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 ...
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 ...
Some Princeton High School students working on of the prototypes they are developing for their entry in Samsung Electronics' Solve for Tomorrow competition (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY) From Camden and ...
#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in Mexico. Read the inspiring story of one of the grantees selected for the 2024 Mayan Language ...