Mujeres de Maiz (women of corn) is a Chicana/Latina and Indigenous women’s organization since 1997 whose mission is to improve women’s overall and mental health by creating empowering community spaces focused on holistic wellness, health education, cultural arts, art exhibitions, and publishing.
EVENTS
A Collective Call: In Solidarity with Survivors
Sisters, daughters, mothers, aunties, and all who walk with us,
We stand in unwavering solidarity with Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia and Debra Rojas and all survivors of harm. We honor their courage and demand justice, accountability, care, and understanding of the journey. We see you. We believe you. You are not alone.
Harm has no place in our circles, movement spaces or anywhere we exist. Sexual misconduct and violence is deeply rooted in our movements—and we refuse to stay silent. We will name it. We will protect each other. Now, more than ever, we call in presence, accountability, and compassion. For nearly 30 years, Mujeres de Maiz has been rooted in sisterhood and collective care. We speak holding love, responsibility, and grief. Our work honors women’s bodies, spirits, and other ways of knowing. We exist because spaces like this did not exist before. Our sisterhood is sacred and protecting each other is non-negotiable. We show up fueled by love, and the strength of generations who organized to protect our communities.
We understand:
This news and work can be triggering to all, especially survivors and women of color.
Violence is a symptom of patriarchy that extends beyond individual perpetrators and is rooted in a system that fails to protect women and historically marginalized groups.
This requires the need to move with harm reduction and accountability.
We call on our community to:
Encourage the community to process things at their own pace and step back if needed to prioritize their own care.
Focus on survivor centered healing without question or condition.
Strengthen and imagine practices of accountability, so safety is actively created and protected.
Protect truth over silence, care over comfort.
Look to those who have done the work and have models, lessons to share while also being open to new methods.
We invite you to rise together, to create circles where safety, dignity, and love are not optional, they are our foundation.
This Tuesday March 24 in Boyle Heights. An intentional space to process, grieve and hold space together after what’s come to light around sexual violence that women and girls in the movement experienced by manipulation and coercion of Cesar Chavez.
How do we address the culture of patriarchy in movement spaces and prevent it? How do we show up for survivors at this time? A survivor-centered space where we will attempt to find solutions as a community, and come to peace with the questions that we’re not yet equipped to answer.
We’re grateful to be joined on Tuesday by panelists FE (Felicia Montes) of Mujeres De Maiz, Xochitl Palomera of @wocsistercollective_, Valeria Espinosa @la_mujer_vale of @Af3irm and Kimberly Bautista of JFMS.
Thank you to Boyle Heights City Hall for opening your doors.
JFMS hosted our first community forum about patriarchy in social justice spaces in February 2013 at Casa 0101. In March 2014, we formed the Eastside Mujeres Network with Proyecto Pastoral, @mujeresdemaiz, and @ELAWC in response to Lorenza Arellano’s death in Hollenbeck Park.
The term “All Violence is Public” was coined at a community forum that @justice4sister held in April 2015 in response to an attempted assault that happened outside of @eastsideluv, where community identified solutions including a petition and public art campaign to end victim-blaming.
Months later in November 2015, the Eastside Mujeres Network mobilized around the murders of Gabriela Calzada and Brianna Gallegos at Debs Park, with a vigil and a campaign to demand a thorough investigation. The Eastside Mujeres Network grew to include members of the @psyco_ovas and Eastside Mujeres Day was recognized by the City of LA.
ART EXHIBITION:
ROSA: Resistance Organizing Spiritual Artivism
March 1-27, 2026
at The Goddess Mercado Bazaar: 424 W. Whittier Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640
Open Wed.-Sun. 12-6 PM
Featuring women of color artivists including: Marisol Lydia Torres, Lilia Ramirez, Andrea Galvez, Megan Pennings, Textli Gallegos, Jasmin Barragan, Mia Arvizu, Dulce Lopez, Celina Jacques, Maricela Xuncaz Lazo.
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, March 1, 2026 from 4-6 PM
SIP, PAINT & MEDITATE with Yo Soy Tierra
Wed. March 25, 2026 7-10 PM
Exhibit curated by Felicia Montes and Megan Pennings of Mujeres de MaizWhatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Hay Cariño en la Casa
Una serie de ofrendas comunitarias en solidaridad y apoyo a las comunidades inmigrantes.
Enero, Febrero y Marzo 2026
OFRENDAS:
Circulos de Bienestar Creativa
Jueves 1/22, 2/26, 3/26
Dirigidas por: Rosalba Gama- Hernández, LMFT (terapeuta, danzante y fundadora de Tlahtolli Wellness y La Madrastra Podcast) y Celina Jacques, MA, LMFA, AT (terapeuta, artista, terapueta de arte) de Celina Jacques
Taller de AutoCuidado Ancestral
Miercoles 2/18
Kits de Cuidado Creativo
Hay Cariño en La Casa es un Serie de Bienestar y Creatividad de la vision de la artivista holistica Felicia 'Fe' Montes. El serie esta patrocinado por la organizacion Community Engagement.
Son ofrendas de solidaridad Y espiritu pa’ la comunidad apoyado por Mujeres de Maiz y mujeres de medicina de la comunidad. Estamos trabajando por la humanidad y contra la migra, 🧊 y el neoliberalismo en todos formas.
—reconociendo que muchas mujeres inmigrantes siguen sintiéndose inseguras al salir de sus casas. Esta fase, titulada “Hay Cariño en la Casa”, se centrará en cultivar la sanación, la resiliencia y el bienestar dentro del hogar.
El proyecto combinará arte, medicina ancestral y construcción de comunidad para abordar el miedo y el trauma persistentes causados por las redadas migratorias. Al crear oportunidades de bienestar creativas y accesibles tanto en línea como en el hogar, ampliaremos el alcance de la sanación con raíces culturales a quienes más la necesitan
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 your/his/her/our stories. Writing is a way to do all of this. Professional community poets guide this workshop by sharing some of their own poems and then create space for participants to write their own.
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. Participants will create their own image.
CULTURA CURA CIRCLES: CULTURALLY BASED HOLISTIC TALKING CIRCLES FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY
Based on ancestral ways of relating with each other, these circles allow groups and individuals to open up and connect with each other in meaningful ways.
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What people are saying…
“I feel seen and loved by community, grounded, and peaceful.”
“So much of what everyone shared resonated. It made me feel less alone.”
“I am leaving the circle feeling protected, energized and calm.”
“ I love everything that Mujeres De Maiz offers!”
We are proud recipients of the Humanities in Place grant.
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