Many Mexicans and Mexican-Americans live in the Bay Area, and many have been hit by the violence in Mexico since President Calderón declared a "war" in 2007 to fight drug trafficking organizations. Nearly 40,000 people have been murdered - mostly with guns sold in the U.S. - and most had nothing to do with the drug business. Today, tens of thousands of Mexicans are saying "enough," and marching in silence from Cuernavaca to Mexico City.
We have a chance this month to join this remembrance of Mexicans killed and protest the endless drug war. This Sunday, as the silent march streams into Mexico City, we urge you to join us to remember the names of people killed at 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco, and call for No More Blood. (See a video calling for today's march to Mexico City.)
Nonviolence leader Javier Sicilia and thousands more are marching today from Cuernavaca to Mexico City.
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Sunday May 8, Noon
Whether or not you can make it on Sunday, please join us to talk with a leader of the Mexican nonviolent movement, Pietro Ameglio, who will speak about this remarkable movement and march. Pietro is the recipient of the 2008 Pfeffer Peace Prize from FOR, and co-founder of Service for Peace and Justice in Cuernavaca.
Pietro Ameglio events:
May 17, 7 pm: Metta Center for Nonviolence, 1730 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley (near Berkeley Center BART) More information here.
May 18, 7 pm: Center for Political Education, 522 Valencia St., San Francisco (near 16th St. BART). More information here.
 For more information, contact John Lindsay-Poland, johnlp {at} forusa.org, tel 510-282-8983.
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