Who Gives Us Our Names?

Date: 

Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 6:00pm to 7:30pm


This event is virtual, to join click here. COATL and Fuerza will organize a viewing party in CGIS S030 for those interested in joining in-person.

Speakers: Kuitlahuak A. Martinez, Speak Nahuatl Language Teacher (Nahua); Odilia Romero, Co-founder and Executive Director of Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) (Zapotec); Dr. Marcelo Garzo Montalvo, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University San Marcos (Mapuche); Dr. Sue Patricia Haglund, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Ethnic Studies Department (Dule)
Moderated by students from COATL (Colectivo Olin Ancestral: Languages and Traditions)

Who Gives Us Our Names? Is a two-day event and provocation for the Harvard Community on the topics of Indigeneity, Latinidad, and Identity in Abya Yala (the Americas). On Tuesday April 4th at 6pm EST we will host a virtual Zoom panel with five featured speaker. Join for a follow-up community dialogue on Friday April 7th from 5:00-7:00pm at HUNAP on the topics raised during the panel.

This event is hosted by COATL (Colectivo Olin Ancestral: Languages and Traditions) with support from the Moses Mesoamerian Archive and Research Project, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University Native American Program