Nahuacallli
Educators Alliance
Press Release
For Immediate
Release
Date: Monday
March 12, 2012
Contact: Tupac Enrique Acosta (602) 466-8367
Impact of the Doctrine of Discovery
Traditional Indigenous Mexican Communities Mobilize a Four-Day
Direct Action in Response to the Regime of Intellectual Apartheid in Arizona
What: PRESS CONFERENCE to announce Direct Action at the Arizona Department of Education
When: 10:00
AM Tuesday March 13, 2012
Where:
NAHUACALLI
802 N. 7th Street Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ – Working together under the auspices of the Calmecac Abya Yala, a continental consortium of Indigenous Universities from throughout the hemisphere, two traditional Indigenous Mexican communities will embark on a four day series of educational events and direct action that will mobilize from Tucson to Phoenix this week.
Under the theme of “In Imiuh Tenamaztle” (The Arrow of Tenemaztle) the event will launch from Tucson on Wednesday March 14th and arrive at the Arizona Department of Education on Friday the 16th at 3:00 PM to deliver a set of demands and recommendations to Arizona Superintendent of Instruction John Huppenthal.
On Saturday the 17th dual actions in the form of "Teach Ins" in both Tucson and Phoenix will culminate the the 2012 Flecha de Tenamaztle. The Phoenix "teach in" is planned to take place at the Arizona State Capitol complex from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
The
Calpolli Tlamanalco and the Calpolli Nahuacalco, working with the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras, are taking the action in response to the climate of
“intellectual apartheid” which has become exacerbated by AZ HB2281, and in
affirmation of the Right of Self Determination as Indigenous Peoples in regards
to educational policies and practices in the realm of Public Education in the
State of Arizona.
“The educational issues in
Arizona are not limited to the banning of books, and the denial of culturally
competent educational services such as the Mexican American studies program in
Tucson, the issue at its core is the right as Indigenous Peoples to question
the intellectual regimes of colonization and its agents of suppression in the form
of institutions of the state. We
propose to engage in the peaceful exercise of the right of assembly to present
our grievances, demands and recommendations to the State of Arizona, and we
now propose that as a beginning point of reference in the dialogue we integrate the
Preliminary Study on the Impact of the Doctrine of Discovery of the United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.”
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