Mariclaire
Acosta
“The Women of Ciudad Juárez”
Between
1993 and 2003 more than 300 women were murdered in the border
town of Ciudad Juárez. In at least 86 of these cases,
the victims exhibited signs of extreme violence including torture,
rape and mutilation. Most of the slain women were poor immigrants
from rural Mexico between 15 and 25 years of age.
The
lecture will explore the causes of this extreme violence as
well the reasons why the Mexican State has failed to investigate
and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes.
Mariclaire
Acosta Urquidi is the former subsecretary for Human Rights
and Democracy in the Secretariat of Foreign Relations Office
in Mexico. Her career in the field of human rights has led
her on missions ranging from investigating the treatment of
immigrants in the United States to studying the effects of
violence in Colombia. Currently she is a member of the Advisory
Council on Foreign Relations and a board member for the Center
for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).
Wednesday,
October 13, 4:00 pm
Room 223, Moses Hall
Analysis
and photo of the event
Claudine
LoMonaco & Mary Spicuzza
Video Premiere: “Matías”
More
than 3,000 people have died trying to cross the U.S.–Mexico
border in the last decade. Filmmakers Claudine LoMonaco and
Mary Spicuzza came face to face with one migrant’s tragedy
when they met with the family of Matías Juan García
Zavaleta, a father of two who perished in the Arizona desert
during what U.S. border officials call the “season of
death.” In this documentary, LoMonaco and Spicuzza interview
the brother who accompanied Matías García on
his tragic journey as well as the wife, children and parents
he left behind.
Claudine
LoMonaco and Mary Spicuzza are correspondents for Frontline/World
and have recently received their master’s degrees from
the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Wednesday,
October 20, 4:00 pm
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Panel
Discussion
“Perspectives on Immigration”
- Gilbert
Cedillo, California State Senator (D-Los Angeles)
- Maria Echaveste, Attorney and CEO Nueva Vista Group; Deputy
Chief of Staff, Clinton Administration (1998-2000)
- Philip Martin, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics;
Chair of UC Comparative Immigration & Integration Program, UC Davis
- Harley Shaiken, Professor of Education and Geography; Chair
of the Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley
- Lucas Guttentag, Director of the ACLU National Immigrants’ Rights
Project; Lecturer, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
Thursday,
October 21, 4:00 pm
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
