Twenty Years of Advances for Women in Mexico

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May 30th, 2016 10:30 am

Film Premiere

This is a joint program with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende.

Location

Hotel La Aldea
Ancha de San Antonio 15, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico

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Upcoming Talks & Films

Friday, Feb 28 - 2:00 pm

Discussion Group

We: Reviving Social Hope

Ron Aronson

The book We: Reviving Social Hope by philosopher Ron Aronson will be the focus of a discussion group on Friday February 28. His book is a message to save us from the despair, cynicism and defeatism that paralyzes too many in these troubled times.

Aronson argues that social hope is born from collective action, a we, not just I. It is in a movement that “we become...

Tuesday, Mar 3 - 11:00 am

Film & Discussion

Tomorrow - Part 1

“Without question, this is absolutely the best and most creative film on the future of humanity and the environment.”
— Paul Hawken

As mankind is threatened by the collapse of the ecosystems, filmmakers Cyril, Mélanie, Alexandre, Laurent, Raphäel and Antoine, all in their thirties, set out to explore the world in search of solutions that can save their children, and...

Wednesday, Mar 4 - 11:00 am

Film & Discussion

Tomorrow - Part 2

“Without question, this is absolutely the best and most creative film on the future of humanity and the environment.”
— Paul Hawken

As mankind is threatened by the collapse of the ecosystems, filmmakers Cyril, Mélanie, Alexandre, Laurent, Raphäel and Antoine, all in their thirties, set out to explore the...

Wednesday, Mar 4 - 4:00 pm

Ser Mujer

Women and Migration

Gretchen Kuhner

The horrors faced by migrants fleeing poverty, war, crime and other atrocities are forcing hundreds of thousands to escape their countries, mostly Central American, to try to find a better life somewhere else; in many cases, in the United States. Death, starvation, thirst, accidents or dismemberment while riding the infamous La Bestia train, and the threat of deportation from the...

Thursday, Mar 5 - 11:00 am

Talk

The Green New Deal

Susan Goldman & Peter Weisberg

In the US progressive leaders have called for a Green New Deal on the scale of the mobilization for World War II. They have outlined an integrated plan to address the climate emergency that calls for a conversion of our energy system away from fossil fuels to renewables like solar and wind that can give good union jobs in clean energy. It calls for regenerative agriculture to draw...

Thursday, Mar 5 - 2:00 pm

Ser Mujer

Where Can We Live In Peace?

Judy Jackson & Rebecca Eichler

This film, by documentary filmmaker Judy Jackson is an update from “Walk With Us” – which followed a caravan of Central American migrants - fleeing violence, poverty and climate change – as it moved through Mexico a year ago . Much of it was shot at the ABBA house shelter for migrants, through the eyes of its founder Pastor Ignacio Ramirez.

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Sunday, Mar 8 - 4:00 pm

Ser Mujer

In Her Shoes

An Installation to Represent Violence Against Women in the State of Guanajuato

Women from all over San Miguel have donated their own shoes for a symbolic art installation on March 8, 2020. The display of 303 pair of women’s shoes represents the number of homicides and femicides against women that have occurred in the state of Guanajuato in 2019....

Tuesday, Mar 10 - 11:00 am

Film & Discussion

The Inside Job

How did things go so wrong back in 2008-09? And what the heck really happened anyway? It’s still very confusing. And could it happen again? Some say the economy is fine. But student debt, credit card debt, mortgage debt, corporate debt, government debt are all higher than in 2008 – much higher. What has been happening over the last twelve years and what is going to happen?

To answer...

Wednesday, Mar 11 - 11:00 am

Film

The Big Short

It’s 2020 and the global economy is still suffering from the housing crash of 2008. “Did no one see this coming?” was the refrain heard from Buckingham Palace to Timbuktu. Well, actually a few people did see it coming. “The Big Short” chronicles four small groups of rogue traders who did see the crash coming and bet on it, or rather bet against it. This 2015 docu-drama is adapted from the...

Wednesday, Mar 11 - 4:00 pm

Ser Mujer

Tempestad

Tempestad, (Storm) is an award winning documentary by Salvadoran-Mexican director Tatiana Huezo. This beautifully crafted and creative film focuses on the emotional journey of two women victimized by the corruption of the Mexican justice system, and how they used love, dignity and resistance to survive....

