Sat Feb 25 2012 at 06:00 pm
Venue : Oaxaca, Mexico, Oaxaca
Created By : Arnie Alpert
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JOIN OUR DELEGATION TO OAXACA, MEXICO, FEB. 25 TO MARCH 4
The southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (pronounced “wuh-ha-ka”) is home to 16 different ethnic groups, making it one of the most diverse and culturally rich states in Mexico. But due to extreme inequality and misguided development policies, a large number of Oaxacans have migrated to other parts of Mexico and the USA looking for economic survival. The effects on the families left behind, on migrants themselves, and on community life in Mexico and the USA raise questions about economic policy, alternative development models, and human rights. Those topics will be the themes of a study tour to Oaxaca, February 25, 2012 to March 4, 2012, organized by Witness for Peace (www.witnessforpeace.org) and the American Friends Service Committee’s New Hampshire Program (www.afsc.org/newhampshire).
Would you like to come along?
Participants can expect to:
Learn about the root causes of migration, including US foreign policy in Latin America;
Hear stories of Central Americans migrating through Oaxaca on their journey northward;
Learn about the connections between migration and the drug trade;
See rural and urban projects that provide alternatives to migration;
Learn about the history and resistance of indigenous communities in Oaxaca;
Stay in the homes of families directly impacted by migration; and
Connect delegation experience to the realities of trade and immigration in the US.
All meetings will be translated between Spanish and English.
The fee of $910 covers all expenses once you get to Oaxaca: meals, lodging, in-country travel. You are responsible for the additional cost of getting to Oaxaca (and back).
You can find more information at http://afsc.org/story/economics-and-migration-are-theme-study-tour-southern-mexico.
