A conversation with linguist and indigenous rights activist Yásnaya Elena Aguilar | Latina/o and Mexican-American Studies

A conversation with linguist and indigenous rights activist Yásnaya Elena Aguilar

Event Information
Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 12:30pm

LMAS is sponsoring the event "A Converstaion with linguist and indigenous right activist Yásnaya Elena Aguila," along with fellow co-sponsors UNT's Department of Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies, Multicultural Center, Hay Forum, and the Wild Detectives

Join the conversation Tuesday, February 16th at 12:30pm with Yásnaya Elena Aguilar - Mexican linguist, writer, translator, human rights activist and Ayuujk researcher - to discuss colonization and indigenous struggles for liberation.

Yásnaya Elena Aguilar has taken part and given talks, conferences and workshops in both national and international forums. In February 2019 she was invited to the ordinary session of the 14th Legislature in the Chamber of Deputies within the framework of the International Year of Indigenous Languages to give a speech in Mixe, in which she alluded the condition of Mexico's indigenous languages.

Please make plans to attend this event.

Zoom Link: https://unt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_81ZaJibtS_WIaaaUj_oyfw

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