A TWO-DAY FORUM
TUESDAY, April 10th, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Film Screening and Discussion
Moderated by Professor Gil Gott, Int’l Studies
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
Schmitt Academic Center – – Room 154
Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos is an excellent 45 minute overview of unfair wages, unsafe working conditions, and human rights violations that are central to the day-to-day reality of women and men working in the U.S.-owned maquiladoraslocated at the Mexican border.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001, 6-8 P.M.
Documenting the Struggle in the Maquiladoras: A Panel Discussion and Women Worker Testimonies
Moderated by Elvia R. Arriola, Fellow, De Paul Humanities Ctr.
Schmitt Academic Center – – Room 154
Latina feminist legal scholar Elvia Arriola will describe her documentary work with maquila women in Mexico and introduce the workers who volunteer with the CFO to develop strategies for surviving the abuses in the maquiladoras.
Other speakers will include labor, feminist and human rights scholars or activists from the De Paul University and Chicago communities.
For further information call 773-325-4546
Co-sponsored by the De Paul Humanities Center, Women’s Center and American Friends Service Committee