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ANNUNCIATION HOUSE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS 2014 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + VIGIL & PROJECTION We will stand in solidarity with journalists who have been killed or disappeared in Mexico as we gather at Annunciation House, 1003 E. San Antonio Ave. THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD: 7:30PM PRESS CONFERENCE PROJECTION OF NAMES AND VIGIL SOLIDARITY DINNER SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 6PM TO 9PM Amistad Hall of Santa Lucia Parish, 518 Gallagher St.Dinner Tickets: $50 2014 Voice of the Voiceless Award Recipients: The Voice of the Voiceless Award will be presented to Mexican journalist ANABEL HERNANDEZ for her courageous journalistic work in the face of ongoing threats to her life and the lives of her family. The Border Witness Recognition will be presented to Mexican businessman, CARLOS GUTIERREZ, who, unable to continue paying extortion, had both legs cut off by a drug gang; and who undertook the Pedaling for Justice campaign, a 700 mile bike trip, to raise awareness of the impunity in Mexico and the plight of Mexican asylum seekers in the U.S. The Teacher of Justice recognition will be presented posthumously to MIKE O’CONNOR for his relentless advocacy for the protection of journalists as the Mexican representative on the Committee for the Protection of Journalists. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VOV EVENTS OR TO PURCHASE DINNER TICKETS: Annunciation House, 815 Myrtle Ave., 79901, www.annunciationhouse.org, 533.4675 FORUM ON THE PERSECUTION OF JOURNALISTS SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 8AM TO 1PM St. Patrick Cathedral Multipurpose Center, 1111 N. Stanton St. No cost to attend, but seating is limited. Translation and light refreshments will be provided. Keynote Presentation by: Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, Investigative Reporter and Author. Breakout Sessions: “Under Attack, Journalists in Mexico Today” Anabel Hernandez Garcia, Investigative Reporter and Author, “Follow the Money: Who Profits from the Drug Wars” Tom Barry, Senior Policy Analyst and director of TransBorder Project at the Center for International Policy (CIP), “Hope for Democracy in Mexico: A Credible Press” Tracy Wilkinson, Reporter and Los Angeles Times Mexico Bureau Chief, “Forced to Flee: A Reporter’s Dilemma” Hector Gutierrez, Reporter Asylum Recipient Around the Table: Diana Washington-Valdez El Paso Times reporter, Armando Velez, El Diario El Paso, Julian Cardona, Independent Photo-Journalist, Gabriela Minjares, El Diario Juarez, Kerry Doyle, Moderator

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ANNUNCIATION HOUSE

VOICE OF THE

VOICELESS 2014 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

VIGIL & PROJECTION We will stand in solidarity with journalists who have been killed or disappeared in Mexico as we gather at Annunciation House, 1003 E. San Antonio Ave.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD: 7:30PM

PRESS CONFERENCE

PROJECTION OF NAMES AND VIGIL

SOLIDARITY DINNER SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 6PM TO 9PM

Amistad Hall of Santa Lucia Parish, 518 Gallagher St.—Dinner Tickets: $50 2014 Voice of the Voiceless Award Recipients:

The Voice of the Voiceless Award will be presented to Mexican journalist ANABEL HERNANDEZ for her courageous journalistic work in the face of ongoing threats to her life and the lives of her family. The Border Witness Recognition will be presented to Mexican businessman, CARLOS GUTIERREZ, who, unable to continue paying extortion, had both legs cut off by a drug gang; and who undertook the Pedaling for Justice campaign, a 700 mile bike trip, to raise awareness of the impunity in Mexico and the plight of Mexican asylum seekers in the U.S. The Teacher of Justice recognition will be presented posthumously to MIKE O’CONNOR for his relentless advocacy for the protection of journalists as the Mexican representative on the Committee for the Protection of Journalists.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VOV EVENTS OR TO PURCHASE DINNER TICKETS: Annunciation House, 815 Myrtle Ave., 79901, www.annunciationhouse.org, 533.4675

FORUM ON THE PERSECUTION OF JOURNALISTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 8AM TO 1PM St. Patrick Cathedral Multipurpose Center, 1111 N. Stanton St.

