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PRESS ADVISORY

October 11, 2006

For further info, contact:

Javier Pérez (El Paso) – cel (915) 875-5236 or chamucos00@hotmail.com
Rubén Solís (Juárez/San Antonio) – cel (210) 378-5699 or grulla@igc.org
Cipriana Jurado (Juárez) – 52-656-624-4993/cel 52-656-199-8413 or cisorg@prodigy.net.mx
Sandra Mejía (Torreón) – 52-87-1762-0157 or sandramejiasoto@hotmail.com

www.forosocialfronterizo.com

Partial Listing of Organizations/Institutions to be represented at Border Social Forum, Cd. Juárez, Chih., Mexico – October 12-15, 2006

International delegates and guests participating in the Border Social Forum will include:

Magdalena de León, Ecuador – Council of the Hemispheric Social Forum and International Council of the World Social Forum.

Azril Bacal, Brazil – International Council of World Social Forum and the Paulo Freire Institute

Victor Quintana, Mexico – International Council of the World Social Forum and the Democratic Farmers Front.

Leonel González, Cuba – Council of the Hemispheric Social Forum and the Cuban National Assembly of Peoples’ Power

Michael Leon Guerrero, United States – International Council of the World Social Forum and Grassroots Global Justice

Alice Lovelace, United States – United States Social Forum

Mirta Rodríguez, Mother of Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five political prisoners encarcerated in the United States.

Organizations/Institutions (Partial)

Actively Building Community/Activamente Buscando Comunidad—Mt. Rainier, MD
Agricultural Missions
Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras, Nogales, AZ
Alianza Internacional Ecologista del Bravo, Tucson, AZ
American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA
Annunciation House, El Paso, TX
Arizona Indymedia, Tucson AZ
Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, Cuba
Asociación Cultural De Ayuda A La Comunidad, A.C., México, DF.
Asociación de Trabajadores Fronterizos, El Paso, TX
Border 101, Mesa, AZ
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, New York, NY
Campaign to End the Death Penalty Austin TX
Capoeira Quinto Sol, Las Cruces, NM
Casa Amiga, Centro De Crisis, Cd Juárez Chih
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO), Oakland, CA
Centro de Atención a la Mujer Trabajadora de Chihuahua
Centro de DDHH Paso del Norte, Cd. Juárez, Chih
Centro De Derechos Humanos De Las Mujeres, A.C., Chihuahua, Chih
Centro de Investigación y Solidaridad Obrera A.C., Juárez, Chih
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social
CEPRODEHL A.C, Yucatán
CHIRLA, Los Angeles, CA
Círculo de Estudios de Género, Chihuahua, Chih
Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Tucson, AZ
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, FL
Colombian@s Concientes (CC-NY & CC-LA)
Colonias Development Council, Las Cruces, N
Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Social, Cd. Juárez, Chih
Comité Pro-Derecho de Vivienda San Pedro
Committee of Immigrants in Action, Providence, RI
Community & Regional Planning Program/University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Community Voices Heard, New York, NY
Datacenter, Oakland Ca
Delete the Border, Tucson, AZ
Detention Watch Network, Wash DC
Drum- Desis Rising Up & Moving, New York, NY
El Proyecto Bracero – México/USA, El Paso, TX
English for Action, Providence RI
Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, Toledo, OH
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc., Apopka, FL
FEDECO Chihuahua
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Frontera con Justicia, A.C., Saltillo, Coah
Fuerza Unida, San Antonio TX
Get The Lead Out And Students Against Asarco, El Paso, TX
Global-Local Links Project, Miami, FL
Grassroots Global Justice (USA)
Grupo Ceiba (Musica), El Paso, TX
Grupo México De Berlín En Apoyo A Los Zapatistas Baja Ca Mx
Grupo Norte & Sur (Musica), Las Cruces NM
Haymarket Books Chicago
Houston Social Forum
Iberoamerican Science Technology and Education Consortium (ISTEC), Albuquerque, NM
Immigrant Communities In Action New York, NY
Immigrant Nation Legal Outreach and Hispanic Law Students Association (HLSA), North Carolina
Indigenous Environmental Network (USA)
Indymedia New Mexico
Indymedia, Los Angeles, CA
Iniciativa Mexicana Contra La Guerra...No en nuestro Nombre
ISKA (Solidaridad Internacional e Intercambio Cultural), Ciudad de Guatemala, Guat
ISO, Austin, TX
Justicia Para Nuestras Hijas, A.C, Chihuahua, Chih
Kentucky Domestic Violence Association, Lexington, KY
La Mujer Obrera, El Paso TX
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, El Paso, Tx
Las Comadres & Gila River Alliance for a Clean Environment, Tucson, AZ
Latin American and Caribbean Community Center, Atlanta GA
Lesbianas En Apoyo De Mujeres Migrantes De América Latina En Alemania
Liga de Unidad Socialista, Chihuahua, Chih/CD Juarez, Chih
Main Street Project/Raices, Minneapolis, Mn
March 25^th Coalition, Los Angeles, CA
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras; Committee of Indigenous Solidarity, Wash D
Miami Workers Center: LIFFT( Low Income Families Fighting Together), Miami, FL
MUJERES X Mexico, Chihuahua, Chih
Multi-ethnic Immigrant Worker Organizing Network (MIWON), Los Angeles, CA
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Office of Community Learning and Public Service (CLPS)
Outward Bound, Redford, TX
Participación Ciudadana AC
Paso del Norte Civil Rights Center, El Paso, TX
Pastoral Obrera De La Diócesis De Ciudad Juárez
People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER), San Francisco, CA
People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition, New Orleans, LA
Peoples’ Insitute for Survival and Beyond, New Orleans, LA/Houston, TX/Atlanta, GA
Piñeros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Woodburn, OR
Portland Sin Fronteras (PDX No Borders), Portland, OR
Prensa Editorial LeSVOZ, A.C., México, DF
Programa de Asistencia para trabajadores del campo, Las Cruces, NM
Project South: Institute For The Elimination Of Poverty & Genocide, Atlanta, GA
Radio Bemba, Hermosillo, Son
Radio La Chusma (Band), San Antonio, TX
Red de Solidaridad con México, Cd. Juárez, Chi
Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente A.C.
Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora
Red Género Y Economía, México DF
Red Mexicana De Acción Frente Al Libre Comercio (Rmalc) Y Red Trinacional Frente Al Libre Comercio (CANADÁ, ESTADOS UNIDOS Y MÉXICO)
Research Center for Leadership in Action Fellow, NYU/Wagner School, New York, NY
Revista Mundo Especial, Cd. Juárez, Chih
Sectorial Juvenil del Partido del Trabajo, DF
Sisters of Mercy-Justicia y Paz
Southern Partners Fund, Winter Garden, FL
Southwest Network for Environmental & Economic Justice (SNEEJ), New Mexico
SouthWest Organizing Project, New Mexico
Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, TX
Student Association for Latin American Studies, Las Cruces, NM
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, Anglican Church of Canada, Toronto, CAN
The Young People’s Project, Jackson,MS
Tierra Madre, Sunland Park, NM
Unión de Trabajadores Agricolas Fronterizos (UTAF), El Paso, TX
Unión Popular Independiente, Torreon, Coah
United Electrical Workers (USA)
United States Social Forum
United Students Against Sweatshops
United Teachers, Los Angeles, CA
Vivienda de Wynwood Comite, Miami, FL
Voices for Planned Parenthood, EL Paso, TX
Western Colorado Justice for Immigrants Committee, Montrose, CO
Woodbridge Workers Committee, Woodbridge, VA
YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA
YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region, Las Cruces, NM

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