Understanding the Rights of and Unique Challenges
Faced by Indigenous Migrants Recording Now Available

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us and/or has waited so patiently for the recording of our webinar from October 22, 2021: Understanding the Rights of and Unique Challenges Faced by Indigenous Migrants. You can watch the webinar recording on the ILRC’s website here.
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This webinar was moderated by Carolina Martin Ramos (Mexica/Ani'-Yun'wiya Kin), Esq., Co-Executive Director, Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim (CMPI), and Director of CMPI Maya & Indigenous Human Rights Program and Legal Services. During the webinar, community leaders shared their experiences and perspectives as Indigenous people on Indigenous rights, sovereignty, migration, and ways to better serve Indigenous migrant clients. Panelists included:

• Luis Marcos (Q’anjob’al Maya), Founder & Co-Executive Director, Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim and Ambassador, Q’anjoba’al, Popti, Chuj, & Akateko Nations
• Miguel Villegas Ventura (Ñuu Savi, Mixteco), Program Coordinator, Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo IndÍgena Oaxaqueño
• Dr. Jonathan Hook (Cherokee), Former USCIS Immigration Services Officer and Community Relations Officer; Inaugural Director of EPA's Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs Office in Dallas; former research professor of international Indigenous issues; Indigenous rights advocate and educator
• Cindy Toledo (Maya Q'anjob'al), Legal Assistant at Law Offices of Randy Alexander and Associates; Board Member of Centro Cultural Techantit; Volunteer Legal Advocate, Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim; and Coordinator of Social Support Commission, National Council of Indigenous Peoples/CONPID
• Domingo Alvaro (Q'anjob'al Maya), Paralegal, Legal Orientation Program (LOP - Otay Mesa), American Bar Association (ABA), Immigration Justice Project and Previous Migrant Shelter Case Manager, Jewish Family Services (JFS), San Diego