Tickets still available for Weaving Justice fundraiser
Join us at Andele’s Restaurant on Saturday, April 22nd at 5:30 for a Mexican Dinner party complete with live music and a raffle to support the efforts of a cancer support group based in Juárez!...
View ArticleLA FRONTERA FAIR TRADE STORE TO BE OPEN FOR THIRD SUMMER
La Frontera – a seller of fair trade items made by women from the border area and Mexico – opens for the Summer 2017 season June 3. The store, at Nopalito’s Galería, 326 S. Mesquite St. in Las...
View ArticleLas Cruces Faith Community Rallies Around Unjustly Detained Mother
Son will tell of mom’s arrest, detention for the first time at prayer vigil on Thursday, May 18 at 4 p.m. LAS CRUCES – A Las Cruces mom remains detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
View ArticleFair trade store open Saturdays through August
La Frontera, a fair trade store in Las Cruces, New Mexico at Nopalito’s Galería, 326 S. Mesquite St., is open through the end of August each Saturday, 9 am -6 pm. Please stop by to see the beautiful...
View ArticleSWEC: No Wall Town Hall Monday
President Trump’s budget proposal to expand border walls, hire thousands more ICE and border patrol agents, and expand immigrant detention centers are a direct threat to the people and wildlife that...
View ArticleWeaving for Justice fundraiser Oct. 12-13
Weaving for Justice is pleased to invite the public to our 3rd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser for Maya youth on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 12 and 13 from 2-7:30 pm. at the University Museum, Kent Hall,...
View ArticleTwo new opportunities for shopping La Frontera, Fair Trade Store
This fall, we will be open on the first Friday of each month, when the Art Ramble is taking place – that means 5 – 7:00 p.m. on October 6, November 3, and December 1. We are also open by appointment...
View ArticleReminder – Textile sale to fund scholarships for Maya youth, Oct.12 & 13
Weaving for Justice, the Maya Educational Foundation, and The NMSU University Museum are joining forces to raise funds for scholarships for Maya children and youth in Belize, Chiapas, Mexico, and...
View ArticlePoor People’s Campaign schedules march along border
Join Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Conveners of the Poor People’s Campaign along with Border Network for Human Rights for a Community March and Mass Meeting of the Poor...
View ArticleNMSU journalism professor publishes book of photos of Juárez taken over...
An associate professor in New Mexico State University’s Journalism Department recently published a book compiling photographs and stories he’s taken of Juárez and the border over the course of more...
View ArticleExhibit opening –“Defending Truth & Memory: The Path Towards Justice in...
On Thursday, February 1st at 5:30 p.m., the photo exhibit “Defending Truth and Memory: The Path Towards Justice in Guatemala” will open at the University Museum at Kent Hall. The exhibit is the work...
View ArticleNMSU to recognize Transnational Solidarity Day with talks by activist, former...
New Mexico State University is hosting two powerful speakers on May 3 to raise awareness about the city’s third annual Transnational Solidarity Day. Eva Arce, Juarez activist mother, poet and...
View ArticleAnnouncing a fundraiser, photo exhibit and textile sales
* SUNDAY, May 6, 3-5 p.m., Judy Forney welcomes you to her home for a WINE & CHEESE FUND RAISER TO BENEFIT DISABLED STUDENTS OF THE TESORO SCHOOL IN PALOMAS, MEXICO. Items for sale include...
View ArticleSWEC: Say No to the Wall Saturday 5-7 pm
Protesting the border wall last year in South Texas. Photo Sierra Club. We invite people from around the region and nation to join us tomorrow, Saturday, June 2, 5-7 pm, where we will demonstrate to...
View ArticleSWEC sues feds to stop Family Separation and Detention Policy
SWEC files lawsuit to stop federal action on immigration SWEC announced today the filing of a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration’s Family Separation and Detention Policy. The suit argues that the...
View ArticlePresentation of Documentary Film “Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror” Anapra,...
“Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror,” a documentary co-produced by Bill Jungels and Christine Eber, Weaving for Justice member, will be shown in Anapra, Juárez on Saturday, July 14th from 10 am – 12 noon...
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