April 22, 2020; 11:00 am - 12:15 pm; via ZOOMFeaturing Maria Violet Medina Quiscue, Coordinator of the Committee of Indigenous Peoples Victims of the Armed Conflict in Bogota; The speaker, Maria Violet Medina Quiscue, is General Coordinator for the Mesa de Pueblos Indigenas Victimas del Conflicto Armado en Bogotá (Committee of Indigenous Peoples Victims of the Armed Conflict in Bogota), a grassroots organization representing 16 Indigenous groups currently living in conditions of forced displacement in the city of Bogota, Colombia. The committee works to protect the rights of Indigenous people affected by the Colombian armed conflict through preservation of traditional education, healthcare, psycho-social support and human rights advocacy at the national and international level.Cosponsored by the UMD Alworth Institute, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of World Languages & Cultures, and Witness for Peac
