| Dates:
May 21st, 23rd, 30th and June 6th |
 Why
does one person die per day trying to cross into the United
States? Is this a crime? "Solo quiero un trabajito, señor."
Who's hiring? Why did NAFTA, Prop. 187 and Operation Gatekeeper
all begin during the same year? Who is a "suspected illegal
immigrant?" Might he be a terrorist? As US (southern) borders
tighten, billions get pumped into a supercharged Border Patrol
and INS enforcement agency, immigrants have their right to organize
attacked, and local police become an extension of the INS, who's
looking? We're in time of war. There's a terrorist out there.
He comes through Mexico. He mows your lawn. Que?
Participants in the Wounds in the Sand: Arizona-Sonora ASB 2002
have put together a series of events where the above questions
among others will be addressed and where our invited speakers
will talk about the U.S-Mexico machine of unequal interdependence
and help us begin a critical discussion about how this apparatus
is connected to local immigrant and worker conditions. A description
of the schedule of events is below. Check
back here for more details.
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| Schedule
of Events |
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One- Tue. May 21st: Wounds in the Sand: The Arizona-Sonora Border
Experience |
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Multimedia Presentation on Border Tourism, Globalization, Maquiladoras,
Colonias Paracaidistas (Parachutists), Operation Safeguard, The
Sanctuary Movement and the fight for Humane Borders.
Time: 7-8:30pm
Location: Muwekma.Tah.Ruk Lounge
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Day
Two- Thu. May 23rd: Shadowed Lives from 1965
to 9/11
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Guest
Speaker: Leo R. Chavez, author of SHADOWED
LIVES: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, will speak about
Mexican immigration since 1965 and the implications of 9/11 on present
and future immigration discourse and policy. Learn
more.
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Centro Chicano Lounge
Sponsors: CSRE/Centro
Chicano/Chicano Studies/CASA |
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Day
Three - Thu. May 30th: Labor and Desire
on the Border: A Film Screening of…
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SEÑORITA
EXTRAVIADA/MISSING YOUNG WOMAN
Possible Guest: Lourdes Portillo
Time:
7-9pm
Location:
History, Room 2
Sponsor: Institute for
Diversity in the Arts |
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Day
Four - Thu. June 6th:
La Frontera en el Centro: Procesos Socioculturales en la Frontera
México-Estados Unidos |
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Guest
Presenter: Jose M. Valenzuela, Colegio
Frontera Norte, Tijuana
Time:
6-8pm
Location:
DK Room, Haas Center
Sponsors: Chicano Studies/Latin
American Studies/Spanish
Dept |
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