Social and religious leaders comment on their efforts to free detained members of Mexico’s self-defense movement, their call to Mexican consulates in the U.S. to act as agencies to receive reports from crime victims from Mexico, and their call on artists to become “peaceful sel-defenses.”
Guest: Gregorio López, “Father Goyo,” Michoacán, México.
The disappeared. On the International Day of the Disappeared, Mexican exiles in Texas and human rights activists in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua call on the Mexican government to investigate dozens of disappearances, identify recently found remains, and provide humanitarian aid for the families victims of enforced disappearance.
Guest: Gabino Gómez, Leader, El Barzón, Co-founder, Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres, Chihuahua, México.
Also, Campaign #1for11Million . Two national organizations launch campaign highlighting the need to fix the immigration system in the country. Nearly a dozen undocumented immigrants are participating by sharing their stories with the hope of other’s joining the movement thus proving the Obama administration the need to take action.
Guest: Julissa Arce, Development Director, Define American, New York, NY, http://www.defineamerican.com/
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