Social Movements in Oaxaca: Event in Los Angeles

The Tribal Learning Community & Education Exchange (TLCEE), the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies, Critical Race Studies and the Raza Grad Student Association welcome....

Centolia Maldonado Vásquez and Bernardo Ramírez Bautista

Two prominent grassroots indigenous Oaxacan leaders from the
Indigenous Organization Binational Front
(Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales-FIOB)
who will speak on:

Monday, April 14, 2008
2:00-3:30 pm
Law 1347 UCLA


Centolia Maldonado Vásquez is currently the District Coordinator and Director of Economic Development Projects of the FIOB in Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca. Centolia is also member of the outreach committee of ECOMIX (Espacio de Economías Solidarias) a state-wide NGO that provides technical assistance to grassroots organizations in Oaxaca. Centolia's organizational experiences, particularly with women, have been documented in Sueños Binacionales and Mujeres que se Organizan Avanzan.

Bernardo Ramírez Bautista, an indigenous lawyer, is the Regional Coordinator of the FIOB in the Mixteca region. He is also the Director of the Justice Advocacy Program (Procuración de Justicia) for indigenous communities in Oaxaca and coordinates the program- Leadership Development for Traditional Indigenous- for elected officials at the municipal and local levels.


For more information regarding this event, please contact professor Maylei Blackwell at maylei@chavez.ucla.edu



Eleuteria Hernández G.
Student Affairs Officer
UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies
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