. Musicians, Mariachis, Indigenous
Dancers, Runners,etc.
The goal of
this bi-national event is to commemorate a religious festivity
and raise social and political counciousness about the necessity
to improve the conditions of the Mexican immigrant population
in the US. MORE
INFORMATION here>>
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the coverage in the Mexican press:
The
Guadalupana Torch Run start in Mexico City on october 29
The Asociacion
Tepeyac brings for the fifth consecutive year the Antorcha Guadalupana
from the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City to St. Patricks
Cathedral in New York City.
The Antorcha
Guadalupana is a torch run in relays as a pilgrimage from Mexico
to the United States to celebrate the appearance of the Brown
Virgin of Guadalupe that on December 12, 1531 appeared to a poor
indian named Juan Diego in the hill of Tepeyac, northwest of Mexico
City.
The Antorcha Guadalupana will take 45 days from Mexico City to
New York City stopping in more than 400 parishes. It will begin
with the blessing of the torch on October 29, 2002 at the Basilica
de Guadalupe in Mexico City passing through the mexican states
of Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, and Tamailipas; then, the Mexican
American youth will cross the border with the torch passing through
the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland,
Delaware, New Jersey and finally getting to New York city where
the youth will arrive approximately at 10am ending with a mass
celebration.
This year's
Antorcha Guadalupana's theme is to carry the message of support
for the a General Amnesty and in support
of the Freedom Act which would legalize
more than 9 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
In this way they would become legal permanent residents.
Ana
Gabriela Guevara , la atleta Sonorense, la mayor exponente
del deporte y el actual orgullo de México, se solidariza
con el pueblo Mexicano y Latino inmigrante en los Estados Unidos
y confirma que el 29 de Octubre a las 9 am estará en la
Basílica de Guadalupe para iniciar la Carrera Internacional
Antorcha Guadalupana y hacer avanzar el mensaje por la dignidad
de un pueblo dividido por la frontera, mensaje que llegará
hasta la ciudad de New York el 12 de Diciembre, pasando por 45
ciudades, 9 en México y 36 en la costa Este de los Estados
Unidos, donde han inmigrado cientos de miles de Mexicanos.
Igualmente,
Alex Lora de El Tri
, la leyenda viva del rock urbano Mexicano, Guadalupano por excelencia,
confirma que también tomará su turno en la Basílica
de Guadalupe el 29 de Octubre, el primer día de la carrera
y cantará a la Virgen de Guadalupe para darle fuerza a
los mensajeros que se irán relevando para hacer avanzar
el mensaje por la dignidad de los millones de inmigrantes Mexicanos
indocumentados que viven en los Estados Unidos.
We will hold
an Ecumenical Vigil on Saturday December 7th in Washington
DC in support of the Guadalupana Torch Runners as they arrive
in our town. We urge you to come out and support the runners,
immigrants and a general amnesty. We also urge you to get involved
and to become a runner, a volunteer and a sponsor to make this
event even more successful.
Brief Metropolitan Area Route Summary of Antorcha Guadalupana
2002
- Stafford,
Virginia …Thursday December 5th, 2002
- Manassas,
Virginia … Friday December 6th, 2002
- Washington,
DC … Saturday December 7, 2002
- Baltimore,
Maryland … Sunday December 8, 2002
For more information
please contact us at:
Comite Zapatista Los Pasamontanas
Ricardo Juarez
Home:(703) 497-2036 , Cell: (571 ) 330-8529
[email protected]
Mexico Solidarity Network
Macrina Cardenas
(202) 544-9355 Fax (202) 544-9359
[email protected]
Written by
Norberto Martinez
Comision de Prensa
202-362-8849
[email protected]
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