Research and Community Projects
Women As Social Warriors III: Mujeres en Marcha
Over the summer of 2004, various committee
members from past WSW events gathered and decided to turn our energy to women and women’s leadership in cross-border labor solidarity movements. In November 2004, the third Women as Social Warriors event highlighted keynote speaker, Iris Mungía, who spoke on her work as Secretary of Women for the Coalition of Latin American Banana Unions and for the Coalition of Honduran Banana Workers, and additionally led trainings and workshops for campus workers and members of AFSCME local #3299. The event also featured two service workers from the UCSC community, who spoke about their activism in local labor issues. Additionally, this event set the stage and energized students and community members to take action in support of labor negotiations taking place the University the following day.
In Spring, 2004, the delegation of 11 UCSC students and staff participating in the Second Annual Lesbian March in Mexico City, was introduced to Juana Guzman’s friends and allies, the Caldo Cultivo Urbano. The UCSC group returned with the inspiration to host an exhibit of the Caldo Cultivo Urbano in Santa Cruz. Women as Social Warriors III highlighted an exhibit of these artists’ work. Women as Social Warriors has embraced this group as inspirational and deeply connected to the projects concept of social change where women are transforming the terms for social action.
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