Episode 21: Invisible No More Event! Maya Forced Migration, Asylum and Human Right

Wósdéé Podcast

In this dispatch episode, I edit a recording from the "Invisible No More Event" at University of North Carolina. The panel is all mayan discussion Mayan migration. The participants are Gio’ B’atz’ (K’iche’ Maya)Floridalma Boj Lopez (K’iche’ Maya)Juanita Cabrera Lopez (Maya Mam),Geronimo Ramirez (Ixil Maya), and Mercedes Say (K’iche’ Maya).

The themes of this talk revolve around Mayan migration, Indigenous solidarity, extractivism, language, and erasure. It is not by coincidence that US imperialism is mentioned but not fully explored. This is important because when conversations about migration are discussed solely in terms of imperialism it decenters Indigenous peoples, imo continues the erasure of indigenous people.

Indigenous people have migrated long before the existence of colonial states and borders. Indigenous people will continue to migrate.

In episode 7, we talked about the issues that Borders causes for Indigenous peoples whose land is divided by borders and now we hear how borders have affected migrations of Indigenous borders. Thank you to Emil for letting me record this event. This is the wosdee podcast.

The full video of the panel is below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g41tgrwemZQ&t=300s

International Mayan League:
www.mayanleague.org/

Painting by Paula Nicho Cumez titled "Crossing Borders"
www.mayawomeninart.org/paula-nicho-cumez

Introduction Music by:
@PurpleCatsInSlacks