About
80 members of the press corps
packed the conference room at La
Condesa DF Hotel this morning to hear Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego
Luna, WITNESS and our partner
org in Mexico (La Comision)
discuss the power of film and
video to promote change, and to
hear Paty Cervantes and Miguel
David Meza speak first hand
about the murders of young women
occurring in Ciudad Juarez
y
Chihuahua, Mexico. Along with
that was also screened a portion
of the video
Doble Injusticia.Paty spoke about the disappearance and murder of her daughter Neyra and how she will continue to fight for justice, not only for her daughter but the hundreds of other victims. She mentioned that 2 women were found tortured, and mutilated on the side of the road in Chihuahua this past week ALONE! Next to her sat her nephew Miguel David, now free from prison. He said that even though he was wrongfully incarcerated, he has faith -- faith that if we join together and tell the world about what is happening and pressure the government, that perhaps things will change. We all hope so, which is why we're standing together with Diego y Gael and asking people to PAY ATTENTION.
From the press conference we ran to eat a late lunch and are now getting ready for the evening event! We're told that Mexico has not seen this type of fundraising event before and we are so lucky to have CANANA and Ambulante supporting us in this way.
A member of the press asked
Gael and Diego this morning
where their consciousness came
from -- how they got involved
with WITNESS and what happened
to sensitize them to social
justice issues and human rights,
etc. Diego was so eloquent when
he said (and I am paraphrasing
here) that he was born on this
planet. That he lives in this
city. That he reads the
newspaper. That he watches the
news. That he is a human being
on this planet and we as
human beings need to care about
each other. I couldn't agree
with him more.
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