2022 South South Dialogue on Sustainability
Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas:
Cosmovision and Sustainability
Organizers:
Global University for Sustainability
Programme on Cultures of Sustainability, Centre for Cultural Research and Development, Lingnan University
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
Abstract:
The two speakers, Javier Vargas Mendoza and Kathryn Seib Vargas, were deeply involved in the local organizing of the indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1960-80s. Inspired by liberation theology, and working with Bishop Samuel Ruiz, they had interacted with and learnt from the indigenous communities while working with them to respond to the adversities and keep nurturing hope. This series of 7 lectures, divided into 13 parts according to the Mayan cosmic vision, will present the speakers’ personal trajectories, affections and reflections, of their prime years living with the indigenous communities. The presentations will come with images and songs.
Speakers: Javier Vargas Mendoza (Mexico) and Kathryn Seib Vargas (Mexico)
Dates: Thursdays (20 Jan, 24 Feb, 24 March, 28 April, 26 May, 23 June, and 28 July 2022)
Time: Querétaro 08:00-10:00; China 21:00–23:00; UTC 13:00–15:00
Languages: Spanish (with English and Chinese simultaneous interpreting)
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Live streaming on Bilibili (in Putonghua): https://live.bilibili.com/23296263
Biography:
Javier Vargas Mendoza
Psychologist and Anthropologist. Master in Sociology (Leuven, Belgium), Master Practitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming, Accredited Certified Meta-Coach and Neuro-Semantic/NLP Trainer, Certified by the International Society of Neuro-Semantics.
Fifty years of experience endorse Javier’s impact and leadership in the business, social and educational fields, contributing to the creation of a culture that transcends and generates results of well-being.
Chiapas was a milestone in Javier’s life. His experience with the indigenous communities, their worldview and needs, transcended in such important events as the First Indigenous Congress of Mexico in 1974, which gave voice to more than 300,000 indigenous people, through 1,600 leaders.
Co-Chair in Salzburg Seminar, “Leadership and Civil Society” (1997). Faculty Member, “The Independent Sector Building on the Past and Looking to the Future” (1999), with leaders from 65 countries of the world.
Awarded the 1st National Social Leadership Award by Share Foundation (2000).
He currently works in “Educating Transforms Us”, creating innovative solutions for families and schools and offering coaching to companies.
For Javier, what is transcendent is to recreate awareness and leadership through concrete and efficient actions. He is inspired to contribute to changes and transformations, promoting human potential, sustainability and collaborative work in networks, locally and globally.
Kathryn Seib Vargas
B.A. in Education from Mary Rogers College, Maryknoll, N.Y., U.S.A. Associate Certified Meta-Coach (ACMC) and Master Practitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming by the International Society of Neuro-Semantics (ISNS).
Bilingual translator (simultaneous) in several international congresses and Official Translator of the Superior Court of the CDMX.
Leader in educational, human and community development projects in eight Latin American countries for more than 30 years with Maryknoll, based in New York.
Co-founder of civil society organizations: Link, Communication and Training, A.C., Mexico City, Community Foundation Queretaro, A.C., The Ark in Querétaro and Educating Transforms Us, S.C.
She is a consultant in Gender Equity and Organizational Development processes. She has been working for more than 15 years in the field of Inclusion for People with Disabilities with the State Council for People with Disabilities in Querétaro and with the International Federation of L’Arche, France.
She currently works in Educating Transforms Us, S.C. in the training and development of courses and diploma courses and coaching in Neuro-semantics.
Recordings:
20220120 Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas (Lecture 1)
20220120 Experiencias con Comunidades Indígenas en Chiapas (Conferencia 1)
20220224 Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas ( Lecture 2)
20220224 Experiencias con Comunidades Indígenas en Chiapas (Conferencia 2)
20220324 Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas (Lecture 3)
20220324 Experiencias con Comunidades Indígenas en Chiapas (Conferencia 3)
20220428 Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas (Lecture 4)
20220428 Experiencias con Comunidades Indígenas en Chiapas (Conferencia 4)
20220526 Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas (Lecture 5)
20220526 Experiencias con Comunidades Indígenas en Chiapas (Conferencia 5)
20220623 Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas (Lecture 6)
20220623 Experiencias con Comunidades Indígenas en Chiapas (Conferencia 6)
20220728 SSFS9 - Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas (Lecture 7)
20220728 SSFS9 - Experiencias con comunidades indígenas de Chiapas (Conferencia 7)