¡Justicia en Juárez!

Symposium, April 10, 2007, Texas A&M

Sponsored by the Center for Housing and Urban Development (CHUD), College of
Architecture
The murders of more than 500 women and young girls in Ciudad Juárez, México over the past 14
years will be the focus of a Texas A&M University symposium on April 10th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at the Sterling C. Evans Memorial Library, Second Floor, Room 204E.
PROGRAM
9:00 AM – WELCOME (Introduction of speakers: Miguel Juárez, Assistant Professor,
University Libraries)

Dr. Jorge Vanegas, Director, Center for Housing and Urban Development (CHUD), College of
Architecture

Dr. Tito Guerrero, Executive Vice President and Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment
and Diversity

Dr. Karan Watson, Executive Vice President, Dean of Faculties, and Associate Provost

Dr. Joseph Jewel, Director, Race and Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI)

Dr. James Rosenheim, Director, Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research

9:45 AM -- OPENING REMARKS

Pema García, Director of CHUD’s Western Rio Grande Region, Center for Housing and Urban
Development, El Paso, Texas

10:00 AM -- MORNING SESSION

"Accountability for Murder in the Maquiladoras: Linking Corporate Indifference to

Gender Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border"
Elvia Arriola, JD, Professor of Law, Northern Illinois University, College of Law
Harvest of Women
Diana Washington Valdez, MA, Investigative Reporter, El Paso Times, and author of the book
Harvest of Women, Safari in Mexico, 1993-2005, The Truth About the Murders of Girls and
Women in Juarez, Mexico

"Women's Shifting Border Identities on Both Sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border in

Light of Persistent and Heightened Violence"
María Socorro Tabuenca Cordoba, PhD, Cultural Theorist and past Dean for the North West
Region, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. With Debra Castillo, she has
authored the book: Border Shots: From Theory to Practice
12:00 PM -- DISCUSSION

12:45 PM -- BREAK

1:00 PM -- LUNCH ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: "Doing Dangerous Research"

2:15 PM -- AFTERNOON SESSION

"Contra el Feminicio en Ciudad Juárez, una fuerza social llamada Nuestras Hijas de
Regreso a Casa"
Marisela Ortíz, Co-founder and Director and María Luisa Andrade, Spokesperson, Nuestras
Hijas de Regreso a Casa, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
“Talking Back to History: Women Workers Organize Against Management Violence
in the Maquiladoras"
Judith Rosenberg, PhD, Director, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, a Project of the American
Friends Service Committee
"Border Sexual Conquest: A Framework for Gendered and Racial Sexual Violence"
María Cristina Morales, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas, El Paso
and Cynthia Bejarano, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, New Mexico State
University

4:15 PM -- GENERAL DISCUSSION

CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. Gabriel Carranza, Director, International Programs
Dr. Víctor Arizpe, Chair, Department of Hispanic Studies

5:00 PM -- RECOGNITION OF COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEERS

5:30 PM -- RECEPTION

J. WAYNE STARK GALLERY, MULTICULTURAL STUDENT CENTER (MSC),

UNIVERSITY CENTER

Introduction by Dr. Alessandra Luiselli, Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Studies

"Moon Over Juárez" -- Dance Performance by The Latina Dance Project, Los
Angeles, performed by Licia Perea and Eva Tessler. Text by Victor Hugo Rascón Banda.
Choreography by Eva Tessler. Music by William Campbell. Costumes by Ann Closs-Farley.
"New Moon Over Juárez," is a haunting and beautiful dance drama about a young maquiladora
(factory) worker who meets her fate in Ciudad Juárez, where more than 500 women have been
murdered over the last 14 years. It is also about two sisters and their bond that brings them
together one last time.

Book Signing by Diana Washington Valdez (at the Stark entrance from the Flag Room)

Co-Sponsors:
Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities; Office of the Vice President for Diversity; Race and
Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI); Women's and Gender Equity Resource Center; Department of
Sociology; Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy; Department of Hispanic Studies;
Women's Studies Program; Department of English; International Programs; Office of the
Commandant; Office of the Vice President for Administration; Office for Latin American
Programs and Mexico Center; Mexican American and Latino Research Center (MALRC);
Interdisciplinary TAMU Scholars' Consortium on Border Research.

Interdisciplinary TAMU Scholars' Consortium on Border Research Committee:

Dr. Jorge Vanegas, CHUD; Barbara Henry, CHUD; Gloria Harvey, CHUD; Dr. Kathryn
Henderson, Sociology; Dr. Nancy Plankey Videla, Sociology; Kim Starz, Philosophy, PhD graduate
student; Nancy Lugo, formerly with RESI; Dr. Alessandra Luiselli, Hispanic Studies; Dr. Jose P.
Villalobos, Hispanic Studies; Tura M. King, University Relations, Assistant Director;
Miguel Juárez, MLS, University Libraries; Katie Elrod, Community volunteer; Miriam Olivares,
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, PhD graduate student; Dr. Elsa M. Gonzalez y
Gonzalez, Educational Administration; Corina Valdez, Hispanic Studies; Manuela Gomez,
Philosophy & Humanities, MA; Theresa Survillion, Department of Educational Administration
and Human Resource, PhD graduate student
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