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Mujeres de Maiz (womxn of the corn) provides holistic wellness through education, programming, exhibitions, and publishing in order to empower women and girls through the creation of community.

 
 
 
 

Featured Workshops

ARTIVISM IN ACTION:

EDUCATE, EMPOWER, TRANSFORM

A presentation on how Artivism (art and activism) can educate, empower, inspire and transform people and communities. 

SELF AND COMMUNITY CARE

A skill-share on discussing and sharing tools for beginning self care and protection. Tools shared benefit all but are specifically supportive of activists and cultural workers.

DECOLONIZING AND DECENTRALIZING HEALING WAYS: ANCESTRAL AND ABUELITA KNOWLEDGE FOR TODAY

This workshop will focus on deconstructing the structures and institutions that are barriers to health and wellness in our communities as well as seeking alternative wellness methods including herbalism and other ways of knowing and healing.

 

THE POWER OF POETRY

A creative writing workshop for all. Share your stories, validate your voices, honor you his/herstories.  Writing is way to do all of this.

THE POWER OF POSTERS:

SILKSCREENING AND SELF DETERMINATION

This hands on workshop shares the ancient technique of silkscreening. Posters have been used for centuries to share messages and make statements.

CULTURA CURA CIRCLES: CULTURALLY BASED HOLISTIC TALKING CIRCLES FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY

Based on indigenous and ancestral ways of relating with each other, these circles allow groups and individuals to open up to each other and to the sacred within us all. 

 
 
 
 
 

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XINACHTLI GIRLS CIRCLE thinking about girls, the media and gender roles and violence against womxn as well as who/how does a “JOVEN NOBLE” act and what characteristics do they have. These young women are great critical thinkers and future/current leaders. Thanks @xinachtligirls for the inspiration and guidance for our first official group of Xinachtli in East LA. We are building the future together!
Repost By @chaninicholas: . M e r c u r y R x E c l i p s e S e a s o n . The entire month of July massages the more challenging aspects of our lives. Whether it’s a relationship dynamic, deeply embedded self-doubt system, or habit that you are wanting to break, this is the time to do so. Mercury retrograde is a great time for making edits, adjustments, and improvements to our lives as it usually points out what isn’t working so well. Clear out what clutters your path, bbs. . As Mercury does an about face today, it backs up into Mars tomorrow, making the beginning of this retrograde a little intense for some. Arguments might happen with others, but what’s more important to pay attention to are the things that get you heated. Underneath anger is usually a really good reason for it, though not always one that is about the present moment. If you feel the need to fight, make sure you are connected to your reasons for doing so. Clarity is key when working with something potentially poisonous. . Mercury stations retrograde at 4° of Leo; will station direct at 23° of Cancer on July 31, 2019 . #MercuryRetrograde
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THE FARCE OF JULY. #Repost from @docmellymel quoting Frederick Douglass
🌽Mujeres de Maíz sharing a cute meal and meeting to recap on our programming. Excited for the things coming!! 🌽 #mujeresdemaiz2019 #mujeresdemaiz
We say their names and honor their lives. Ni un minuto de silencio, toda una vida de lucha. Valeria y Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez presente. Arte y post by Manuela Guillén @lazy.beam 🙏🏽 . . Repost @lazy.beam via @puente.az This illustration is to honor Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25 and his daughter, Valeria 2. . The family from El Salvador were trying escape extreme poverty and seek asylum in the US but they were turned away. They tried to cross the Rio Grande and only the mother, Tania Vanessa Ávalos made it out alive. The family was surviving with $10 a day in El Salvador (the country still uses US dollar currency). Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez wanted to work in the US so he can raised money to build a home for his wife and daughter. My condolences to the family and the mother for their lost. 🌹 . . “From the scorching Sonoran Desert to the fast-moving Rio Grande, the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border has long been an at times deadly crossing between ports of entry. A total of 283 migrant deaths were recorded last year; the toll so far this year has not been released (CNN).” . . Currently the internet and news are circulating a photo of Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and Valeria found dead by the Rio Grande. If you look up the story this image will come up. . If you choice to share this image of their death for shock factor or share your platform on immigration human rights. Please remember this was a family in search of a better life. Please be respectful and show compassion and empathy. This family like many others risk their lives sólo para buscar una vida mejor. #restinpower
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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