Synopsis
A healer chosen to heal an ailing country. In La Vocera (The Spokeswoman), the one who carries our voices is Maria de Jesús Patricio, the first Indigenous woman to aspire to Mexico’s presidency. Her journey also tells the story behind the Indigenous Government Council’s fight to both preserve nature and come to a new way of understanding progress in the world today. 82 minutes. Spanish, Maya, Yaqui, and Wixárika, with English subtitles.
Event Description
This screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Dr. Rocío Moreno and pre-recorded video from Concejo Indígena de Gobierno/Indigenous Governance Council members.
This is the third event in a series with Dr. Rocío Moreno (Coca) that centers the themes of history, identity and territory within the resistance movements organized by Indigenous women in Mexico. The series, organized by Professor Diana Negrín, will bring into focus the ways in which several community-led projects strengthen identity and leverage territorial defense of ancestral lands in the face of ongoing political and climactic threats.
Speaker
Rocío Moreno received her doctorate in social sciences from the University of Guadalajara in 2022 and is the representative from Mezcala for the Congreso Nacional Indígena (CNI-CIG). In April 2022, she sought refuge in northern California following retaliation for her work securing Coca land rights in Lake Chapala, Mexico.
Cosponsors
Presented by Professor Diana Negrín, with funding from the CLAS Event Series Grant, and cosponsored by the Geography Department.