Promoting Democracy and Human Rights Through Education In Guatemala.
When:November 29, 2012
Time: 7pm
Where: Auditorium, Main Campus
Cost: FREE!
* Jorge Chojolan- an internationally recognized social entrepreneur, Educator, and human rights activist- was born into the indigenous Mayan community in the deeply inequitable society of Guatemala. Despite the barriers before him, he rose to achieve a university degree and went on to found the Miguel Angel Asturias Academy in the predominantly indigenous city of Quetzaltenango. His goal to transform his society through education at the school by educating and empowering some of Guatemala's most vulnerable children; girls, the indigenous and the poor. Mr.Chojolan will discuss the importance of education to democracy in Guatemala and speak about the Academy's unique educational model.
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