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Chiapas Delegation
Date:
Tuesday, January 08, 2002
Time:
12:00 AM
-
12:00 AM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
Mary Ann Tenuto Sanchez
Location Details:
Chiapas, Mexico
International Women’s Day Delegation, March 5 - 13, 2002
Our third annual delegation to Chiapas explores the struggle of
indigenous people for autonomy after the Mexican Congress failed to
implement the San Andrés Accords into law, the campesino struggle for
land in the context of free trade and the Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP), the
condition of those displaced from their homes by low-intensity warfare
and the struggle of all poor women for rights and dignity.
We will visit indigenous men and women in an EZLN Aguascalientes
(cultural center), indigenous women weavers from the Highlands, a large
refugee camp and Mexican non-profits.
We will receive a briefing on the
current situation in Chiapas from non-profit staff. If we are really
lucky, the Zapatista women will march on International Women’s Day
(March 8) and we will be there to participate. (They do not announce
this beforehand and they do not march every year.)
Delegates will arrive in Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of Chiapas, travel
to the colonial city of San Cristobal and later travel into the canyons
of the Lacandon Jungle to spend two or three nights with an indigenous
community. Conditions there are like rough camping and require a
sleeping bag and an air mattress or hammock. While in San
Cristobal, there will be time for shopping and entertainment.
Cost of the delegation is $450.00 for tuition. This does NOT include
air fare. It DOES include food, lodging and ground transportation
within Chiapas. It ALSO includes a donation for each community we
visit, delegation expenses and educational materials. Delegation dates
are March 5 to March 13, 2002. We are currently deciding the day-to-day
itinerary and will send it to all those who are interested in the
delegation when it is ready.
The Chiapas Support Committee is a grass roots volunteer organization
with 501(c)(3) non-profit status. In Chiapas we work with 2 Mexican
non-profits, Kinal Antzetik and Enlace Civil. We support women’s
collective projects, human rights training and autonomous health care
and education. We also contribute to the refugee camp in Polhó, where
approximately 8,000 displaced Zapatista supporters have taken refuge
from paramilitary forces.
For more information or for a registration form please contact: cezmat@igc.org
Tel: (510) 654-9587 for more information
Added to the calendar on Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:23AM
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