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Below you'll find an abbreviated listing of events and activities, mostly at DePaul.  All of these events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, October 13th; 6:30p.m. "Women, Prisons, and Social Change"

Location: DePaul University Student Center, Room 314, Lincoln Park Campus


Part of The Women's Center's annual Violence Against Women / Violence Against Communities series, this year's panel focuses on women, prison reform, and activism.

Panelists:

  • Jodie Lawston - scholar-activist, author of Sisters Outside: Radical activists working for women prisoners/ Sociology Department, DePaul University
  • Renny Golden - activist, poet, and academic, author of War on the Family: Mothers in Prison and the Families They Leave Behind
  • Tammara Winn - activist and advocate on behalf of women, children, the homeless, and ex-offenders

Friday, October 16th; Noon: "Esther Hernandez"


Location: Richardson Library Room 300; 2350 N Kenmore Ave

As a solo artist and member of Las Mujeres Muralistas, an influential San Francisco Mission district Latina women's mural group in the early seventies, Ester Hernandez's career has marked her as a pioneer in the Chicana/Chicano civil rights art movement. Her work reflects the political, social, ecological, and spiritual themes born from community pride, a commitment to political action, and an abiding sense of humor. She will visit DePaul to talk about her work during her trip to Chicago for the opening of Rastros y Cronicas at the National Museum of Mexican Art.

October 16th - February 21st: "Rastros y Cronicas: Women of Juarez"


Location: National Museum of Mexican Art

The NMMA is organizing an exhibition that will educate the public about the femicide plaguing Juarez and the larger social, economic, and political issues that have allowed this level of violence to continue with impunity. The exhibition will include diverse art media such as: painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, installation, serigraphy, video, and didactics to immerse visitors in the lives of the victims. The exhibition program will also include a public symposium in collaboration with The Women's Center at DePaul University, domestic violence and sexual assault programs led by Mujeres Latinas en Accion, and teen programs at both Radio Art and Yollocalli Arts Reach.
The intent of Rastros y Cronicas is to educate the public and provide a holistic picture about the women of Juarez who have lost their lives and those who continue to live in hostile and vulnerable conditions. The NMMA is working with over 20 women artists from both sides of the border, including: Fabianna Rodriguez, Yreina Cervantes, Judithe Hernandez, Celia Alvarez, Delilah Montoya, Kathy Vargas, Carmen Bordes, Rocio Maldonado, and Paula Santiago.

Tuesday, October 20th; 6:30pm: "Ni Una Mas: Remembering the Missing Women of Juarez"


Location: DePaul University Art Museum, 2350 N Kenmore Ave

6:30- 8:00pm: Rastros y Cronicas: Women of Juarez
Since 1993, more than 400 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez. Four hundred and fifty more women are missing and the crimes have spread to Chihuahua City. As part of DePaul's 6th annual vigil to focus attention on the situation in Juarez, The Women's Center has invited the curators and two of the artists from the Rastros y Cronicas: Women of Juarez exhibit to the University to discuss the exhibit and their work.

Panelists:

  • Dolores Mercado - Exhibition Curator / National Museum of Mexican Art
  • Linda Tortolero - Exhibition Curator / Mujeres Latinas en Accion
  • Judithe Hernandez - Artist
  • Karen Musgrave - Artist

8:00pm - Silent Procession

8:00-8:45pm - Candlelight Vigil and Proclamation of the Names (Location TBA)

Saturday, November 7th; 10am-2pm: "Women of Juarez - Symposium"


Location: National Museum of Mexican Art

The National Museum of Mexican Art NMMA in collaboration with The Women's Center at DePaul University, will organize a half-day symposium that will critically analyze the femicide plaguing Ciudad Juarez. Invited panelists include scholars, investigative journalists, and social activists. This symposium, free to the public, will examine the multiple causes that have led to the femicide in Juarez and the pervasive absence of real action to remedy it. The curators of Rastros y Cronicas: Women of Juarez will give a tour of the exhibit.

Panelists:

  • Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez - critic, narrator, essayist, screenwriter, historian of literature and author of Huesos en el desierto, El plan Schreber, The Cosmic Gang, Of Blood and Sun, among other books.
  • Oscar Maynez - professor in criminology and criminal psychology/George Washington University, professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, and The Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez.
  • Marisa Belausteguigoitia Ruis - Head of the University Program on Gender Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) / Member of the Philosophy and Letters Faculty, where she teaches seminars at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Moderator: Lourdes Torres - professor in Latin American and Latino Studies Program / DePaul University


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