Religion and Social Struggles in Mexico Sample Delegation

Saturday- Mexico City 
12 – 5 pm: Arrival, Casa de los Amigos/Quaker House.  Time for settling in, finding lunch on your own
5 pm: Gather in Conference room for introductions, snacks, brief orientation.
6 pm-9 pm: Class on Mexican History, from Revolution to Globalization-- Ross Gandy
9:30 pm: Dinner at Quaker House

Sunday 
8 - 9 am: Breakfast-- Quaker House
9:30-11 am:  Orientation Safety, Logistics and Health
11:00 am- 5 pm: Field Trip downtown (metro)
• 12 pm: Mass at Cathedral
• Free time, Lunch downtown (on your own).
• Places to visit: Palacio Nacional (Diego Rivera murals), Cathedral, Zocalo, Templo Mayor, Fine Arts Museum (entrance fees on your own)
5 – 6:30:  Mexican meal prepared by chef Alejandro Martinez
6:30 –9 pm:  Class, History of Religious Movements in Mexico

Monday
8-10 am: Beakfast-- Quaker House
10-1 pm: Class led by Dr. Pangerl and Colin Bossen
1:30 pm: Depart for Ajusco-- lunch on the way
5-8 pm: Ajusco-- visit community center, history of community, discuss U.S.-Mexico relations, personal testimony of women community organizers and religious refugees

Tuesday 
8 – 9 am:: Breakfast and group check in-- Quaker House
9-7 pm: Anthropology Museum and Chapultepec Park.  Free time, explore museums, find your way around Mexico City, lunch on your own
7-9 pm: Meeting: Julio Lopez, perspectives on urban organizing, social change and social movements in Mexico.

Wednesday
8-10 am: Breakfast-- Quaker House
10- 1 pm: Workshop, Privilege and International Solidarity-- Melissa Mundt
2:30 pm: Depart for TAPO bus terminal (via metro and taxi).  Lunch on the way (on your own) We will provide snacks for the bus.
4:30 pm:   Travel to Chiapas

Thursday- San Cristobal, Chiapas
8 am: Breakfast (with INESIN and Wisconsin Pastors)
9 am: CODIMUJ, Catholic Women’s theology group,  opportunity for discussion
2 pm: Lunch at INESIN  (Institute for Intercultural Studies)
Afternoon: free time
Evening: Walking Tour of San Cristobal

Friday
8 am: Breakfast at Posada
9 am: Depart  Acteal and Oventic (lunch in community)
Dinner in San Cristobal (on your own)
9 pm: Group reflection, prepare for community stay-- Colin and Melissa

Saturday
6:30 am: Leave Posada
7:30 am: Depart for Comalapa (we will provide snacks for the bus)
12 pm: Meeting-- Uriel Perez, church based environmental activism and immigrant issues
2 pm: Lunch at Comalapa Presbeterian Church
3:30 pm: Travel to Pakayal
7 pm: Dinner, Meet community members (all meals in community will be provided by community.  Bring your own snacks or extra food)

Sunday- Monday
Workshop on immigration issues (Melissa Mundt) Share with community, assist with building autonomous clinic, attend worship with community.  Time to visit and learn about community experience.

Tuesday
6 am: Depart Pakayal
Opportunity to visit nearby tourist sites or free time in San Cristobal (optional trip to market, Mayan Medicine Museum, Nabolom)
7 pm: INESIN party, sharing session with UCC group

Wednesday
8- 9 am: Breakfast at Posada
10 am: Indigenous Theology, Petul, INESIN
1 pm: INESIN- perspectives on religious organizing in Chiapas
2 pm: Lunch at Chiapas Peace House
Afternoon: Free Time (optional trip to Chamula, bioreserve,  other San Cristobal Museums, or other organizations)

Thursday
Sipaz, religious aspects to conflict in Chiapas
8:30 pm: Travel to Mexico City

Friday
11 am: Arrive Mexico City
Free time ( optional visit Basilica de Guadalupe)
4-7 pm: Meeting-- David Fernandez Davalos, Quaker House
7:30 pm: Dinner together in restaurant
Thursday
8 – 9 am: Breakfast, Quaker House
9 - 11 am: Concluding Session and Departure