Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera is hosting the Women and Fair Trade Festival on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 10 am till 6 pm. This event offers Austin area shoppers an opportunity to support women’s cooperatives from around the world by purchasing beautiful,...
Join Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera for a webinar on Labor Day! ¡Reúnete con Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera y asiste al webinario el 6 de septiembre! *Simultaneous interpretation provided. / Habrá interpretación simultánea. This webinar will be hosted by our...
Attendees of this Spanish-English bilingual webinar heard from activists in the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras, including long time CFO coordinator Julia Quiñonez, as well as from Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers Union. Speakers focused on how COVID-19 has...
What does organizing at the border look like during the pandemic? On International Workers’ Day, May 1, 2021 at 12 noon CST, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera is hosting a Spanish-English bilingual webinar where speakers will address the impact of COVID-19 and the...
Reaching Out to One of the Co-Founders of Women on the Border. I met Josefina Castillo when she was the Director of the Austin chapter of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). The AFSC is the social justice arm of the Quakers. A few months after I published...
GEMA – GENERO Y EMPODERAMIENTO DE LA MUJER PARA LA ACCION. Women on the Border has long supported the empowerment of women who work in the maquiladoras. In 2013 gender empowerment workshops were produced in Piedras Negras involving two of Women on the Border’s...
