2006 (most recent first)
May 2006 – Donations of $700 Justicia and Centro de Derechos Humanos de Mujeres. Fundraiser by Teatro Paraguas and El Museo Cultural in Santa Fe .
April 2006 – Donation of $400 to Centro de Derechos Humanos de Mujeres in Chihuahua for their work on femicides. Distributed $1200 donation from Alicia Gaspar de Alba, split between Casa Amiga, Nuestras Hija and Justica. Donation of $200 to Justicia in Chihuahua .
March 2006 - Helped organize J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium, Justice for Women. Received grant from Lannan Foundation to organize a series of activist planning meetings as well as sponsor photo exhibit.
March 2006 - Disbursed one year's rent to Nuestras Hijas; dispersed $2,100 to all groups we support.
January 2006 – Helped start local anti-human trafficking coalition.
2005 (chronological)
January 2005 - Radios to neighborhood watch group in Juárez. $700 from Las Cruces high schools. Paid year's office rent for Nuestras Hijas and $1,000 to Casa Amiga. Met with the Argentinian forensic anthropology group regarding 50 unidetified remains. Hosted a group of students from Minnesota YMCA. Also met with Physcians for Human Rights.
February, 2005 – Funded travel expenses and food for speakers at a UTEP conference on the scapegoats in the Juarez murders. .
March, 2005 – Disbursed $5500 donation from MujerArte to three groups in Juarez .
April, 2005 – Two-way radios donated to Nuestras Hijas for their safety program. Travel expenses for scapegoats.
May, 2005 - $300 to Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa for their Mother's day program.
May 2005 - Support of $300 to Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa to host a Mother's Day Fiesta for the victims' families.
April 2005 - Provided 6 CB radios to Nuestra Hijas de Regreso a Casa to use with their community radio project that will accept calls when women or children are missing. Disbursed the $5,270 donation received from MujerARTE to Nuestras Hijas, Integracion de Madres and Justicia para Nuestras Hijas. This money was raised at a UCLA conference organized by Dr. Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Amigos organized an event for her book tour that took place at Jamoca Java in El Paso. Spoke on femicide at NMSU's Take Back the Night event. Amigos, as part of the Stop Femicide project, brought Linda Garcia, the mother of Angela Castelleja to Las Cruces to participate in the event. Angela is the third femicide victim in 3 years who was a student at NMSU. Her murder remains unsolved.
June, 2005 – Disbursed $3000 to Nuestras Hijas and $3000 to Justicia para Nuestras Hijas from Frontera Focused Women's Foundation to implement prevention programs.
October, 2005 - $100 to Nuestras Hijas for their celebration of Mothers.
2004 (chronological)
January 2004 - Paid one year rent for Nuestras Hijas. Spoke with LULAC in California.
February 2004 - V-Day demonstration in El Paso and Juarez. Helped with organization for event which attracted more than 3,000 people to call for justice. Met with several Congressional delegations.
March 2004 - Paid $1500 for first mock tribunal court in Chihuahua City staged by Justicia para Nuestras Hijas.
April 2004 - Paid $300 travel expenses for human rights attorneys working with the Justicia para Nuestras Hijas. Helped victim’s families to repaint crosses in Cuidad Juarez. Presentation & fundraiser at UNM.
May 2004 - Paid $425 for travel expenses for two mothers from Por Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa to travel to Washington to pursue their cases before the IACHR. Paid $1500 for travel expenses for Justicia to meet with Alameda County Sheriff’s office and receive DNA testing.
June 2004 - Participated in a human rights conference in Cuidad Juarez as well as a Conference Against Torture in Chihuahua. Met with Senator Bingaman regarding introduction of his Senate resolution condemning the killings.
July 2004 - Organized protest against El Diario for its biased coverage of the murders. Met with Mexico Solidarity Network delegation. Met in Chihuahua City with Justicia para Nuestras Hijas. Working on sex-trafficking issues.
