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Community Radio Jlijualay Tsomé/Cerros Chontales Tequio Jurídico A.C. (Chontal)

The community radio station Jlijualay Tsomé/Chontal Hills arose from a three-year process of articulated work between Tequio Jurídico, the Assembly of the Chontal People, and other organizations with extensive experience in community radio and journalism, including Cooperacha, Voces Nuestras de Costa Rica, Ojo de Agua Comunicación, and Rosa Luxemburgo.

Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa, Chiquimula (Maya Ch'orti')

The Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa is fighting for recognition as Indigenous communities and for the recovery of their spirituality, the defense of their territory, and their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to mining projects before they begin. They also seek to minimize the negative impacts of mining activity on the health of the people in their communities, denounce illegal logging, and fight against gender-based violence in their communities.

Maya-M Community Association for Integral Development (Maya Mam)

The Asociación Comunitaria de Desarrollo Integral Maya-M aims to bring community development to the Mam area through its programs in health, education, culture, agriculture and livestock, children, environment, communication, and international politics. Its current work is in education, health, and communication with young people. Their project will focus on the training of young people via a series of five workshops that will be held with community leaders and ancestral authorities.

La Minga, the Voice of the Mocondinos (Quillasinga)

La Minga, the Voice of the Mocondinos, is a means of expression of the social and cultural reality of the ancestral territory of Mocondino (a municipality of Pasto, Colombia), disseminated through the voices of its own citizens, especially young people and women. It contributes to the defense of territory and water, denouncing the threats facing the Mocondino from the uncontrolled advance of urbanization.

Bojaba Beaches Reserve (U'wa)

The purpose of the Bojaba Beaches Reserve collective is to strengthen the capacity of U’wa communities, territories, and people to strengthen and preserve their traditions through trainings and workshops, the  promotion of art and culture, and recreation and sports. The thematic areas of the environment, women, families, human rights, free expression, and traditional medicine are addressed collectively by young leaders, women, and Elders. 

Naköj Community Radio (Maya Kaqchikel)

Radio Comunitaria Naköj is an Indigenous collective and nonprofit media outlet dedicated to disseminating the cultural expressions of the Santo Domingo Xenacoj region. Through the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and thought as an Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel People, the station focuses on social and cultural issues, promoting the strengthening of the Maya Kaqchikel language among the population of Santo Domingo Xenacoj as well as the region’s cultural identity.

Colectivo Kichwa Wayrapi (Kichwa)

Colectivo Kichwa Wayrapi is an alternative digital media collective dedicated to the revitalization of the Kichwa language, as well as the culture, wisdom, customs, and traditions of the Cotacachi, Otavalo, and Cayambe territories. Their project, “Kichwa Communicators Course with an Intercultural Approach,” aims to encourage Kichwa speakers to learn the language and get involved in the media without being ashamed of their ethnicity, dress, or language.

Yankuik Sitlali Radio (Náhuatl)

Yankuik Sitlali Radio’s project aims to give a voice to the Indigenous women of the region and to spread cultural diversity through the internet by gathering the cultural, musical, and artistic expressions of the Huastecan identity to create a strong link among communities. They aspire to position themselves as an intercultural radio station by establishing a unique, autonomous, and self-sustainable communication model in contrast to commercial radio. Their decisions are based on the tradition of the Assembly and the common good.

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