“Fighting With the Heart of a Woman: The situation and participation of women in Chiapas” (1995-2015) is a book that systematizes over 70 interviews of women activists in various groups, collectives, cooperatives, social movements, and civil associations or universities.

Gabriela Rodriguez will discuss the testimonies these women shared as participants in collective/cooperative work, the Zapatista movement, and other spaces of struggle for gender equality and social justice. She will also talk about the current socio-political context in Mexico.

Gabriela Torres Rodríguez is fronteriza, from a very small town in deep South Texas at the U.S.A.-México border. She is the daughter of two hard working parents that migrated to the United States from México in the late 1980s, who now own and operate a small bakery in the borderlands, specializing in the art of making Mexican sweet bread.

Gaby is currently living and working as a human rights observer and defender in Chiapas, México. She began her training with the Center for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, serving as a volunteer for a year. She is currently working with the International Service for Peace (SIPAZ), since April 2015.

Co-sponsored by Latin America Task Force of the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (ICPJ) and Michigan Solidarity Network with Mexico (MSNM)