Yesterday was a powerful event. It was hosted by La Mujer Obrera in El Mercado Mayapan. In 1994 the mujeres were fired from the former textile factory, which was bought by the mujeres has been transformed into a market, museum and community space. The museum held historical chicano documents and artifacts around la Raza Unida, labor strikes and movements and the brown berets. They also had a whole section dedicated to the struggle for worker rights that happened in the space.
A few of the local speakers included: Susie Byrd, State Rep. Marisa Marquez, Maria Malone and Donna Snider.
Big shout out to UTEP Chicano Studies for donating copies of Hecho en Tejas and other banned books.
Over 250 people attended the event and it was absolutely amazing.
In El Paso we were joined by Dagoberto Gild, writer of Hecho en Tejas.
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