Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations

The public is invited to a presentation at UC Santa Cruz on April 25th, 1-3pm, on:

• The current political situation in Oaxaca
• Indigenous Mexican migration to the U.S. and its impact in the communities of origin
• The role of women in the movement for social justice in Oaxaca
• Current challenges of indigenous governing community institutions in Oaxaca

Speakers:

* Centolia Maldonado Vasquez
Binational Advisor, Economic Development Director and District Coordinator

* Bernardo Ramirez Bautista
Mixteca Region Coordinator and Legal Advocacy Program Director

Friday, April 25
1:00pm-3:00pm
Reception to follow 3:30pm
Cervantes and Velasquez Rm D
Bay Tree Building (3rd floor above book store)
University of California, Santa Cruz
[parking info available at campus entrance kiosk]

Film Screening: Women Who Organize Make Progress

Translation into English will be provided
For more information or accommodations contact the CLRC at 831-459-3789 clrc@ucsc.edu

Sponsors: Chicano/Latino Research Center, El Centro: Chicano Latino Resource Center, Latin American and Latino Studies, Anthropology, Kresge College, Oakes College, Colleges Nine and Ten and Merrill College

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Jonathan Fox

Jonathan Fox is a Professor in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department and an Adviser to the FIOB

Impact of Migration of the Family

Artesania Textil - Triqui

Bernardo Ramirez Bautista

Economic Solidarity

Centolia Maldonado Vasquez

Greenfield

April 24, 2008

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