*"Push and Pull: Free Trade and the Immigration Debate"*

From Both Sides of the Border: National Speaking Tour Gets to the Roots of
the Immigration Crisis
       World-renowned photojournalist, David Bacon, and Mexican Social
Activist, Juan Manuel Sandoval, kick off speaking tour to shed light on root
causes and key reforms for real progress

                                    SUNDAY APRIL 29th, 7 pm
                                  MARY GRAYDON CENTER
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          Sponsored by the AU Alternative Break Club and AU Solidarity

WHAT:

As the dramatic immigration debate returns to the national stage with the
President's new push to overhaul immigration policy, American
photojournalist, David Bacon, and Mexican social activist, Juan Manuel
Sandoval, come together from both sides of the border for a national
speaking tour that moves beyond the debate to discuss roots causes and real
reforms. Bacon and Sandoval will share firsthand accounts, years of analysis
and vivid photographs of the immigrant experience with American communities
bombarded by political rhetoric and little real information.

More and more Americans, tired of divisive politicking over immigration, are
asking: Why are ever more Mexicans leaving home for a risky life abroad; why
can't Mexico's government and economy produce opportunities at home for
Mexican workers and farmers; and is immigration reform just a temporary
band-aid? From their years compiling research, teaching and organizing on
both sides of the border, Bacon and Sandoval are uniquely positioned to
highlight the realities of immigrants here in the United States and of
Mexicans still living in Mexico, and to shed light on these complex and
controversial questions that are set to shape the futures of both countries.

WHO:

David Bacon is a writer and photojournalist on issues of labor, immigration
and international trade. He is an associate editor at Pacific News Service,
and writes for TruthOut, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive,
LA Weekly, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. He
also hosts a half-hour weekly radio show on labor, immigration and the
global economy on KPFA-FM, and is a frequent guest on KQED-TV's This Week in
Northern California. On the tour, he will share analysis and internationally
exhibited photographs from his recently published photo-documentary books,
The Children of NAFTA and Communities Without Borders. Recent work can be
viewed on his website, http://dbacon.igc.org

Juan Manuel Sandoval Born in Mexico City, Juan Manuel Sandoval is a leading
social activist and academic in Mexico City who holds a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from UCLA. He is General Coordinator of the Permanent Seminar
on Chicano and Border Studies in Mexico City, a member of the Coordinating
Committee of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, and a member of the
Board of Directors of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
(USA).
This tour is sponsored by international human rights organization Global
Exchange, www.globalexchange.org