No cost to attend, but seating is limited. Translation and light refreshments will be provided.

Keynote Presentation by: Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, Investigative Reporter and Author.

Breakout Sessions: “Under Attack, Journalists in Mexico Today” Anabel Hernandez Garcia, Investigative Reporter

and Author, “Follow the Money: Who Profits from the Drug Wars” Tom Barry, Senior Policy Analyst and director of

TransBorder Project at the Center for International Policy (CIP), “Hope for Democracy in Mexico: A Credible Press”

Tracy Wilkinson, Reporter and Los Angeles Times Mexico Bureau Chief,

“Forced to Flee: A Reporter’s Dilemma” Hector Gutierrez, Reporter Asylum Recipient

Around the Table: Diana Washington-Valdez El Paso Times reporter, Armando Velez, El Diario El Paso, Julian Cardona, Independent Photo-Journalist, Gabriela Minjares, El Diario Juarez, Kerry Doyle, Moderator

CASA ANUNCIACION

VOZ DE LOS

SIN VOZ 2014 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

VIGILIA & PROYECCIÓN Nos uniremos en solidaridad con los periodistas que han sido asesinados o desaparecidos en México cuando nos reunamos en la Casa Anunciacion,

1003 Avenida San Antonio Este.

JUEVES, 3 DE ABRIL: 7:30PM

CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA

PROYECCION DE NOMBRES Y VIGILIA

CENA DE SOLIDARIDAD SABADO, 5 DE ABRIL, 6PM TO 9PM

Iglesia Santa Lucia, Centro de Amistad, 518 Gallagher St.—Boletos: $50 Los Premios de 2014 Serán Otorgados a:

Se le presentara el galardón Voz de los Sin Voz a ANABEL HERNANDEZ por su valioso esfuerzo y compromiso como periodista aun las amenazas contra su vida. Se le presentara el reconocimiento Testigo Fronterizo a CARLOS GUTIERREZ por su reciente campaña, Pedaleando por la Justicia.

Se le presentara póstumamente el reconocimiento Maestro de la Justicia a MIKE O’CONNOR, corresponsal extranjero, por avocar por la protección de los reporteros como el representante Mexicano en el

Comité para la Protección de Reporteros. Aceptando de parte de el será su esposa, Tracy Wilkinson.

PARA MAS INFROMACION O PARA BOLETOS: CASA ANUNCIACION 815 MYRTLE, 533.4675, www.annunciationhouse.org

FORO SOBRE PERSECUCION CONTRA PERIODISTAS

SABADO, 5 DE ABRIL, 8AM TO 1PM Catedral San Patricio, Centro de Multiuso 1111 N. Stanton St.

No tiene costo para asistir. Espacio limitado. Traducción y refrigerio para los que asistan. Discurso de Apertura: “Hablar la Verdad al Poder: el Periodista como Voz Profética”

(Sandra Rodríguez Nieto, Reportera Investigadora y autora) Talleres: “Bajo Agresión: Periodistas en México Actualmente” (Anabel Hernandez Garcia, Reportera Investigadora y autora),

“Siguiendo el Dinero, ¿Quien Gana en las Guerras de Drogas?” (Tom Barry, Director del Proyecto Transfronteras del Centro de Política Internacional),

“Deseando Democracia en México; ¿Una Prensa Creíble? (Tracy Wilkinson, Jefe de la agencia Mexicana, Los Angeles Times), “Forzados a Huir: El Dilema de un Reportero” (Héctor Salazar, Reportero y recipiente de asilo en EEUU)

Alrededor de la Mesa: “Momentos Decisivos: Periodistas Hablan la Verdad al Poder” con Diana Washington-Valdez, El Paso Times, Armando Velez, El Diario El Paso, Julian Cardona, Periodista grafico, y Gabriela Minjares, El Diario Juarez

Annunciation House

VOICE OF THE

VOICELESS 2014

SOLIDARITY DINNER

Saturday, April 5, 2014

6:00 pm Welcome 6:30—9:00 pm Dinner Program

Santa Lucia Church, Amistad Center

518 Gallagher Street, El Paso, TX 79915

Tickets: $50 each, $400 for table of 8

Space is limited; tickets must be pre-purchased.

