NUEVO LAREDO (FALL 2007) (DETAILS tba)  

For further information contact Austin Tan Cerca de La Frontera coordinator Judy Rosenberg, chelarose@grandecom.net. 

PAST DELEGATIONS and EVENTS:

REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS (Fall 2006)

October 12, 2006 - Orientation meeting in offices of WOB, Inc. in Austin, Texas 4-8 pm.

October 13, 2006 - 9 am departure from Austin to McAllen, Texas and crossing into Mexico.

   Evening: meet with members of the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras (CFO), worker activists in the maquiladoras.

October 14, 2006 - tour industrial parks and workers' housing (colonias); dine with worker activist who fought and won a grievance against abusive employer (home cooking).

October 15, 2006 - closing meeting in local restaurant, shopping in the mercado, INS border checkpoint and drive back to Austin, Texas.

October 16, 2006 - Illinois students fly back to Chicago.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, COAHUILA (Fall 2005)

Calendar:

October 6, 2005, Austin, Texas - Orientation and Introduction to Mexico's Global Economy by organizers of Women on the Border, Inc. and Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (ATCF).

October 7- departure from Austin, Texas with leaders of Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera http://www.afsc.org/central/austin/austin_border-delegations.htm

October 8, Nuevo Laredo, meetings with members of the Comite Fronterizo de Obreras (CFO)

October 9-10 (return to Austin, and return of NIU travelers to Chicago)

De-briefing by students on the Piedras Negras experiences.

SPRING 2005 - LAW STUDENTS FROM UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW, accompanied by Prof. Margaret Montoya.