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Announcement :: Education : Globalization : International |
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Lucy Parsons Center Event - Autonomous Education In Mexico: Urban-Zapatista Links |
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02 Nov 2009
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Mexico Solidarity Network Presents: “Autonomous Education” from Chiapas to Mexico City: Urban-Zapatista Links with Patricia Hernandez. This event will be at the Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave. in Boston, at 2:00 PM Sunday November 8th. |
Mexico-US Solidarity Network invites you to join us for a discussion of popular education in Zapatista indigenous communities and the role of urban academics as resources in constructing an autonomous education system.
Patricia Hernandez, a sociologist specializing in education & gender, has worked since 2001 with indigenous communities to develop their primary and secondary schools, following a model of "autonomous education."
Paty's organization, Organizacion Zapatista "Educaciion para la Liberacion de Nuestros Pueblos" (OZELNP), formed in 1999 when Zapatista leadership first called for experienced educators (capacitador@s) to share knowledge with indigenous promoter@s and participate in building their educational programs.
Patricia is also engaged in feminist dialogue with a diverse group of women committed to political change. Since October 2007 female unionists, students, housewives, teachers and indigenous migrants have come together in the "Weavers of Resistance" Women's Meeting Space.
Both the "Weavers of Resistance" and OZELNP are members of the Other Campaign, the network of Mexican social movements initiated by the Zapatistas, and have campaigned to stop military & paramilitary aggression towards Chiapas indigenous communities.
Patricia will be joined by a representative from the Mexico Solidarity Network and both will discuss:
* The meaning of "autonomous education" and her experience working in Zona Selva Tzeltal
* The role of academics and other urban activists in the Other Campaign
* The role of women in Mexican social movements |
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