Latinas’ resilience, contributions to the United States, and role in the Latino community

Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales

  • In this activity, students will learn about the Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations), an organization that serves Latino-Indigenous migrant and non-migrant communities and individuals in California and various states in Mexico. Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales will be led by indigenous women. The host, Samuel Orozco, interviews the newly elected leaders Odilia Romero and Oralia Maceda. Students will listen to the podcast titled Indigenous Women Leaders ( https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-3c89f3c57db ) recorded in 2018, from minute 1:30 to 39:20, and answer comprehension questions from A to G. Then, students will be divided into groups of four to discuss their answers.

    1. What are the objectives and goals of the organization Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales? What makes this organization unique? 

    2. Odilia mentioned that she is in her elected position because her female colleagues have done “el trabajo de hormiga.” What is she referring to here?

    3. Who is Marichuy (María de Jesús Patricio Martínez), and what did she do?

    4. What challenges and social injustices do Indigenous women encounter? 

    5. What do Odilia Romero and Oralia Maceda plan to do as newly elected officers in the organization, and what roles do they plan to challenge?

    6. What challenges do they face during local, state, and national elections in the U.S. and in Mexico?

    7. As a group, discuss the advantages of having Indigenous women lead an organization like Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales.

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