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DESCRIPTION:Faced with an unfathomable increase in violence and a hard-hitting economic 
 crisis, Ciudad Juárez and other cities along the border are struggling to 
 survive. During the "Ciudad Juárez: The definitive neoliberal city" 
 speaking tour Verónica Leyva will discuss the grassroots struggle at the 
 border to confront militarization, violence against women, increased 
 internal migration, and the ties between the narco conflict and 
 neoliberalism. In her talk she will analyze President Felipe Calderon's 
 army-led war on drugs and the millions of dollars promised in US aid for 
 this war via the Merida Initiative. She\nwill report on her own experience 
 of the violent repercussions of these security initiatives for social 
 struggles, women, and civil society along the border.\n\nVerónica Leyva is 
 a grassroots organizer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She spent ten years 
 working in the maquiladora industry, and has been organizing in her 
 community for fifteen years conducting workshops on worker's and women's 
 rights as well as participating in the struggle for justice for the victims 
 of the femicides in Ciudad Juarez.\n\nVeronica has worked with various 
 organizations in civil society struggling to change the overall living 
 conditions in her community, and was most recently working with CETLAC 
 (Centro de Estudios y Taller Laboral), until joining the MSN 
 team.\n\nEndorsan:\nAlianza Latinoamericana por los Derechos de los 
 Inmigrantes ALIADI\nBay Area Latin American Solidarity Coallition  
 BALASC\nGlobal Exchange\nRevoltionary Poets Brigade.\nOrganizacion de 
 Trabajadores Agricolas del Valle Central\nPeriodico 
 “Semilla”.\nProyecto Voz de los Inmigrantes\n\n \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/03/18663012.php
SUMMARY:Veronica Leyva, Ciudad Juarez Activist Speaking Tour in San Francisco
LOCATION:2017 Mission Street, 2nd Floor - San Francisco, CA 94110\n(Global 
 Exchange)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/03/18663012.php
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