Recorded September 24, 2020
Below is the original description of the event.
Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj
In this talk, Dr. Velásquez Nimatuj will examine the theme of migration from an indigenous perspective, within a larger context of racial oppression.
Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj is a Maya-K’iche’ journalist and activist. She is an international spokeswoman for Indigenous communities in Central America and was the first Maya-K’iche’ woman to earn a doctorate in social anthropology in Guatemala. She was instrumental in making racial discrimination illegal in Guatemala and is featured in the film 500 Years.
Moderator:
Beatriz Manz, Professor Emerita at UC Berkeley; author of Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, and Hope
Part of the Fall 2020 Bay Area Latin America Forum