A presentation by grassroots organizer Verónica Leyva.
Verónica Leyva is a grassroots organizer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She spent ten years working in the maquiladora industry, and has been organizing in her community for fifteen years.
Learn about grassroots responses to
• drug trafficking
• gendered violence
• the Maquiladoras
• the Merida Initiative
Cost: Free and open to the public
Download File: MexicoSolidarityNetworkSpeaking Tour2 _3_.pdf
Sponsor(s): Center for Mexican Studies, Cesar E. Chavez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies, Chicano Studies Research Center, Mujers Activas en Letras y Cambio Social de UCLA
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