For tickets: 533.4675 or www.annunciationhouse.org

The Voice of the Voiceless Award will be presented to Mexican journalist ANABEL HERNANDEZ for her courageous journalistic work in the face of ongoing threats to her life and the lives of her family. The Border Witness Recognition will be presented to Mexican businessman, CARLOS GUTIERREZ, who, unable to continue paying extortion, had both legs cut off by a drug gang; and who undertook the Pedaling for Justice campaign, a 700 mile bike trip, to raise awareness of the impunity in Mexico and the plight of Mexican asylum seekers in the U.S. The Teacher of Justice recognition will be presented posthumously to MIKE O’CONNOR for his relentless advocacy for the protection of journalists as the Mexican representative on the Committee for the Protection of Journalists

FOR TICKETS: ANNUNCIATION HOUSE, 815 MYRTLE, 533.4675,

www.annunciationhouse.org

THE 2014 AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED TO:

Casa Anunciación

VOZ DE LOS

SIN VOZ 2014

Cena de Solidaridad

Sábado, 5 de Abril 2014

6:00 pm Bienvenida 6:30—9:00 pm Programa de la Cena

Iglesia Santa Lucia, Centro de Amistad Calle Gallagher 518, El Paso, Tx 79915

Boletos: $50 cada uno, $400 por mesa de 8

asientos

Espacio limitado, comprar los boletos con anticipación.

Para boletos: 533.4675 o www.annunciationhouse.org

Se le presentara el galardón Voz de los Sin Voz a ANABEL HERNANDEZ por su valioso esfuerzo y compromiso como periodista aun las amenazas contra su vida. Se le presentara el reconocimiento Testigo Fronterizo a CARLOS GUTIERREZ por su reciente campaña, Pedaleando por la Justicia. Se le presentara póstumamente el reconocimiento Maestro de la Justicia a MIKE O’CONNOR, corresponsal extranjero, por avocar por la protección de los reporteros como el representante Mexicano en el Comité para la Protección de Reporteros. Aceptando de parte de el será su esposa, Tracy Wilkinson.

PARA BOLETOS: CASA ANUNCIACION, 815 MYRTLE, 533.4675,

www.annunciationhouse.org

LOS RECONOCIMIENTOS DE 2014 SERAN OTORGADOS A:

FORUM ON THE PERSECUTION

OF JOURNALISTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM, Program

St. Patrick Cathedral Multipurpose Center, 1111 N. Stanton St.

No cost to attend. Space is limited; seating is first-come, first-serve.

ANNUNCIATION HOUSE

2014 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS

Opening Keynote

“Speak Truth to Power: The Journalist as Prophetic Voice”

Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, Investigative Reporter and Author

Breakout Sessions

“Under Attack, Journalists in Mexico Today” Anabel Hernandez Garcia, Investigative Reporter and Author

“Follow the Money: Who Profits from the Drug Wars” Tom Barry, Senior Policy Analyst and director of

TransBorder Project at the Center for International Policy (CIP)

“Hope for Democracy in Mexico: A Credible Press” Tracy Wilkinson, Reporter and Los Angeles Times Mexico

Bureau Chief

“Forced to Flee: A Reporter’s Dilemma” Hector Salazar, Reporter Asylum Recipient

Around The Table

“Defining Moments: Journalists Moved to Speak Truth to Power”

with Diana Washington-Valdez, El Paso Times Armando Velez, El Diario El Paso,

Julian Cardona, Independent Photojournalist, Gabriela Minjares, El Diario Juarez,

Kerry Doyle, Moderator

Closing Remarks

Translation and light refreshments provided.

