In partnership with Centro Ollin Tlahtoalli, the non-profit MANOS: Migrantes Apoyados, No Olvidados, is offering this course in an effort to continue our shared goal of educating advocates.  This training is a two-week program in Oaxaca, Mexico, with an emphasis on Spanish, intercultural communication skills, and strategies for zealous representation of immigrants in the U.S.  The training consists of eight seminars with two day trips, one to the Zapotec community of Cuajimoloyas and the other to the Zapotec community of Santo Tomas Jalieza. Participants will meet with and hear from community members, and under their guidance, learn about the system of self-governance. Participants will enhance their understanding of the different sociocultural elements that can impact communication process between individuals with different languages, cultures, and communication patterns.  To learn more about the training, read testimonials from past participants, and apply, go to https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training

This six-day workshop includes seven nights at a homestay or hotel room. You also have the option of finding your own lodging. You would arrive on Saturday, August 10th, and depart on Saturday August 17th. As always, if you need to arrive a day early or stay a day later, we can make accommodations. The following activities are included in the cost of the training:

• Welcome Session – We share and listen to how, as advocates, we view self-care and what strategies we use in our own lives to stay happy, healthy, and connected.

• Self-Care Workshop – Using ancestral practices, our speaker will provide us with ideas on how we can better take care of our physical and emotional health.

• Taller de Barro – We will be spending the day with mud. First, we will create clay we can use to sculpt from the soil. Then our teacher will show us various techniques on how to create beautiful and usable pieces that we will then fire in the afternoon and take with us. No experience with clay necessary.

• Diálogos con el Bosque – We will be most of the day in the woods, on a non-strenuous walk, sitting, reflecting, listening, eating, and doing various activities that connect us to ourselves, each other, and to the bosque.

• Medicina Traditional – Our speaker will help us understand the value and power of the relationships we human beings have with nature and the importance of opening our heart and minds to its many healing elements: plants, trees, flowers, water, birds, etc.

• Temazcal Experience – We will attend a traditional sweat lodge in the afternoon to promote deep relaxation and reflection that allows a movement of energy through our bodies, clearing our minds and rejuvenating the spirit. This will be a gentle temazcal with the option to leave at any time. We will share a light dinner together after.

• Taller de Cocina – This all-day workshop will start in a local market where we will buy the ingredients we will use for the day. We will then be invited into the home of our cook who will guide us through the entire preparation of a traditional oaxaqueño meal.

• On three of the program days, comida (lunch) is included with the cost of attending as we will be on an excursion and sharing the meal together.

• Some of the experiences in this training include ancient indigenous practices. Some people’s religious beliefs prevent them from participating in such practices. If your religious values may prevent you from participating in these cultural activities, this training may not be the best fit.

• To apply, please fill out the registration form below.

COST

• Homestay - (7 nights w/ breakfast) - $1,350

• Hotel - (7 nights, private room) - $1,710

• No Lodging - $ 1,080

Registration

Cancellations made before July 14, 2024, will receive a full refund minus a $30 processing fee. Any cancellations made on or after July 14, 2024, will not receive a refund.

We are excited to announce that our tenth immigration advocate training will be in Oaxaca from January 8th to the 19th, 2024. Applications will be accepted from now until November 20th. More details are provided on the training website at https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training. All profits go to support the work of MANOS.

Sending you saludos from Oaxaca! Our next immigration advocate training will be in Oaxaca from August 7 to the 18th, 2023. Applications will be accepted from now until May 19, 2023. More details are provided at https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training . All profits go to support the work of MANOS!

We are happy to announce our eighth immigration advocate training in partnership with the non-profit MANOS: Migrantes Apoyados, No Olvidados. This training is a two-week program in Oaxaca, Mexico, with an emphasis on enhancing intercultural awareness through learning opportunities with community leaders, human rights defenders, lawyers, and language teachers. We have found that through this dynamic combination of seminars and visits to local communities, U.S.-based advocates who work for and with immigrant communities learn how to better support, assist, and learn from the people they serve who come from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. All profits from this training go to support the work of MANOS to offer free legal services to Oaxacan migrants, to families of “disappeared” migrants, and to refugees. Please apply at: https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training

The summer training is back! This two-week training is organized by Ollin Tlahtoalli: Centro de Lenguas y Cultura Mexicana in partnership with MANOS. The course focuses on language, intercultural communication skills, and strategies for zealous representation of immigrants in the U.S. The course will be two weeks total, one week of seven content seminars, (each 2 to 4 hours) and one week of language classes (20 hours total), Spanish or Zapotec. The training includes an overnight trip to a Zapotec community in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca. We will also be offering the option to take an extra week of Spanish classes a week before the program starts, from July 4th to the 9th. Please click the following link below to read more about the course and to apply! https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training

This two-week training will be held from January 10th to the 21st and is organized by Ollin Tlahtoalli: Centro de Lenguas y Cultura Mexicana in partnership with the non-profit MANOS: Migrantes Apoyados, No Olvidados. The course focuses on language, intercultural communication skills, and strategies for zealous representation of immigrants in the U.S. The course will be two weeks total, one week of seven content seminars, (each 2 to 4 hours) and one week of language classes (20 hours total), Spanish or Zapotec. We will be offering the option to take an extra week of Spanish classes a week before the program starts, from January 3rd to the 8th. We invite you to apply and join the MANOS network! For a detailed description of the program and to apply please visit: https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training

This three-week training will be held from January 4th to the 22nd  and is organized by Ollin Tlahtoalli: Centro de Lenguas y Cultura Mexicana in partnership with the non-profit MANOS: Migrantes Apoyados, No Olvidados. The course focuses on language, intercultural communication skills, and strategies for zealous representation of immigrants in the U.S. The course will be three weeks total, one week of seven content seminars, (each 2 to 4 hours) and two weeks of language classes (20 hours total), Spanish or Zapotec. This course will be taught online using the Zoom platform. We will be offering the option to take the full course, just the content seminars, or just the language classes. We invite you to apply and join the MANOS network! For a detailed description of the program and to apply please visit: https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training

Join us ONLINE for our fourth International Training for the Effective Immigration Advocate in Oaxaca, Mexico happening from May 25 to June 13, 2020! If you are an advocate who would like to improve your language skills, enhance your intercultural communication, gain insight into Indigenous ways of being and communicating, and learn essential skills for representing detained migrants in removal proceedings, we invite you to apply and join the MANOS network! For a detailed description of the program and to apply please visit: https://ollinoaxaca.org.mx/training

Bienvenidos a la 2a Asamblea Internacional para el Desarrollo Comunitario Transfronterizo que tendrá lugar en las comunidades de Santo Tomás Jalieza y Asunción Nochixtlán los días 2, 3 y 4 de Agosto del 2019. La intención de esta segunda asamblea es continuar compartiendo experiencias y conocimientos en diversas áreas del conocimiento y la acción social, contribuyendo así a la construcción de sociedades justas e igualitarias, conscientes y críticas de la realidad social, educativa, económica, política y de medio ambiente tanto en México como en el extranjero.