Oct. 28: Speaking, Writing, and Resisting: Celebrating Zapotec Language Activism
Artwork by Ruben Lopez.
Center for Peace and Global Citizenship 20th Anniversary event. Register by October 22.
Wednesday, October 28
7:00-8:30 p.m. EDT
Language Lessons at 6:15-6:45 p.m. and 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Registration required by Monday, October 26
Zoom link will be sent to registrants
Join us online to learn from Zapotec language activists and educators about their work to reclaim knowledge and resist anti-indigenous ideologies in Mexico and the diaspora. Learn how dictionaries relate to weaving, hear Zapotec poetry, and listen to Zapotec language in context through a tour of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca. Sign up to join in with a short Zapotec language lesson before or after this event. Panelists will be in conversation around this international collaboration that seeks to center and celebrate Zapotec knowledge and expertise through research, education, and the creation of publicly available resources, such as Zapotec Talking Dictionaries and Ticha.
Panelists (learn more about the panelists here):
- Janet Chávez Santiago (Teotitlán del Valle), CPGC Community Fellow and Fe&Lola Weavers
- Xóchitl M. Flores-Marcial (Tlacolula de Matamoros), California State University, Northridge
- Moisés García Guzmán (San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya), CETis #124
- Felipe H. Lopez (San Lucas Quiaviní), Haverford College Libraries
- Kimberly Aguero Martins, Haverford College '22, CPGC Ticha Fellow 2020
- George Aaron Broadwell, University of Florida
- Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Haverford College
- May Helena Plumb, University of Texas at Austin
- Mike Zarafonetis, Haverford College Libraries
Learn more about the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship and the series of events dedicated to reconnecting, celebrating, and visioning as part of our 20th year.