Thursday, Mar 12 - 11:00 am

Talk

Quantitative Easing 4ever and the Demise of the US Dollar

Betsy Bowman

Dr. Betsy Bowman will explain how the Quantitative Easing policies of the US Federal Reserve have allowed corporations to buy back their own stock -- which was formerly illegal. These QE policies have also allowed the corporations’ executives, Boards of Directors and share-holders to enrich themselves while adding to the same corporations’ debt and the US debt. Intervention in the “repo” or...

Thursday, Mar 12 - 2:00 pm

Ser Mujer

Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Honoring the women around the world with the Goldman Environmental Prize. Stopping illegal gold mining in ancestral lands, expisng the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, banning deep sea trawling, creating a nature reserve in the Gobi Desert. These actions taken by courageous women earned them the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Be uplifted by these brave stories of brave women....

Sunday, Mar 15 - 10:30 am

Ser Mujer

Standing Up Against Violence

Veronica Cruz

Guanajuato is a dangerous place for women. Fifty-nine percent of women in Guanajuato age 15 and older have experienced violence. In 2019, there were 303 murders of women, at least 15 of which were femicides. That’s not acceptable to Veronica Cruz, founder of Las Libres. In 2000, she and other activists founded Las Libres, a feminist organization in Guanajuato, the most conservative state in...

Tuesday, Mar 17 - 12:00 pm

Film

Even the Rain

In 1999 the World Bank and IMF required Bolivia to privatize all public utilities in line with their neoliberal agenda. The compliant government of Bolivia then sold the water system of Cochabamba to a subsidiary of San Francisco-based Bechtel Corporation. Bechtel proceeded to raise the water rates by as much as 200 to 300% --far beyond what the poor Bolivians could pay. The company even...

Wednesday, Mar 18 - 4:00 pm

Ser Mujer

Women, Violence & Resistance in Latin America

Laura Carlsen

The past years have seen unprecedented movements to eliminate violence against women in our region. From the MeToo movements to denounce abuse and harassment, to Chilean women's viral performance of 'Un violador en tu camino', to demonstrations for the right to choose and now school occupations against violence in Mexico, a new generation of feminists is saying 'Never again!.'...

Tuesday, Mar 24 - 10:00 am

Ser Mujer

Make a Simple and Productive Garden in a Box

SOMOS SEMILLA

Meet the Women Who Are Saving Mother Earth by Saving Seeds.

Soledad Saburido Álvarez has been the coordinator of the SOMOS SEMILLA Seed Library, in San Miguel de Allende since 2015, when the project began. Born in Galicia, Spain, she has a degree in Plant Biology and developed her PhD with a thesis based on the study of the evolution and genetics of the...

Wednesday, Mar 25 - 4:00 pm Femicide, Patriarchy and the 2020 Elections

Ticket proceeds purchase tools for women studying to become electrician and plumbers in San Miguel

Thursday, Mar 26 - 12:30 pm

Ser Mujer

Healing Yoga Class -- Pure Yoga+Fitness

Joanna Francis

To help each of us combat the violent world in which we live, yoga teacher Joanna Francis is offering a free gentle yoga class at her studio Pure Yoga+Fitness at Stirling Dickinson 15, next to Real de Minas Hotel.

Bilingual psychologists will be on hand if you would like to talk privately with them.

Text or WhatsApp Joanna at 415-109-6175 to sign up.

Sunday, Mar 29 - 10:30 am

Ser Mujer

Feminism in Mexico

Ilythya Guevera

Ilithya Guevara is a social anthropologist with a PhD in rural development. She is a professor at the Autonomous University of Querétaro and has dedicated her academic life to research on the role of women in rural Mexico, the impact of development in empowering women, and the role of gender in the inequality of women and men in daily life.

Upcoming Trips

Mar 12, 2020

- Mar 19, 2020

Tour

Chiapas, a place of old wisdom and contemporary influences

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Mar 30, 2020

- Apr 3, 2020

Tour

Visit Sierra Gorda and Las Pozas

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