Start Date: Nov 04 2009, 5:00pm

The Washington Office on Latin America

cordially invites you to a
reception
in honor of Latin American human rights defenders
who are visiting Washington, DC for the hearings of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
WOLA
1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20009
202-797-2171

Please join us at 5pm for the screening of the video "Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa." This film examines the lives of impoverished workers from Guerrero, Mexico who migrate to the state of Sinaloa to pick vegetables for the export trade. It is a devastating portrait of hardship-from their community of origin, largely abandoned by the local and state governments, to the inhumane and slave-like working conditions of the migrant camp.  The film is directed by Alex Halkin and produced by the Chiapas Media Project/Promedios for the Tlachinollan Human Rights Organization. Representatives from Tlachinollan will be present at the screening.

Please RSVP to Rachel Robb at 202-797-2171 or at rrobb@wola.org