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What: Border Social Forum, Mobilizations Against NAFTA, “Wall of Death”
Where: Universidad Autónoma de Cuidad Juárez, Juárez, Chihuahua, México
When: October 12–15

Border Reality Tour – Thursday October 12, 2006
Mobilization Against NAFTA – Thursday October 12, 2006
Mobilization Against Wall of Death – Saturday October 14, 2006

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – With millions of immigrant workers and their families mobilizing for human rights in the streets of major cities and small towns all over the United States, grassroots organizations and activists along the US/Mexico border are organizing the Border Social Forum (BSF) to draft a set of agreements for a border plan of action and offer solutions to the growing humanitarian crisis of the heavily militarized border region.

The Border Social Forum, which bills itself as “open space that allows for pluralistic integration of social movement organizations,” is scheduled for October 12-15 in Juarez, Mexico. The Forum was proposed by U.S. and Mexican-based social movement organizations participating in the World Social Forum held in Caracas, Venezuela in January of this year.

The Border Social Forum has been endorsed by over 75 grassroots organizations, alliances and networks from all over the United States and Mexico, as well as the World Social Forum and US Social Forum. A list of endorsements can be found at BSF’s website. 1000's of participants could make their way to the Forum, including representatives from organizations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and other countries of the Global South. The Hemispheric Council of the World Social Forum will be represented at the Forum, as well as the National Planning Committee of the upcoming U.S. Social Forum, which will be meeting in Juárez immediately following the BSF.