Fall Speaker Tour 2012
Witness for Peace is very pleased to bring Leonila Romero González to the Mid-Atlantic this October! Leonila is the Assistant at the Dimensión Pastoral de la Movilidad Humana (i.e. Catholic Migrant Ministry) for Mexico, and a member of the humanitarian organization Las Patronas. For over 15 years, Las Patronas, an organization of women based in Veracruz, Mexico, has provided much-needed sustenance to mostly Central American migrants making the harrowing journey North through Mexico. With the Pastoral (based in Mexico City), Romero works on matters of securing documentation for Central American migrants in Mexico, monitoring activity at migrant shelters in different parts of Mexico, and various aspects of workshops on migration.
Below is a list of confirmed events for Leonila's tour through the Mid-Atlantic. Some events are still being finalized and there is still some room in the schedule if you are interested in hosting an event, interview, or meeting with Leonila. Please contact Walker Grooms at 205-936-1091 or walker@witnessforpeace.org to schedule or for more information. All events are open to the public unless otherwise specified.
Thursday, Oct. 11 1:00 PM at the Great Hall of the Community College of Philadelphia - 1700 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, Oct. 11 7:15 PM at St. Luke's Lutheran Church (sponsored by LEPOCO) - 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA
Friday, Oct. 12 Swarthmore College - Swarthmore ,PA
Monday, Oct. 15 5:00 PM at Hobart and William Smith Colleges - 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, NY
Tuesday, Oct. 16 and Wednesday, Oct. 17 Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Wednesday, Oct. 17 Plymouth Congregational UCC Church, Syracuse, NY
Friday, Oct. 19 7:45 PM meeting at the Catholic Worker - 55 East 3rd Street, New York, NY
Saturday Oct. 20 3:00 PM as part of the "Encuentro" of Teatro Stage Fest (Tickets and more information at www.teatrostagefest.org.) - Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave. at East 25th Street (between Lexington Avenue and 3rd Avenue), New York, NY
Sunday, Oct. 21 12:45 PM at Metro Baptist Church (service before at 11 AM) - 410 W. 40th St., New York, NY (open event)
Monday, Oct. 22 5:30 at Stony Brook University Student Activities Center (SAC) - 100 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook, NY 11794 (Directions to the SAC.)
Tuesday, Oct. 23 1:30-3:00 PM at the Adelphi University Alumni House - 154 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City, NY (Directions to the Alumni House.)
Wednesday, Oct. 24 Pat-Med High School - Medford, NY
Thursday, Oct. 25 9:30 AM at Westbury Community Meeting (by RSVP only, at 516-997-2926, x229) - Westbury, NY
Thursday, Oct. 25 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington - 109 Browns Rd., Huntington, NY 11743
Friday, Oct. 26 10 AM at Iovino South Shore Family Center - 1444 Fifth Avenue, Bay Shore, NY
