Guadalupan Torch Run 2002 Mexico-New York 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, And 2002 For the first time an Historic Event, the run will Bring the Torch from the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

Mexico Solidarity Network is working with a large coalition of Mexican and US organizations and churches to put together a BI-NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE.
 

This special pilgrimage will leave from the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, and will end in Saint Patrick's Cathedral, in New York City, next December 12.

The goal of this bi-national event is to commemorate a religious festivity and raise social and political counciousness about the necessity to improve the conditions of the Mexican immigrant population in the US.

Check out the coverage in the Mexican press:

• LA REFORMA article

The Guadalupana Torch Run start in Mexico City on october 29

The Asociacion Tepeyac brings for the fifth consecutive year the Antorcha Guadalupana from the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City to St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City.

The Antorcha Guadalupana is a torch run in relays as a pilgrimage from Mexico to the United States to celebrate the appearance of the Brown Virgin of Guadalupe that on December 12, 1531 appeared to a poor indian named Juan Diego in the hill of Tepeyac, northwest of Mexico City.

The Antorcha Guadalupana will take 45 days from Mexico City to New York City stopping in more than 400 parishes. It will begin with the blessing of the torch on October 29, 2002 at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City passing through the mexican states of Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, and Tamailipas; then, the Mexican American youth will cross the border with the torch passing through the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and finally getting to New York city where the youth will arrive approximately at 10am ending with a mass celebration.

This year's Antorcha Guadalupana's theme is to carry the message of support for the a General Amnesty and in support of the Freedom Act which would legalize more than 9 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. In this way they would become legal permanent residents.

Ana Gabriela Guevara , la atleta Sonorense, la mayor exponente del deporte y el actual orgullo de México, se solidariza con el pueblo Mexicano y Latino inmigrante en los Estados Unidos y confirma que el 29 de Octubre a las 9 am estará en la Basílica de Guadalupe para iniciar la Carrera Internacional Antorcha Guadalupana y hacer avanzar el mensaje por la dignidad de un pueblo dividido por la frontera, mensaje que llegará hasta la ciudad de New York el 12 de Diciembre, pasando por 45 ciudades, 9 en México y 36 en la costa Este de los Estados Unidos, donde han inmigrado cientos de miles de Mexicanos.

Igualmente, Alex Lora de El Tri , la leyenda viva del rock urbano Mexicano, Guadalupano por excelencia, confirma que también tomará su turno en la Basílica de Guadalupe el 29 de Octubre, el primer día de la carrera y cantará a la Virgen de Guadalupe para darle fuerza a los mensajeros que se irán relevando para hacer avanzar el mensaje por la dignidad de los millones de inmigrantes Mexicanos indocumentados que viven en los Estados Unidos.

We will hold an Ecumenical Vigil on Saturday December 7th in Washington DC in support of the Guadalupana Torch Runners as they arrive in our town. We urge you to come out and support the runners, immigrants and a general amnesty. We also urge you to get involved and to become a runner, a volunteer and a sponsor to make this event even more successful.
Brief Metropolitan Area Route Summary of Antorcha Guadalupana 2002

• Stafford, Virginia …Thursday December 5th, 2002
• Manassas, Virginia … Friday December 6th, 2002
• Washington, DC … Saturday December 7, 2002
• Baltimore, Maryland … Sunday December 8, 2002

For more information please contact us at:
Comite Zapatista Los Pasamontanas
Ricardo Juarez
Home:(703) 497-2036 , Cell: (571 ) 330-8529
http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/[email protected]
Mexico Solidarity Network
Macrina Cardenas
(202) 544-9355 Fax (202) 544-9359
http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/[email protected]

Written by Norberto Martinez
Comision de Prensa
202-362-8849
http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/[email protected]

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Ana Guevara

Ana Gabriela Guevara  (www.latinmex.com), athlete from Sonora State, Mexico, major athletic promoter and a proud representative of Mexico, shows her solidarity with Mexicans and other Latino immigrants to the United States by confirming that on October 29, 20002, she will be at the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico City, at 9:00 AM, to launch the International Guadalupan Torch Run. Her participation will promote the message of dignity for a people divided by the border, a message that will be brought on foot by relay runners, all the way to New York City on December 12, 2002, via 45 cities (9 in Mexico and 36 on the East Cost of the United States) where hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have migrated.

Alex Lora

Likewise, Alex Lora of  Mexican urban rock band, “El Tri”, (www.rockska.com/eltri.html), and devout follower of the Virgin of Guadalupe, has confirmed he will take his turn at the Basilica of Guadalupe on October 29, the launch of the torch run, and that he will sing to the Virgin of Guadalupe so she might give strength to the messengers who will run relays to promote the message of dignity for the millions of undocumented Mexicans who live in the United States.Alex lora the singer of one of the best Mexican Rock Band " El Tri" will be in the Basilica of Guadalupe on October 29 at 9:00 Am.