We invite you to hear the words and stories of compas from Orange County that have been actively participating in the Cucapa peace camp in El Mayor, northern Baja California.
This workshop tells the story the Cucapá, an Indigenous people of Mexicali, who have been denied fishing permits even though they have been fishing in their valley for over 9,000 years; indeed, even before this area was considered Mexico.
Fishing is part of their ancestral traditions and is their only form of support. On the other hand, commercial fishermen have no problems obtaining fishing permits.
During the 2007 fishing season, which runs from February to May, the Sixth Delegation of the EZLN, along with adherents of “The Other Campaign” have set up camp in the Mexicali dessert community of El Mayor Cucapa, and have joined the local community in exercising their rights to fish in a peaceful, civil disobedient campaign for social change and justice.
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This presentation will feature a film-screening of "Resist in Order to Exist", a short documentary produced by The Other Campaign on the Other Side. You can preview the film on Google video. DVD copies of this film will also be on sale during the entire event.
This event is taking place at CSUF as part of their 3rd Annual Social Justice Summit entitled "“Wake Up! Open Our Eyes to Injustice".
For more information on the summit visit:
http://campusapps.fullerton.edu/news/2007/170_socialjustice.html
For more information on the Cucapa struggle visit:
http://stopthegenocidecampaign.blogspot.com
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