FOR INFORMATION: ANNUNCIATION HOUSE, 815 MYRTLE, 533.4675, www.annunciationhouse.org

FORO SOBRE PERSECUCION

CONTRA PERIODISTAS

SABADO, 5 DE ABRIL

8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

Catedral San Patricio Centro de Multiusos 1111 N. Stanton St.

No tiene costo para asistir. Espacio limitado, asientos disponibles por orden de llegada.

CASA ANUNCIACION

VOZ DE LOS SIN VOZ 2014

Discurso de Apertura

“Hablar la Verdad al Poder: el Periodista como Voz Profética” Sandra Rodríguez Nieto,

Reportera Investigadora y autora

Talleres

“Bajo Agresión: Periodistas en México Actualmente”

Anabel Hernandez Garcia, Reportera Investigadora y autora

“Siguiendo el Dinero, ¿Quien Gana en las Guerras de Drogas?”

Tom Barry, Director del Proyecto Transfronteras del Centro de Política Internacional

“Deseando Democracia en México; ¿Una Prensa Creíble?

Tracy Wilkinson, Jefe de la agencia Mexicana, Los Angeles Times

“Forzados a Huir: El Dilema de un Reportero” Héctor Salazar, Reportero y recipiente de asilo en EEUU

Alrededor de la Mesa

“Momentos Decisivos: Periodistas Hablan la Ver-dad al Poder”

con Diana Washington-Valdez, El Paso Times, Armando Velez, El Diario El Paso, Julian Cardona, Periodista Grafico Gabriela Minjares, El Diario Juarez

Kerry Doyle, Moderadora

Clausura Traducción y refrigerio para los que asistan

PARA BOLETOS: CASA ANUNCIACION, 815 MYRTLE, 533.4675, www.annunciationhouse.org

ANNUNCIATION HOUSE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS 2014

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The safety and security of a people are dependent on a free and independent press. Stand in solidarity with journalists who have been killed or

disappeared in Mexico during the past ten years for reporting the news.

PRESS CONFERENCE, 7:30pm

Roberto Delgado Escalante, Journalist, Ciudad Juarez and Director,

Asociacion de Periodistas de Cd Juarez, AC

Hector Salazar Gomez, Journalist granted asylum in the U.S., Radio Host 1150

AM, Denver CO

Anabel Hernandez, Investigative Reporter in Mexico City who has to have

round-the-clock bodyguards

Ruben Garcia, Director Annunciation House

PROJECTION OF NAMES AND VIGIL

The names and photos of journalists killed during the past ten years in

Mexico will be projected onto the exterior wall of the Annunciation

House building.

VIGIL & PROJECTION

Thursday, April 3rd: 7:30pm Annunciation House, 1003 E. San Antonio Ave.

CASA ANUNCIACIÓN

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La seguridad de un pueblo depende de una prensa libre e independiente. Uniremos en solidaridad con los periodistas que han sido asesinados o

desaparecidos en México durante los últimos diez anos por reportar las noticias.

CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA, 7:30pm Roberto Delgado Escalante, Reportero, Ciudad Juárez y Director,

Asociación de Periodistas de Cd Juárez, AC Hector Salazar Gomez, Reportero y recipiente de asilo en EEUU,

Radio Host 1150 AM, Denver CO Anabel Hernandez, Reportera Investigadora y autora , Ciudad de México,

tiene guardaespaldas de tiempo completo Ruben Garcia, Director Casa Anunciación

PROYECCION DE NOMBRES Y VIGILIA Se proyectaran los nombres y fotos de todos los periodistas y reporteros que han

matado o desaparecido en México estos últimos diez años usando la pared exterior del

edificio de la Casa Anunciación.

VIGILIA & PROYECCIÓN

Jueves, 3 de Abril: 7:30pm Casa Anunciación. 1003 E San Antonio