LACS Lecture: Learning from Indigenous Community Partners in Guatemala

Co-sponsors: Center for Engaged Academic  Learning, Center for Research Learning and Teaching, and Center for Global and Intercultural Studies

This event will give us important insights about the challenges and opportunities that student-led organizations and community members face when working together on service-learning projects in Latin America. Olivia Artola Sub will give a presentation about her experiences collaborating with the BlueLab-Sa Nima’ solar lamp project in the Community of Samox-San Lucas, Guatemala. She will also speak about community organizing and Mayan culture.

***Food will be served***

Olivia Artola Sub
is the President of the Women’s Committee in Samox-San Lucas, a Mayan community located near Cobán, Guatemala. Olivia and her family have hosted the BlueLab-Sa Nima’, a U-M student organization, during their biannual visits to Samox since 2009. She provided support and cultural exchange opportunities while also serving as a key collaborator in design projects and organizing community members for engagement with the group.

With the participation of Sa Nima’ Alumni: Christie Donahue and Tracey Fu

Co-sponsors: Center for Engaged Academic  Learning, Center for Research Learning and Teaching, and Center for Global and Intercultural Studies