This fall, NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with Guatemala) welcomes Alex Escobar Prado as the featured speaker for this year’s tour, “Guatemalan Youth in Defense of Land and Life!” Alex is an activist, educator, and a member of the Guatemalan environmental justice organization Youth Organized in Defense of Life (JODVID). Born out of the struggle for community self-determination and resistance to Tahoe Resources’ Escobal silver mine in southeastern Guatemala, JODVID uses the arts and popular education to mobilize youth in local and regional movements to protect the environment and defend territory.

Celebrate Ohio’s first Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration! Come bring a colorful sign, or just come, to join in a public display of celebration, appreciation and solidarity for Indigenous People. We meet in Oberlin, southeast corner of Tappan Square (Main Street & College Street).

Tappan Square
Main Street & College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Come and learn about local indigenous history and the continuing struggle for human rights and self-determination. Meet members of the Oberlin Indigenous Peoples' Day Committee as they share their effort to replace Columbus Day in Oberlin with Indigenous Peoples' Day, and explain how celebrating Columbus impacts indigenous peoples.

The Oberlin Heritage Center is a supporting partner of this collaborative community event.

This event is free and open to the public!

Oberlin Public Library
65 S Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
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Come to our table at Family Fun Fair in Oberlin. We will have games and activities for children and information on Indigenous Peoples' Day in Oberlin. Our table is located near Ottica Eyecare on Main Street in downtown Oberlin.

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