UNBC GEOGRAPHY FIELD SCHOOL TO GUATEMALA

GEOGRAPHIES OF
CULTURE, RIGHTS & POWER:

Indigenous & Gendered Human Rights in Guatemala

MAY 3-26, 2004

SANTIAGO ATITLÁN, UNBC group on steps of the sixteenth-century Catholic Church

Wednesday, May 12^th, a group of 10 UNBC students and Dr. Catherine Nolin traveled to Guatemala City to begin a two-week human rights delegation-style tour of Guatemala. We visited various organizations, learning first hand of the oppression and resistance struggles that people in Guatemala face ... as a matter of course, as part of their daily fare.

The first week was co-facilitated by Grahame Russell of Rights Action. The following summary of our first week is written by Grahame:

It is increasingly obvious that a global and historical perspective is needed to understand the structural injustices against the majority population in a place like Guatemala—a "national" perspective is not sufficient. What is also needed is an activist vision and agenda aimed at building global alliances—people to people - to end local-to-global injustices ... One world, one solution.