Margo Tamez Wins Woman of Distinction Award 2009

Margo Tamez, a poet, activist, mother, instructor and graduate student in the American Studies program at WSU. She is also the co-founder of the Lipan Apache Women (El Calaboz) Defense, a land-based indigenous peoples organization recognized by the United Nations.

She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work in calling attention to the violent effects on indigenous women and families of the fence being built along the U.S.-Mexico border. She is well known for her poetry, having won awards from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Tucson Pima Arts Council and others.

Her nominator said Margo Tamez is a woman of distinction in her activism and creative work, which call attention to the struggles of all women against the violence of racism and sexism.

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