Geographies of Culture, Rights & Power:
Indigenous & Gendered Human Rights in Guatemala
May 3-26, 2004
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SANTIAGO ATITLÁN, UNBC group on steps of the sixteenth-century Catholic Church |
Wednesday, May 12th, a group of 10 UNBC students and Dr. CatherineNolin traveled to Guatemala City to begin a two-week human rightsdelegation-style tour of Guatemala. We visited various organizations, learningfirst hand of the oppression and resistance struggles that people in Guatemalaface ... as a matter of course, as part of their daily fare.
The first week was co-facilitated by Grahame Russell of Rights Action.The following summary of our first week is written by Grahame:
It is increasingly obvious that a global and historical perspective is neededto understand the structural injustices against the majority population in aplace like Guatemala—a "national" perspective is not sufficient. What is alsoneeded is an activist vision and agenda aimed at building globalalliances—people to people - to end local-to-global injustices ... One world,one solution.
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For more information, please contact Dr. Catherine Nolin at nolin@unbc.ca or visit the Geography homepage at www.unbc.ca/geography