J. Paul Taylor Symposium on Social Justice

 

Justice for Women

March 29-31, 2006

New Mexico State University

with co-sponsors:

Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez

Amnesty International

Center for Border and Latin American Studies at NMSU

Frontera Focused Women's Foundation

Lannen Foundation

V-Day

 

 

 

                                                     

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

 

 

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.                                Panel               Relatives of Murdered Women in Chihuahua

Hardman 106       

Patti Cervantes, Justicia para nuestras hijas                         

Francisco Torres, Justicia para nuestras hijas

Paula Bonilla Flores, Fundación María Sagrario

Malu Andrade, Nuestras hijas de regreso a casa

Eva Arce, Comité Independiente de Derechos Humanos de Chihuahua

                                                           

Moderator: Cynthia Bejarano, Department of Criminal Justice

           

8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.                                Vigil                “ReDressing Injustice”                    

       International Mall                                                                                    Led by Denise Chavez

 

 

Thursday, March 30, 2006

 

9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.                                  Videos             Femicides: The Story

Nason House                                                               

                                                “Señorita extraviada”  - Lourdes Portillo (2002)

                                                                                                             “Preguntas sin respuestas” – Rafael Montero (2004)

“La batalla de las cruces”– Patti Ravelo (2005)

"On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez"-

Steev Hise (2005)

                                            

 

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.                               Panel                           Victims of Torture: The Loss of Human Rights   

Music Recital Hall                                                           

Cynthia Kiecker and Ulises Perzabal, served 18 months in Chihuahua  

Oscar Maynez, Forensic Scientist on the 2001 cases

Guadalupe Morfin Otero, Special Commissioner to Eradicate and

Prevent Crimes Against Women in Ciudad Juárez/Chihuahua

 

                                                Moderator: Neil Harvey, Department of Government

 

 

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.                             Panel                           The Loss of Life and Human Rights   

Music Recital Hall                                   

Adriana Carmona, Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres      

                                                                                                            Mercedes Doretti, Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team

Lucha Castro, Human Rights Attorney

William Simmons, Arizona State University – West Campus

                       

                                                                                                            Moderator: Laura Gutierrez Spencer, Director of Chicano Programs

                       

 

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.                            Inauguration    Photo Exhibition - Sponsored by the Lannen Foundation

University Museum                                                                       World Class City               Juarez: Mother of The Disappeared 

                                                            Julián Cardona       and        Leonel Monroy

                                                                                           

                                                            Moderator: Sterling Trantham, Department of Journalism

 

          

12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m.                                Photo Reception

University Museum

 

2:00 p.m. – 3:00p.m.                                                         Agenda on Bi-National Initiatives

Music Recital Hall

 

                                                                                                            Moderator: Christina Chavez Kelley, Office of NMSU President

 

 

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.                                Panel               From Violence to Action: Community Organizations

Music Recital Hall

                                                                                                            Donna Richmond, La Piñón                       

Stephanie Chávez, La Casa 

Esther Chávez Cano, Casa Amiga                   

Macrina Cárdenas, Mexican Solidarity Network

Marisela Ortiz, Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa

Alma Gómez, Justicia Para Nuestras Hijas      

Sally Meisenhelder, Amigos de las Mujeres de Juárez

Víctor Muñoz, El Paso Coalition Against Violence on Women and

            Children at the Border      

 

                                                                                                                        Moderator: Diane Prindeville, Director, Women’s Studies Program

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.                                Dinner

 

 

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.                                Panel               Documenting the Struggle: Film on the Border

Hardman 106

Rosalinda Fregoso, University of California – Santa Cruz

                                                                                                            Patti Ravelo, University of Texas – El Paso

                                                                                                            Lourdes Portillo, independent filmmaker

                                                                                                            Rafael Montero, independent filmaker

Moderator: Monica Torres, Department of English

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, March 31, 2006

 

 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.                              Panel               Right to Know: The Role of the Media

 Music Recital Hall

                                                                                                            Diana Washington Valdés, El Paso Times

                                                                                    Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News

                                                                                    Cecilia Balli, Texas Monthly

 

Moderator: Mary Benanti, NMSU University Communications

                                                                                                           

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 am.                              Panel               Stories/Poems: Readings for Lost Lives

 Music Recital Hall

                                                                                                            Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood,    

Eva Arce, Comité Independiente de Derechos Humanos de Chihuahua

                                                Malu Andrade, Nuestras hijas de regreso a casa

       

                                                                                                            Moderator: Molly Molloy, NMSU Zuhl Library

 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.                             Lunch                                                             

                                     

 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.                                Panel               Annihilation of Women Beyond Borders

 Music Recital Hall

                                                                                                            Hugo Almada, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

Julia Monárrez, Colegio de la Frontera Norte

                                                                                                            Irasema Coronado, University of Texas – El Paso          

Cynthia Bejarano, New Mexico State University

Moderator: Lisa Bond-Maupin, Department of Criminal Justice

 

 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.                               Panel               Relatives of Murdered NMSU Students Carly Martinez,

 Music Recital Hall                                                                                   Katie Sepich and Autumn Castilleja            

 

Moderator: Gladys De Necochea, Associate Provost for Student Affairs and

Community Colleges