In search of hope

Facebook site, Bordamos por la Paz, Cancun

The official website of Huellas de la Memoria

Translation 

‘TAMAULIPAS THE BLACK WELL OF VIOLENCE 

JACOBO GARCÍA 

1st of July, biggest elections in Mexican history 

‘152 politicians killed, of which 48 were pre-candidates and candidates for popular election posts.’

Memory, murals and community projects in Medellin, Colombia. 

http://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/noticias/noticias-cmh/comuna-13-y-operacion-orion

In November of 2017, I went to an event on 'social justice through culture.' The conference was held in London at the Austrian cultural forum. It was so overwhelming and relevant for me to see that the cases to discuss injustice were in Mexico. However, it was also important to hear about the grassroots struggles, the anonymous, the female initiatives, the opportunities to build together ...

Perhaps, it was a starting point for me to consider doing research about those issues.

http://www.acflondon.org/events/social-justice-through-culture/

The Map of Feminicides in Mexico (MFM), the most complete and updated in the country, is a "citizen, civic, independent and open data initiative that locates coordinates and causes of feminicide since 2016." To date, it has 2,355 registered cases.

https://www.awid.org/es/recursos/mapa-de-feminicidios-en-mexico

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=174IjBzP-fl_6wpRHg5pkGSj2egE&ll=20.69127555111653%2C-107.4819231875&z=5

In November 2017, the pop-up museum of drug policy opened its doors in London. 

I did not expect to encounter such a piece about Ayotzinapa’s case. 

https://www.release.org.uk/museumofdrugpolicy

The London based artist Carrie Reichardt is behind the idea of the memorial.  

It made me think of ‘travelling memories,’ on activism across boundaries and identities, on how difficult is to translate such painful stories, on drug policies around the world!