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Maya Mam environmental activist José Gómez of ACODET to tour the U.S.

2019-12-25T00:49:57+00:00October 19th, 2018|Defense of life and territory, Tour|

MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: David Imhoff, (510) 763-1403, david@nisgua.org Event Details: Maya Mam Indigenous Water Defender to visit Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Washington (Guatemala City/Oakland, CA): José Gómez, Maya Mam community leader and co-coordinator of the Association of Communities for Development and the Defense of Land and Natural Resources [...]

“They’ll be met with massive organization and struggle” – NISGUA interviews Maya Mam community leader José Gómez of ACODET

2019-12-25T00:57:30+00:00September 24th, 2018|Defense of life and territory, Tour|

In the lead-up to our fall speaking tour, "How to Stop a Dam with Indigenous Resistance,"  NISGUA sat down with José Gómez, Maya Mam community leader and member of the Association of Communities for Development and the Defense of Land and Natural Resources (ACODET), to discuss the importance of [...]

Gira de Charlas 2018: cómo frenar una represa a través de la resistencia indígena

2019-01-21T22:43:56+00:00August 27th, 2018|defensa del territorio, Gira, Represa Xalalá|

En estos tiempos de represión cada vez más intensa y de inestabilidad política, urge compartir experiencias y estrategias concretas entre los movimientos para la defensa de la tierra y de la vida. El movimiento para la solidaridad internacional puede contribuir significativamente al fortalecimiento de los movimientos de justicia global [...]

2018 Speaking Tour: How to Stop a Dam with Indigenous Resistance

2018-10-31T21:46:26+00:00July 29th, 2018|Defense of life and territory, Tour, Xalalá Dam|

In these times of intensifying repression and political upheaval, our social movements urgently need to share concrete lessons and strategies for organizing to defend land and life. The Latin American solidarity movement has a powerful contribution to make in strengthening global justice struggles by facilitating direct exchange between leaders [...]

Solidarity Update: March 2018

2019-12-27T19:05:49+00:00March 26th, 2018|Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|

News recap: Prayerful action on the Equinox at the Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site in California; Genocide retrial moves to Nebaj to hear testimonies from elderly and protected witnesses; Nearly 40 years later, former military officials stand trial for crimes against the Molina Theissen family; NISGUA's latest report celebrates community [...]

El Agua es Vida

2018-03-15T15:56:17+00:00March 15th, 2018||

Miembros de ACODET en el Ixcán, Guatemala. El Agua es Vida: La resistencia indígena se impone ante la represa A lo largo y ancho del continente americano y en todo el mundo, la defensa del agua representa el eje central de un movimiento global [...]

Water is Life

2020-05-25T15:23:35+00:00March 15th, 2018||

In Guatemala, the decades-plus organizing of ACODET offers concrete lessons to movements defending land and neighborhoods. ACODET has staved off the imposition of the Xalalá Dam and strengthened a regional movement for indigenous self-determination. They not only denounce the waste and pollution of water, but also lift up the need to protect indigenous life and strengthen community defense.

Delegaciones

2021-03-31T20:54:11+00:00January 4th, 2018|

“El haber ido a Guatemala fue una experiencia profundamente transformadora que me impulsó a contextualizar las diferentes luchas que afrontan las mujeres en el país, y me motiva aún más a continuar el trabajo de solidaridad aquí en Estados [...]

Giras

2021-03-31T20:44:23+00:00January 4th, 2018|

Facilitar encuentros entre líderes comunitaries con grupos en EE.UU. que también están en la lucha Cada año, NISGUA organiza una gira en los Estados Unidos de una de las organizaciones con las que trabajamos en Guatemala. Esta es una de las maneras concretas [...]

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