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WOMAN IN BLACK VIGILS
MUJERES EN NEGRO

Washington DC/New York City/Portland,Oregon/Tokyo,Japan/
Madrid,Spain/Valencia,Spain/Santa Fe,New Mexico/
Seville,Spain/Barcelona,Spain

1. IN WASHINGTON DC

The Day of the Dead
El Día de los Muertos
Saturday, November 1, 2003

Solemn Procession
Mourning
The Hundreds of Young Women
Murdered and Disappeared
In the State of Chihuahua, Mexico
Since 1993

And
Supporting their Grieving Families

Beginning at 11 AM
In front of the OAS, Constitution Ave. and 19th Street, NW
Proceeding to the offices of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
And the Mexican Embassy

Requiem Mass following procession
At St Matthews Cathedral

For information, contact Mary Jo Aagerstoun, mjaag@wam.umd.edu


2. In New York City

Beginning at 11am
Saturday, November 1st, 2003
In front of the Mexican Consulate
27 East 39th Street
Proceeding to the United Nations
First Avenue at 46th street

3. In Portland, Oregon

On Friday, October 31st,
from 12 noon to 2pm
At Terry Shrunk Plaza
Opposite the Federal Building
Sw 3rd and Sw Madison Streets

Silent Vigil for 30 minutes
Followed by a march to the Mexican Consulate

Contact: roweenayvonne@yahoo.com

4. In Tokyo, Japan

October 31, 2003, 18:00
Meet at Sangiin giin kaikan, Nagatacho
And march to
the Mexican Embassy for a silent vigil
2-15-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
map of area is at:
http://www.embassy-avenue.jp/mexico/index-j.html

Co-sponsored by
Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center
http://www.jca.apc.org/ajwrc/
Women in Black Tokyo
http://home.interlink.or.jp/~reflect/WIBTokyo/home.html
and
Amnesty International Japan
http://www.amnesty.or.jp/

contact:
Hisako Motoyama
motoyama@jca.apc.org


5. Madrid, Spain

November 1, 2003, 11am
At the Mexican Embassy
Carrera de San Jerónimo 46
(in front of the Congress of Deputies)

Protest and performance

Organized in conjunction with
Red de organizaciones feministas
contra la violencia de genero
Mujeres en Red
Plataforma de Artistas contra la violencia hacia las mujeres
Consejo de las Mujeres de Madrid
Enclave Feminsita
Fundación Mujeres
Mujeres Juristas Themis


And

Every Friday in November at 7pm
Free screenings of
"Señorita Extraviada"
By Lourdes Portillo

at
Consejo de las Mujeres de Madrid,
C/ del Carmen, 7 (Sol)

Contact:
Montserrat Boix
boix@nodo50.org
www.mujeresenred.net

and Silvia at
silvisanmartina@vodafone.es
mdn-madrid@mujerpalabra.com
www.mujerpalabra.com/activismo/mdn_madrid


6. Valencia, Spain

Sunday, November 2
Plaza de la Virgen
Performance by Women in Black Valencia

Contact:
Aurelia Gregori
Aurelia.Gregori@uv.es

7. In Santa Fe, New Mexico

saturday, november 1st

a silent walk from El Museo
to the Plaza

altars for the victims will be at
El Museo and
the International Folk Art Museum
co-sponsored by Peace Action NM

contact: Marcia at (505) 983-8779

8. In Seville, Spain

November 1st at 12 noon
Vigil in front of the Mexican Consulate

Contact Sofia
sofifiso@terra.es
www.lacasadelapaz.org


9. Barcelona


NI UNA MORTA MÉS A CIUTAT JUAREZ DE MEXIC!!!
PROU IMPUNITAT !
Totes son les nostres filles,
totes són les nostres mortes!

Dissabte 1 de novembre a les 12 a la plaça Universitat de Barcelona Des de la Xarxa Feminista i la Xarxa de Mobilització Global del Forum Social Donem suport a la crida internacional de les dones mexicanes contra el feminicidi a la Ciutat Juarez de MèxicPorteu Flors i farem un simbol de solidaritat amb les dones mexicanes

Als darrers deu anys unes 275 dones han estat assassinades i més de 250 han desaparegut a Juárez i Ciudad Chihuahua Declarem la nostra solidaritat amb l'associació mexicana JUSTICIA PARA NUESTRAS HIJAS, els familiars de les victimes i a les persones que els hi han donat suport a Mèxic com Dones de negre que estan sent perseguides i exigim a les autoritats mexicanes que posin fi a la Violència i posa el mitjans per a fer justicia

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