La Mujer and the struggle for Raza Liberation
MUJERES AT THE FOREFRONT OF LA RAZA’S STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION
Unión del Barrio –an organization that for over 30 years has struggled for the self-determination and liberation of La Raza, and other oppressed poor and working class people– held a community forum on Thursday January 19, 2012, at the Memorial Senior Center. The Center is located in Memorial Park, found within a mostly Mexican and African American community in San Diego. The objective of the forum was to address the critical issues facing our community and the importance of the participation of women in these particular struggles.
TOWARDS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT
The forum was also part of Unión del Barrio’s ongoing work to build a liberation movement that can challenge the oppressive and violent system known as capitalism that controls most of the world today.
The forum, organized under the theme of “La Mujer: Al Frente de la Lucha por la Liberacion de la Raza”, brought together more than fifty participants, which included men and women, teachers, mothers, students, and community organizers. Also, the Save Our Barrio Committee (SOBC), Association of Raza Educators (ARE), Lindsay Community School, and the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (CMPP) displayed information and art, and sold their group’s material (pamphlets, calendar, pins, etc.)
The program began with a welcome and review of the day’s agenda by Compañera Isabell Peña, a leading member of Unión del Barrio. Compañera Isabell explained to the audience the importance of participating in events like the forum, which provides a space for ideas to be exchanged and to have a dialogue with different sectors of our community. She stressed that forums help us develop the knowledge and creates the unity that will move our struggle forward. Compañera Isabell specifically referred to the forum as part of the work to build a mujer national liberation conference that will be organized by Unión del Barrio on March 10, 2012, in Los Angeles, California.
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Towards the Building of International Working Women’s Day Conference 2012
Breaking Through Colonization with Women’s Liberation: Women’s Conference
Saturday March 10, 2012 | 10am-1pm
Central Region High School #16
The Social Justice Schools
300 E. 53rd Street | Los Angeles, CA 90011
In commemoration of International Working Women’s Day, Unión del Barrio reaches out to progressive and revolutionary forces to join us to discuss the crucial importance of Women’s participation in Political Struggle and the pivotal role we play in advancing Raza Liberation Struggle for Socialism!
Keynote Speaker:
Adriana Jasso, member of Union del Barrio’s
Central Committee
Rompiendo la Colonización a través de la Liberación de la Mujer
Sábado 10 de marzo, 2012 | 10am-1pm
Central Region High School #16
The Social Justice Schools
300 E. 53rd Street | Los Angeles, CA 90011
¡En conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora, Unión del Barrio hace un llamado a las fuerzas progresistas y revolucionarias para unirse a nosotros y hablar sobre la importancia de la participación femenina en la lucha política y tomar parte de un rol fundamental hacia el avance de la lucha por el socialismo y la liberación de la Raza!
Oradora Principal:
Adriana Jasso, miembro del Comité Central
de Unión del Barrio