Maya Cultural Festival with Fashion Show and Workshops

Celebration Schedule

9:30 AM Opening Ceremony and Program

10:30 AM Concurrent Workshops

* Women – Earth, with Paula Nicho Cúmez

* Maya Languages: Mam, Yucatec, K’iche’

* Struggle for Land and Human Rights in Guatemala and Yucatan

* Activism at the Border

* Immigrants–Know Your Rights, with PODER

11:45 AM Lunch – Art Exhibit​

12:15 PM Maya Fashion Show; Ancient & Traditional Dances

1:45 PM Concurrent Workshops

* Maya Textiles

* The World of the Ancient Maya, with Prof. Edgar Torres

* Services for Immigrants, with PODER, Mission Promise Neighborhood, and more

* The Mayan Calendar, with Francisco Icala

2:45 PM Closing Ceremony

CCSF Sponsors: CCSF Rosenberg Library Exhibitions, CCSF Friends of the Library, Departments of English as a Second Language, Latin American & Latino/a Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Museum Studies.

Community Sponsors: Maya Woman: The Helen Moran Collection, Arte Maya Tz’utuhil, Mayan Cultural Exchange, Asociacion Mayab, Mission Promise Neighborhood, PODER, Latino Educational Association (LEA), NISGUA.

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