Speaking Tour in Canada-No More Blood: The Struggle for Peace and Human Rights in Mexico
Four respected Mexican human rights defenders will visit five Canada cities to tell their stories about their efforts to protect rights and dignity in Mexico amidst an enormous increase in threats and violence. Want to know more than what you learn in infrequent, selective media reports? Come hear our guests and find out what we can do to support courageous, growing mobilizations across Mexico for peace, justice and human rights.
When and where:
Toronto
Monday, March 5th from 7 – 9 pm
Oakham House, 63 Gould St. (corner Church – Dundas Subway Station), Ryerson University
Waterloo, Ontario
Ottawa
Saint John, New Brunswick
Grand Hall (uptown), University of New Brunswick Saint John
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Tuesday, March 13th 4:30-6:30 pm
For more information, contact Kathy Price at kprice@amnesty.ca or 416.363.9933 ext 322 or Hepzibah Munoz at hmartine@unb.ca
Speakers: Vidulfo Rosales Sierra is a lawyer with the renowned Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre and works with Indigenous communities in Guerrero State; Dolores González Saravia is director of SERAPAZ, an NGO founded by Bishop Ruiz that works on conflict prevention and peace building via social justice; Yolanda Moran Isais is a member of FUUNDEM, an organization formed by families whose relatives have been forcibly disappeared; Alberto Xicotencatl Carrasco is director of the Casa del Migrante shelter in Saltillo, Coahuila, recipient of last year’s prestigious Letelier Moffitt Human Rights Award for their work with migrants.
