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CRUCES

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

- University of Houston students who want to join our organization, CRUCES
- organizations and individuals who are involved in spreading awareness about these crimes or who are offering support to the victims' family members
- anyone who wants to put a stop to violence against women!

My Blog

Fotofest 2008- U of H-March 7

FotoFest 2008 March 7-April 20         The US-Mexico Fingerprints: One Hundred Years of Reality Exhibition and Premiere documentary There will be an exclusive exhib...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:10:00 GMT

FREE iTunes podcast - Harvest of Women

Since 1993, more than 500 girls and women have been killed and disappeared in Juarez, Mexico. Award-winning veteran journalist Diana Washington Valdez has spent seven years investigating the murders a...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:30:00 GMT

film screening this TUESDAY

CRUCES PRESENTSSeñorita Extraviada, Missing Young WomanA Documentary Film by Lourdes Portillo Señorita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman tells the story of the hundr...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:25:00 GMT

Bulldozing the Memories of Murdered Women

February 25, 2007Ciudad Juarez NewsBulldozing the Memories of Murdered WomenIn the run-up to International Women's Day 2007, thememories of murdered women in Ciudad Juarez are beingerased. Workmen hav...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:43:00 GMT

DESERT BLOOD this monday!

ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBA&LUIS ALBERTO URREAAlley Theater,615 Texas Avenue7:30 pm (doors open at 6:45)Tickets are $5, free for students and senior citizens. Tickets available only at the door on the eveni...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:07:00 GMT

'Bordertown' Booed at Berlinale

Here is the text of an article that discusses 'Bordertown.' Having read the film's script, I can say that I am not surprised. If you want to see the original article, please visit http://www.spiegel.d...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:14:00 GMT

Jennifer Lopez's Movie News

Some of us have had the, ahem, pleasure, of reading a draft of BORDERTOWN--a movie concerning the Juarez murders and starring Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas and Martin Sheen. Although the script lef...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:36:00 GMT

Alicia Gaspar de Alba on February 26th (free for students)

The Inprint Reading Series and Arte Público Press present a reading by Alicia Gaspar de Alba, author of DESERT BLOOD: THE JUAREZ MURDERS, on Monday February 26 at the Alley Theater. Doors open at 6:45...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:59:00 GMT

MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY! Join CRUCES!

For those of you in the Houston area,We NEED you!We are having a meeting to discuss events for this semester and we'd love to have new faces and voices with us! So, if you are interested in joining ou...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:07:00 GMT

DO YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF CRUCES?

Hi everyone,In the next two weeks, we are going to have a meeting to discuss activities for the next few months. If you live in Houston, and especially if you are a UH student, we want you as a member...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:51:00 GMT