When: April 15 from 17-20 (Finnish time)
Where: In-person only at the Museum of Impossible Forms in Helsinki
Join us for a conversation with Guadalupe Vázquez Luna, who will share experiences from Tsoblej Chanulpom yu'un Acteal (Las Abejas de Acteal). Las Abejas is an Indigenous, autonomous, and peaceful resistance organization that fights for justice, autonomy, and the defense of land and territory in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico.
This gathering will open a short introduction to possibilities and strategies for international involvement among civil society groups, social movements, and researchers. We will share ongoing initiatives that seek to transform the status quo and contribute to construct alternatives. Our focus will then shift to the work of international observation brigades in Chiapas.
- How can international solidarity contribute to advance abolition and reparations today?
- What role do international observation brigades play in the collective struggle for collective liberation?
- How can we build collective power for long-term structural political change—both locally and globally?
Guadalupe Vázquez Luna will share testimonies and insights from over three decades of such brigades in her community, Tsoblej Chanulpom yu'un Acteal. She will reflect on peacebuilding and autonomy in her community, and how can we build peace while resisting and opposing the ongoing war against life.
Afterwards, CDH Fray Bartolomé de las Casas–Human Rights Center will join remotely to introduce their International Observation Brigades–BriCOs program, outlining paths for collaboration between local and international human rights actors. They will share how the presence of observers can act as a deterrent to violence by the military, paramilitaries, and other state actors.
The event will close with an open conversation and space for informal exchange and connection-building across struggles.
The event will be held in Spanish and English, with consecutive translation. Attendance in person.
Organized in collaboration with Colectivo Armadillo Suomi, CDH Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas – Human Rights Center (Frayba), Las Abejas de Acteal, and Museum of Impossible Forms.
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