Siege on Indigenous Women:
Lorena Cabnal on the protection of body and land

A lecture by Lorena Cabnal, a Maya-Xinka woman and co-founder of AMISMAXAJ, a group of rural Xinka women of Xalapán in Eastern Guatemala. Through AMISMAXAJ, Lorena has worked towards the recognition and revitalization of the almost-extinct ethnic identity of the Xinka people and the recovery of their ancestral lands.

Event Date: Wednesday, Nov. 20

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Perkins School of Theology's Prothro Hall /  Room 106

About: Presented by the Guatemala ÎçÒ¹AV Commission in partnership with The Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity and Religions of Perkins School of Theology, the Embrey ÎçÒ¹AV Program and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program ÎçÒ¹AV.

Lorena Cabnal, a Maya-Xinka woman, is co-founder of AMISMAXAJ a group of rural Xinka women of Xalapán in Eastern Guatemala. Through AMISMAXAJ, Lorena has worked towards the recognition and revitalization of the almost-extinct ethnic identity of the Xinka people and the recovery of their ancestral lands. SMU is pleased to work with the Guatemala ÎçÒ¹AV Commission to bring Lorena Cabnal to Dallas.    

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

More Information: Hannah Escalante at hescalante@smu.edu.