Zona Abierta: Muxeres & Mothers in Movements for Social Justice

Presented by the UIC Latino Cultural Center.

Join us in celebrating Muxeres & Mothers in Movements for Social Justice.

Local and national leaders will come together to reflect, share challenges, lessons and other experiences they face within the education, labor, environmental & climate justice, and immigration movements. Through a conversation/panel centering on their personal trajectories and their respective roles working on various social issues, the panelists reveal the complexities of existing as a muxer, parent, and leader.

DATE: Tuesday, March 29
TIME: 3-4:30 p.m.

Moderator:
Rebecca Martinez
Chicago Teachers Union

Panelists:
Gabriela Marquez-Benitez
Detention Watch Network

Viviana Moreno
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

Evelyn Osorio
SEIU Healthcare IL

This program is co-sponsored by UIC Gender Women’s Studies and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program.

For access needs or questions, email lcc@uic.edu or call 312-996-3095. The LCC is wheelchair accessible. Auto-captions enabled on Zoom. ASL Interpretation services may be available by contacting the LCC 5 business days before the program. All audiences are welcome.