March 9-10, the Cultural Survival team completed our final of a series of exchanges between 12 community radio stations here in Guatemala.
March 9-10, the Cultural Survival team completed our final of a series of exchanges between 12 community radio stations here in Guatemala.
On February 22, 2013, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Cultural Survival and local community radio association Mujb'ab'l yol held a forum aimed at spreading the word regarding the role of community radio in the fight to democratize speech in Guatemala. With close to 100 guests, including representatives from Congress, and members of the police force and military, the movement gained new sources of support and strengthened existing sources of support.
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Contact: Mark Camp, Deputy Executive Director, 617-441-5400 x11
Today, February 21, is International Mother Language Day, first proclaimed in 1952 as "Language Movement Day" by Dhaka University students in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) who were protesting suppression of their Bengali language. Police and military forces opened fire, killing many young people in attendance.
Dhaka University students today mark the 60th anniversary of their fellow students' sacrifice of their lives for their mother tongue, and millions of citizens will leave flowers at the Language Martyr's Monument (Shahid Minar).
By Terrance Hall
Smokin’ Fish. 2011, 81 minutes. Directed by Luke Griswold-Tergis & Cory Mann (Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc).
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
