"Several UTEP student organizations such as MEChA* ... participated in the rally..."

UT El Paso, Texas!

"Sister cities unite for peace"

And The UTEP Prospector's Mr. Adam Martinez has the story.

¡Adelante, Adam!


Snippet from the Wednesday, June 15, 2011 online edition.

"UTEP students joined artists, writers, community members and victims of the drug violence in Ciudad Juarez as they rallied for peace and justice June 10 and 11 at the Benito Juarez monument and San Jacinto Plaza in El Paso.

"[S]aid Ana Morales, one of the organizers of the event and [a] graduate student in sociology, This is important for our communities and being a part of this caravan shows support and solidarity with the victims off the drug war.

"The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity was organized and led by poet and activist Javier Sicilia, whose son was killed March 28 ..."

Way to go, good people, yet how sad to know the killing rages on and on, or at least seems to, though some reports recently say the killings in Juarez are "down" from last year... :(

* Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán = MEChA