The one week trip includes meetings and site visits in Mexico City and Oaxaca City and a trip into the countryside. Spend three days in remote, indigenous communities in the mountains of southern Mexico, visiting projects that are promoting economic development and women's empowerment. Meet with urban workers organizing in Mexico's largest independent union federation. Learn about Mexico's human rights crisis from representatives of the country's leading human righs organization. Discuss the possibilities for democracy in Mexico with the organizers of a national network of citizens groups that have come together to demand fair elections and an accountable government.
Space is limited.
Please call Katharine Kilbourn at Grassroots International for more information or to receive a delegation application. Grassroots International is an independent, international humanitarian aid and development agency, with a 15-year history of effective work in conflicted regions. We currently support community organizations in Brazil, Eritrea, Haiti, Mexico and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The agency also educates the public about the U.S. role in international affairs. Grassroots International is supported solely by private, tax-deductible contributions.