Spring 2012 Speaking Tours

All year, 2012 (OH, MN, IN, WI, IL, MI, MO): "Why We Leave: the structural causes of US migration" with active members of the Albany Park Autonomous Center. These tours are coordinated on an ad hoc basis depending on the university's and speakers' schedules. Contact us today to schedule an event!

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March 18-31 (MI, IL, WI, MN) & April 23 - 30 (California): "Border politics from above & below: Organizing for justice in spite of elections" with Macrina Cárdenas de Alarcon, a community activist and educator from Tijuana. Macrina of Tijuana, Mexico, discusses the reasons behind increasing violence along the US-Mexico border, including international arms traffic, reliance on a maquiladora economy, and US military aid. Macrina is the former Legislative Coordinator for MSN in Washington, DC, and she will draw on her four years of experience working as a community activist and educator in Tijuana with the Casa del Migrante.