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Since 1994, Educa A.C., as a civil organization, accompanies social movements, advises social organizations and indigenous communities in the defense of their social and civil rights, promotes civil and political education, advocates for the integral protection of human rights, and initiates projects of sustainable, rural development in the state of Oaxaca. As part of our strategy to promote civil and political education, we translate some of our publications into English and founded the Twitter account “Human Rights Oaxaca Mexico” to address an international audience. In the globalized world, we live in, today’s problems need to be viewed from different perspectives in order, to be solved. Therefore our work in English intends to give Oaxaca’s civil society a voice, create awareness and promote public dialogue. We cover topics such as social movements, gender and migration violence, territorial and environmental conflicts, indigenous resistance against transnational megaprojects, as well as other current issues Oaxaca’s civil society finds itself confronted with.

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Indigenous communities win legal battles against mining in Oaxaca English

Indigenous communities win legal battles against mining in Oaxaca

Mining interests in Oaxaca are finding that Indigenous communities are not giving up their land without a fight. On February 2, local authorities from Capulálpam de Méndez, in the Sierra Juarez region of Oaxaca held a press conference to celebrate the cancelation of mining concessions in their territory.  The decision was part of a drawn out legal battle that started…
EDUCA Comunicación
12 febrero, 2020
New microsite: Communities of Oaxaca reject mining projects by celebrating life English

New microsite: Communities of Oaxaca reject mining projects by celebrating life

EDUCA is proud to present a brand new microsite about creativity and resistance to the threat of mining in Oaxaca. It includes video, radio, infographics and original reporting in Spanish and English. This year, Indigenous Zapotec communities recuperated the popular, collective spirit of the Guelaguetza and organized their own “Guelaguetza against Mining” to celebrate 10 years of resistance to extractive…
EDUCA Comunicación
16 diciembre, 2019
On the Day of Indigenous Resistance, communities of Oaxaca demand respect for their autonomy English

On the Day of Indigenous Resistance, communities of Oaxaca demand respect for their autonomy

On October 12, the Day of Indigenous, Black and Popular Resistance, dozens of native peoples and communities gathered in Oaxaca City to commemorate 527 years defending their territories, cultures, languages and ways of life. This year’s event was organized in response to a call from Mexico’s National Indigenous Congress to honor the memory of Samir Flores Soberanes, an Indigenous activist…
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24 octubre, 2019
EDUCA celebrates 25 years cultivating social change in Oaxaca English

EDUCA celebrates 25 years cultivating social change in Oaxaca

1994 was the year of the uprising. That year we rose up. With the Zapatista rebellion we saw not only the awakening of consciousness of millions of people but also a hope for change in Mexico. For a group of young people who had been doing social work in ecclesial spaces, this uprising also meant organizing and taking alternatives. Political…
English Version
29 agosto, 2019
Chatino and Mixtec peoples of Oaxaca reject a new hydroelectric project on the Río Verde English

Chatino and Mixtec peoples of Oaxaca reject a new hydroelectric project on the Río Verde

On August 15, 2019, communities of the Southern Sierra and coastal regions of Oaxaca held a press conference to announce their rejection of a new hydroelectric project promoted by a private company on the Río Verde. Authorities of six Indigenous and farming towns questioned the campaign promises of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador to respect Indigenous rights and protect…
English Version
15 agosto, 2019
Communities of Oaxaca celebrate “Guelaguetza” against Mining English

Communities of Oaxaca celebrate “Guelaguetza” against Mining

The Guelaguetza is a cultural event that draws thousands of national and international tourists to Oaxaca, Mexico each July. This year, Indigenous Zapotec communities recuperated the popular, collective spirit of the event with the "Guelaguetza against Mining", which celebrates 10 years of resistance to extractive projects in Oaxaca's Central Valleys region. Read their statement (original in Spanish): On July 22,…
English Version
23 julio, 2019