For Immediate Release
Contact (U.S.)
Coco Fusco
(917) 531 9838
Tongolele@aol.com



VIRTUAL SIT IN AGAINST THE OAS AND THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SLATED FOR AUGUST
14, 2002

The legendary "hacktivist" group, The Electronic Disturbance Theater, will
launch a Floodnet action or virtual sit-in against the Government of the
Organization of American States and the government of the state of Chihuahua,
Mexico on August 14 in solidarity with the families of the disappeared and
murdered young women of Juarez.

This virtual action will coincide with the arrival to the US of the mothers
of two women who are among the 800 victims of ongoing violence in Juarez,
Mexico. The mothers will lead a march to the Organization of American States
on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 at noon.

The procession has been organized by The Women in Black Art Project and New
York artist Coco Fusco to raise awareness about the 800 women who have been
murdered or "disappeared" in and around Ciudad Juarez, State of Chihuahua,
Mexico, over the past decade.

The event will begin in front of the main Organization of American States
building at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC. Together
with the mothers from Mexico, the costumed Women in Black figures and other
participants will walk in silence to the offices of the OAS' Interamerican
Commission on Human Rights several blocks away.

The mothers will deliver a letter to the Commission Chairperson of the
Interamerican Commission on Human Rights urging that body to intervene on
behalf of the families of the murdered and missing women. To date, the local,
state and federal government in Mexico have not responded to the crisis in
Juarez.


To learn more about activities in support of the families of the murdered and
missing women, log on to http://www.geocities.com/pornuestrashijas. To learn
more about The Women in Black Art Project log on to:
www.artwomen.org/current.htm

The Women in Black Art Project, which is part of the international feminist
peace movement active in 30 countries, has been conducting vigils since
March, 2002, to raise awareness of the worldwide pandemic of violence against
women, and the exacerbating effect of wars and other conflicts effect on
this pandemic.