A handful of adults at an Oakland community college practiced how to say “good afternoon” in Mam, a Mayan language spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala. After teacher Henry Sales, a native Mam ...
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — There’s a population of Guatemalans in Palm Beach County who primarily speak an indigenous Mayan language. This makes it difficult for key information to reach those ...
Antony O. Hobbs Sr., Ed.D, of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, participated in a week-long program in the Central American country of Guatemala. An associate professor in the UAPB Department ...
Rising Voices (RV): How do you like to introduce yourself? Saqb'ech Pérez (SP): Soy Saqb’ech Pérez y soy maya mam de K’ojla’ (Cajolá, en español), en Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Soy Licenciada en ...
Efrain Gaspar is shown outside the Champaign Public Library. The Guatemalan immigrant works to translate between English and his native language, Q’anjob’al. Efrain Gaspar is shown outside the ...
Amid Lincoln County COVID outbreak, community partners work to reach indigenous Guatemalan community
When the largest food processing outbreak in the state hit Newport over a month ago, it disproportionally affected people of color, just as the virus has been doing statewide during the pandemic. And ...
Meet eight Indigenous language activists from Guatemala and Colombia who are part of Rising Voices’ Indigenous Language Digital Activism Catalyst Program. The Catalyst Program is the result of 14 ...
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