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The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) together with the Brazil Initiative at LACS feature presenters from diverse disciplines. LACS organizes and sponsors more than 50 public lectures, workshops, performances, and conferences over the course of the academic year. 

In addition to our yearly programming, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) and the Brazil Initiative at LACS are happy to consider funding requests to co-sponsor lectures, events, performances,  and activities that coincide with the center's mission to promote a broad and deep understanding of the region. Request to co-sponsor an event »
 

LACS Lecture. Fighting With the Heart of a Woman: The Voices of Women of Chiapas, Mexico

Gabriela Torres Rodríguez
Friday, October 14, 2016
3:00-4:30 PM
Room 2609 School of Social Work Building Map
“Fighting With the Heart of a Woman: The situation and participation of women in Chiapas” (1995-2015) is a book that systematizes over 70 interviews of women activists in various groups, collectives, cooperatives, social movements, and civil associations or universities.

Gabriela Rodriguez will discuss the testimonies these women shared as participants in collective/cooperative work, the Zapatista movement, and other spaces of struggle for gender equality and social justice. She will also talk about the current socio-political context in Mexico.

Gabriela Torres Rodríguez is fronteriza, from a very small town in deep South Texas at the U.S.A.-México border. She is the daughter of two hard working parents that migrated to the United States from México in the late 1980s, who now own and operate a small bakery in the borderlands, specializing in the art of making Mexican sweet bread.

Gaby is currently living and working as a human rights observer and defender in Chiapas, México. She began her training with the Center for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, serving as a volunteer for a year. She is currently working with the International Service for Peace (SIPAZ), since April 2015.

Co-sponsored by Latin America Task Force of the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (ICPJ) and Michigan Solidarity Network with Mexico (MSNM)
Building: School of Social Work Building
Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: Latin America, Social Impact
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, International Institute