Ofelia Rivas
Founder | O’odham VOICE Against the WALL
solidarity-project.org
Ofelia Rivas, an O’odham traditional seeds gardener from southern Arizona, in 2003 founded O’odham VOICE Against the WALL, a grassroots organization that seeks to defend O’odham cultural and human rights, which include, because her people’s ancestral lands and population straddle the U.S./Mexico border, their right to unfettered access to historical crossing routes along that border.
Panel Presentations:
Borderlands
October 20th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
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