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January 14: RIGHTS ON THE LINE Discussion; Denver, CO

Ray Ybarra, co-producer of the seventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival winner Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border, will be speaking at an event sponsored by Coloradans for Immigrant Rights, the American Friends Service Committee and the ACLU of Colorado.

The talk, Justice on the Border: Minutemen, Militarization and Deaths on the Migrant Trail, will take place at the American Friends Service Committee at 901 W. 14th St., Denver, Colorado from 6-8pm. The event is free to attend and more info can be found here.

Justice on the Border: Minutemen, Militarization and Deaths on the Migrant Trail with Ray Ybarra - Monday January 14, 2008
Born in Douglas, AZ, Ray’s mother was born just a few miles to the south in the town of Agua Prieta, Sonora. Ray co-wrote and co-produced with AFSC the award-winning documentary, Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border, was instrumental in bringing about a major civil rights lawsuit against one of the vigilantes, and created and coordinated the Legal Observer Project during the Minutemen’s operations. His work has been profiled in a documentary that premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Crossing Arizona. Ray attended Cochise Community College in Douglas, AZ and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2002 and from Stanford Law School in 2007.

Watch Ray’s film, Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border, now and learn how you can take action!


- Austra Zubkovs

Published on January 14, 2008

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