Posted by Ted Lewis in Human Rights, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 10th May, 2012 | No Comments
For the past six weeks, Javier Sicilia has been touring the U.S. to lay the ground work for an historic End the Drug War Peace Caravan this summer to be led by Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD). Just this morning, Javier appeared on Democracy Now! to talk about the national emergency »
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Human Rights, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 7th May, 2012 | No Comments
Javier Sicilia, poet and activist continued his tour this week to Los Angeles, El Paso and Tucson to bring people and issues together to pave the way for peace with justice and dignity. As he boarded planes, sat in classrooms and stood in front of large audiences his message continued to be that there is real human suffering behind the statistics coming across the border between US and Mexico.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Mexico, World News & Events on 24th April, 2012 | No Comments
Carrying the voices of victims of the drug war related violence to the United States, Poet and Activist Javier Sicilia is widening the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity’s profile and building support for a US Peace Caravan this summer.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 26th March, 2012 | No Comments
Javier Sicilia will be in the U.S. to speak in cities across the U.S. about why we need to build an international movement to end the war for prohibition, stop southbound gun smuggling, and reverse the alarming militarization of North America.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 14th December, 2011 | No Comments
In the last year, an unprecedented number of Mexicans have received international recognition for their courageous work on behalf of migrants, workers, and the millions of victims of the country’s spiraling violence, institutional decomposition and appalling inequality. We profile some of these movement leaders, artists, grass roots organizers, labor leaders, and clergy people working in the front trenches of the struggle for human rights.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 14th December, 2011 | 2 Comments
Huge congratulations goes out to Javier Sicilia, Global Exchange’s 2011 Human Rights Award winner who was just named one of TIME magazine’s People of the Year. The official “Person of the Year” TIME named “The Protester” and Javier was among those profiled. Here’s more about Javier, and video of the speech he delivered at our awards gala back in June.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico, World News & Events on 5th December, 2011 | 3 Comments
Nepomuceno Moreno Núñez, an activist of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD) was gunned down on November 28th while driving in Hermosillo, Sonora in northwestern Mexico.
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Posted by Admin in Community Rights, Featured, Mexico, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 23rd November, 2011 | No Comments
There is a lot to be thankful for in 2011. We here at Global Exchange offer gratitude to all those who have stood up to resist injustice, envision alternatives and take action. Here’s who we are thankful for.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 11th November, 2011 | No Comments
After months of marches and caravans covering thousand of kilometers of Mexico’s highways and back roads, Javier Sicilia, other family members of murder victims, along with a small support team, traveled to Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA at the invitation of Global Exchange.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico, World News & Events on 12th October, 2011 | No Comments
This year, leaders of Mexico’s peace movement will be headliners at the DPA sponsored International Drug Policy Reform Conference. Find out where, when, and who will be there.
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