Posted by Carleen Pickard in Mexico on 18th September, 2012 | No Comments
Bloggers, video journalists, photographers, media reporters, and social media types joined the victims of the drug war in Mexico as they crossed the United States this summer and generated fantastic graphic, video, and picture journals of the Caravan for Peace.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Mexico, World News & Events on 13th September, 2012 | No Comments
After a month of visiting 25 cities across the United States to raise awareness about the War on Drugs, it has come to a close. However, the end of this cross-country trek does not signify the end, but rather the beginning a new partnerships, friendships, and a new way forward to change the policies of the this war that has hurt so many of us. Continue to join the Caravan for the next ten days as we declare it 10 Days for Peace & Human Rights from September 12-21.
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Posted by Admin in Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 12th September, 2012 | 2 Comments
The Caravan has arrived in Washington, D.C. after a month on the road. From one coast to the next, we have listened to one another’s stories—learning how violence and fear has touched every part of Mexico—and to the stories of brave souls we met along the way. We have come to speak these truths to the power that resides within the nation’s gleaming capitol buildings.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico on 11th September, 2012 | 1 Comment
After 25 cities, 5760 miles, and 30 days the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity is in Washington, DC for the final days of action, press conferences, and lobbying to bring a human face to the costs of the War on Drugs to our nation’s capitol.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Featured, Mexico on 30th August, 2012 | 6 Comments
Traveling in two buses on the Caravan for Peace are 40 family members with their individual stories about their loved ones and one common goal to show the real costs of the drug war. Here are some of their stories.
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Posted by Admin in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 28th August, 2012 | 3 Comments
Global Exchange Caravan for Peace intern Chelsea Brown translates some of the popular Spanish chants heard along the Caravan for Peace route and the history behind their meaning.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 27th August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Global Exchange Director of Organizing Kirsten Moller has joined the Caravan for Peace with Justice in Austin, TX. Kirsten shares some of her first experiences with us:
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Human Rights, Mexico on 23rd August, 2012 | 4 Comments
Global Exchange Executive Director, Carleen Pickard continues to blog from the road as she travels with the Caravan for Peace through the (very hot) state of Texas.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, Mexico on 22nd August, 2012 | 2 Comments
Global Exchange Executive Director Carleen Pickard joined the Caravan for Peace in El Paso, TX. She shares her first 24 hours, including a moving vigil honoring the victims of the War on Drugs.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Featured, Mexico, World News & Events on 21st August, 2012 | 4 Comments
Three states, seven cities, and eight days later the Caravan for Peace continues to make its way across the United States on its month-long journey to urge the U.S. public to rethink the failed strategies of the War on Drugs. Read the report back from the first week of the Caravan.
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