Amnesty International will have a display altar at El Centro de la Raza's Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Ofrenda (Altar) Exhibit from November 1 - 20.

Opening ceremonies for the Dia de los Muertos exhibit will be on Sunday, November 1 with brunch served at 2 pm, opening ceremony at 3:30 pm, and opening of the Ofrenda/Altar exhibit at 4 pm. Admission and food are free.

Altars will be on display from November 1 -20, open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 10 am – 6 pm and Wednesday 12 pm – 8 pm. Amnesty International volunteers will be hosting the exhibit on closing day, Friday November 20.

Amnesty International's Ofrenda/Altar will focus on the cases of the Women of Juarez. Since 1993, almost 400 women and girls have been murdered and more than 70 remain missing in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. Amnesty International has been urging the Mexican government to protect and prevent further murders, and thoroughly investigate and bring to justice those responsible for those that have happened.

AI's Press Release from February 20, 2006: http://www.amnestyusa.org/document·php?id=engamr410122006&lang=e

For more recent information see:

WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America): http://www.wola.org/index.php?&option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=6&Itemid=&topic=Violence+Against+Women&sub=1&content_topic=Juarez+Murders
and

Diana Washington Valdez: http://www.dianawashingtonvaldez.blogspot.com/