First Film Festival of the Unión Maya Itzá Cooperative, re signifying history

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On the occasion of the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Cooperative Unión Maya Itzá, the young leaders of the Mesoamerican School of Leadership and the Network of Community Communicators of ACOFOP «Red Compa» organized on April 6, 2022, the «First Film Festival» in the history of the UMI, as the community is known in the region. …

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Planning meeting & workshop for the installation of a community intranet

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Petén, Guatemala — On March 25th and 26th, 2022, the learning group on Community Connectivity of the youth of the forest communities of Petén met at the ACOFOP offices to outline the next steps on their path towards the planning and installation of the First Community Intranet promoted by the young leaders of the Mesoamerican …

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Activism and digital tools for the strengthening of indigenous languages ​​in Mesoamerica

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Conversations, February 17 & 18, 2022 Within the framework of the International Mother Language Day, whose emphasis on the year 2022 promotes reflection on the use of technology for multilingual learning, we take the opportunity to celebrate the cultural and linguistic diversity of the forest territories of Mesoamerica, and bring together in this space experiences …

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First International Exchange on Community Connectivity and Communication

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November 22 – 27, 2021. Chiapas, Mexico — Concurring on the need to strengthen exchanges of experiences to better understand emerging connectivity technologies, young people from Petén, Guatemala, who are part of the Mesoamerican School of Leadership (EML) of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB), crossed the Usumacinta River to explore experiences of …

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Exchange with community women from the Vaupés region and creation of the first Women’s Association of the Colombian Amazon

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Vaupés, Colombia – In March 2021 The Invisible Thread (TINTA) through its Weaving Ties initiative, held a two-day workshop for the women of ATICCAM, the Association of Indigenous Traditional Authorities of the Communities of the Area of Direct Influence of the Mitú Micro Hydroelectric Power Plant; in the Vaupés  Department in southeastern Colombia, bordering Brazil. …

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Video « Latin American Youth Encounter: identity, climate and territory».

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ELJ2019 Indigenous youth from local communities in Latin America joined together in Gunayala territory, Panama, July 5-8, 2019, to exchange and strengthen our territorial struggles. The «Latin American Youth Encounter: Identity, Climate and Territory» was a space for reflection in which we asked ourselves who am I, who are we, and what do we want …

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Video « Yaku Warmikuna: Women of the River»

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In February 2019, COICA’s Women and Family Council held its first meeting in Ecuador’s Amazon. Participation in the event included women leaders from the 9 countries of the Amazon Basin. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest and today it is in danger. Amazonian women are united and organized for the protection of their …

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