Awasqa is a digital platform that seeks to democratize the media through the construction of a collaborative network with indigenous and environmental movements and organizations of the continent, generating a free space for publication in which to share written, audiovisual, visual and sound information, recognizing the diversity of languages and forms of communication, and breaking language barriers to promote linguistic justice and participatory communication.
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Sofía Jarrín
Co-founder and co-editor. Self-trained as a community journalist and radio producer since 2004, I covered many events and protests for Indymedia, WMBR at MIT, Pacifica Radio, ALER in Ecuador, among others. My articles have been published in alternatives news media such as Z Magazine, Dollars & Sense, TruthOut.org, Democracy Now!, and NPR World. My work at Awasqa is mostly volunteer, and I am a full-time academic translator/copy editor.
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Articles by Awasqa
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Study Visibilizes Indigenous Languages in Los Angeles
In the United States, those who emigrate from the south of the border are all labeled as Latinos, coming from a “Latin” culture for speaking the Spanish colonial language. But in Abya Yala, our origin is richly diverse, particularly when it comes to language. Thus, Indigenous Communities in Leadership (CIELO) has achieved a crucial step…
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Fanesca as a Symbol of Resistance and Community Relations
Easter week is here, and it’s that time of the year when families in Ecuador and Ecuadorian immigrants in the US, Canada, and Europe prepare fanesca, one of the most intricate dishes I’ve had the pleasure to prepare and eat. It is so complex that people often gather their extended families to help in the…
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Deb Haaland as a symbol of indigenous millennial victory in the U.S.
The new U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, is the first indigenous person to hold that position and the first to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet. The significance of this achievement is emblematic of the mining struggle of indigenous peoples in the north and will have significant consequences in the defense of their…