2012 Voice of the Voiceless Award / Solidarity Dinner

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Dear friends of Annunciation House, We are pleased to announce the
2012 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS

SOLIDARITY DINNER & FORUM ON IMMIGRATION
Saturday, April 28
Solidarity Dinner:
6:00 -9:00 pm, Santa Lucia Parish Hall

Forum on Immigration:
9:00am-1:00pm, location TBA
Please join us. Your invitation is forthcoming. Keep informed of details at: on this site and by following us on facebook.

Tickets, available February 1, can be purchased via mail, in person at:
Casa Teresa, 815 Myrtle Ave., 79901, 915.533.4675.

We are honored to announce that the 2012 Voice of the Voiceless Award recipient will be:

JAVIER SICILIA: Mexican journalist, poet, and activist

JAVIER SICILIA: Mexican journalist, poet, and activist

On March 28, 2011, Sicilia’s son, Juan Francisco, a university student, was massacred with several other students. In response to the killing of his son as well as the tens of thousands of others that have been killed in Mexico’s war on drugs, Sicilia launched a movement of peace known as El Pacto Por La Paz that expressed itself through national cara- vans that gave a public platform to victims and their families. In selecting The Protestor as its 2011 Person of the Year, Time profiled Javier Sicilia as among those international activists calling for radical change in their home countries. For his courageous witness and uncompromising commitment to be a voice for the tens of thousands affected by the violence in Mexico, Javier Sicilia will be presented with our 2012 Voice of the Voiceless Award.

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Groups denounce Juárez police action; watch video – El Paso Times

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Groups denounce Juárez police action; watch video – El Paso Times.

“We also call for an end of the criminalization and the systematic repression of Juárez youth, and also an implementation of a true culture of legality beginning with the authorities, police and military forces,” said Ruben Garcia, director of a immigrant support organization, Annunciation House.

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Immigration Forum

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

In conjunction with the 2011 Voice of the Voiceless Event,

ANNUNCIATION HOUSE presents an:

Immigration Forum -SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2011

Catholic Daughters Hall
801 Magoffin Avenue

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Human Rights Reports – Central American Immigrants in Mexico

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Reports on the Conditions of Central AmericansMigrating through Mexico by:

Migrant Posada Belen, Ac, Humanity Without Borders, Ac,  Justice Border, Ac

Reports in PDF format

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Voice of the Voiceless Dinner 2011

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Award Recipient: BELÉN, POSADA DEL MIGRANTE
Keynote Speaker: Friar José Raúl Vera López, OP
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011
6–9 PM
The Amistad Center
of Santa Lucia Parish
518 Gallagher Street
El Paso, TX 79915
Dinner Ticket: $50

All proceeds support the work of Annunciation House.

ANNUNCIATION HOUSE
815 MYRTLE AVE, EL PASO, TX 79901,
915-533-4675
contact Voice of the Voiceless

BELÉN, POSADA DEL MIGRANTE
Located in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, Belén, Posada del Migrante has offered hospitality to more than 40,000 immigrants, largely Central and South Americans. Together with two human rights organization it hosts, Belén, Posada del Migrante boldly advocates against the kidnapping, extortion, sexual abuse, and murder of migrants by criminal organizations and the simultaneous complicity of public officials. In the context of impunity, Belén, Posada del Migrante, was an outspoken critic of the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.

OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER: BISHOP RAUL VERA
Bishop José Raúl Vera López, OP has been a bold defender of human rights throughout Mexico, especially of those of the indigenous and the immigrant. He speaks out against the kidnapping of immigrants and the Mexican government’s inability to disarm drug cartels.

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No Escape – Texas Observer

Posted on August 24, 2010 by

No Escape:

For Mexicans fleeing violence, the United States offers no refuge.

by Susana Hayward

LINK

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Video on Texas Monthly

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Video on TexasMonthly

Watch El Pasoans talk about their city and the continuing violence along the border.

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Mass in Response to Violence on the Border – July 14

Posted on July 18, 2010 by

At 7:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14, a Mass in Response to Violence on the Border will be held at the Placita de Leones, next to the downtown Santa Fe Bridge.

We extend to you and all residents of our border community an invitation to this call for justice and a request to join with Bishop Armando Ochoa of El Paso and Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, in the celebration of this special Mass.

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The trouble in Juarez – PBS documentary

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

PBS show Need to Know traveled to the border to speak with Mexicans affected by the drug war violence.

LINK

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Mexican advocates say U.S. officials don't care about tales of violence

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

By David Agren
Catholic News Service
EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — An unidentified Mexican man and his wife, fearful to reveal their true identities, spoke recently to a group of reporters and immigration advocates in this border city about the violence that forced them to seek refuge in the United States.

link to article

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