August 2004 - Met with El Diario owners and editors to discuss biased coverage. Met with delegation from Washington DC.
September 2004 - Presentation to Human Rights Law Program at Notre Dame University.
October 2004 - Support for five groups with Caravan for Justice crossing the U.S. Received $4,000 from Australia.
December 2004 - Cynthia Kiecker and Ulises Perzabal found innocent. $1,000 award from Border Focused Women's Fund.
2003 (chronological)
February 2003 - Participated in V-Day, Anti-Violence on Women and Girls Day, in Ciudad Juarez. Received over $2,000 from El Paso and NMSU performances of the Vagi na Monologues. Participatedin Chihuahua City protest. Presentedat Oregon State University.
March 2003 - Second Annual March to Juarez for the International Day of the Woman. Arranged free medical exams for victims’ mothers group, Integración, and related families. Presented in Houston.
April 2003 - Participated at the Border Book Festival. Sold over $600 in pins and shirts. Funds to Integración for medicine and further medical tests. Participated in Gender, Justice, and Border Conference Arizona State University West Campus. Self-defense training for Integración in Juarez.
July 2003 - Art fundraiser in Las Cruces. Raised $1,500+. Working with US legislators.
August 2003 - Attended Amnesty Intl meeting in Juárez. $1,200 to Nuestras Hijas for visas, $500 to Justicia para Nuestras Hijas for Asociación Civil status. Organized simultaneous protests at Mexican consulates in 14 major US cities to coincide with Chihuahua City demonstration.
October 2003 - helped guide U.S. Representatives around Juárez on fact-finding mission. Coordinating Nov. 1 Day of the Dead protests in front of Mexican consulates in at least 15 major cities in US and around globe.
2002 (chronological)
January, 2002 - First meeting with 6 families at a borrowed union hall in Cd. Juárez.
February 2002 - At families’ request, organized search and media coverage of field where 8 bodies were found in November. Found clothes that one victim was wearing at time of abduction. Also found hair, undergarments, bones, etc. Office supply drive for Casa Amiga. Cleaning supply drive for Casa Amiga.
March 2002 - Fundraiser at Fountain Theatre in Mesilla. Showed “Srta. Extraviada,” had silent auction. Sold out crowd. Raised approximately $2,000 for group of family members and Casa Amiga
March 2002 - Presentation UC-Santa Cruz, raised $200. $350 to mothers to go to Chihuahua City (protested, met with Governor Martínez). $250 to mothers to begin micro-enterprises.
April 2002 - Presentation at UT-Austin, raised $500. Showed “Srta. Extraviada” at NMSU, raised $1,000.
May 2002 - Over $700 in pin sales.
June 2002 - Gave computer to Nuestras Hijas.
August 2002 - Showed “Performing the Border” and launched “FacingFaces” art show, raised $700 for Casa Amiga. Art supply drive for Casa Amiga’s children’s programs.
September 2002 - $150 to Nuestras Hijas for office supplies and expenditures.
October 2002 - Showed “Performing the Border” at NMSU, presentation by Esther Chavez Cano, raised $1,000 for Casa Amiga, in conjunction with Office of the Provost and Chicano Programs. $400 to Nuestras Hijas for rent.
November 2002 - $500 to Nuestras Hijas for bus to Mexico City to attend protests and therapy sessions for families. Raised $600 in NYC at St. John’s College and St. Peter’s College in Jersey City.
2001 (chronological)
October 2001 - Panel discussion on Juárez serial killings at NMSU and call to form a group to assist victims’ families and the Casa Amiga rape and abuse crisis center.
November 2001 - First meeting of group that would become Amigos. On this same day, the first 3 of 8 bodies were found in a Juárez field across from the Association of Maquiladoras. Began searching for victims’ families and made initial contacts. Previously, members of different families did not know each other.
December 2001 - Food, clothing and toy drive for Casa Amiga. Filled large van.