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Activando Los Espacios: Chiapas Activists Use Art for Abortion Advocacy
“What type of action can we take to grab the city and the press’ attention?” Two days after el Día por la Despenalización del Aborto en America Latina y el Caribe (Day for the Depenalization of...
View ArticleSalsa and Sexism: Are You Mouthing Misogyny?
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What Would Jesus Buy?
Click here to continue reading “What Would Jesus Buy?” originally published on Latina Fatale. *What Would Jesus Buy? is a 2007 documentary film that follows anti-consumer activists Reverend Billy,...
View ArticleWe’re Going Boal-istic!
We made it! I am writing from Café R.E.D., a fair trade coffee shop and food solidarity network here in Xela, Guatemala, where 500 artists from all over the world have come together for the 2nd Latin...
View ArticleLet the Games Begin!
A week ago we left our beautiful, new world of theater and community activism in Xela, Guatemala, also known as the Second Latin American Reunion of the Theatre of the Oppressed. But the fun is just...
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¡Ni Una Más! Because No One Wants To Be a Martyr When They Grow Up
Last month, 1,200 people marched through San Cristóbal de las Casas to demand justice for Itzel Yaneth Méndez Pérez, a seventeen year old woman whose body was discovered on April 14th, brutalized and...
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It’s Here! The Very First Chalchihuitán Telenovela
Miss me? I disappeared on you there for a spell. But I had a pretty darn good reason. I spent the spring and early summer working the night shift at a San Cris posada and sleeplessly dashing out to...
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¡Ni Una Más! Valentine’s Day The San Cristóbal Way
On February 14, 2013, ten months after the murder of Itzel Janet Méndez Pérez, several hundred people gathered in the center of San Cristóbal de las Casas with white lanterns marked with the names of...
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Ésta Que Soy: International Women’s Day 2013
On March 8, 2013, in honor of International Women’s Day, the Centro Hemisférico invited the community of San Cristóbal de las Casas to the steps of la Iglesia de Guadalupe for a poetic urban...
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