TILANTONGO Program 15 (2025 Series 2 # 3): MIGUEL ANGEL VELAZQUEZ of EDUCA

In Tilantongo – Conversations from Indigenous Mexico; Conversaciones desde el México indigena, Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine bring perspectives and insights from Oaxaca, where they have lived with and learned from indigenous Mixtec people since 2001. This bilingual program features interviews with villagers, educators, environmental advocates, historians, and more.

This program features Miguel Angel Velazquez from the non-profit Services for an Alternative Education EDUCA. Miguel and EDUCA work to strengthen community government in indigenous villages across the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. We open the year with a discussion of what the indigenous communities can expect from new US and Mexican administrations in 2025. How will returned migrants under the Trump administration affect community life? Will changes in strategies for the control of organized crime create more violence there? Have trade treaties created more poverty in indigenous communities and more migration?