Support for the 17th of April School in Alpuyeca, Morelos

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On Thursday night, a group of participants from RIDEF met with Guadalupe and Susana, from the 17th of April School – Alpuyeca, in the municipality of Xochitepec, State of Morelos. During this meeting, we learned directly from our colleagues about the work they have been doing at this school, which has become a social integration reference point in Alpuyeca. Among the numerous projects they carry out, they told us about their community radio station, Tekuan Radio, the Voice of the Guardians of the Hills, which has become a medium of expression for students, families, and members of their community.Alpuyeca is currently facing challenging times due to the emergence of foreign-funded mining projects in their territory, specifically a project for the extraction of gold, lithium, and cadmium, among other minerals. Social mobilization and radio activity against this project have led to a situation of violence that endangers the lives of those working to strengthen the community.

School 17 de abril at the Freinet Conference 

Those who denounce these projects are becoming targets of organized crime, as is the case with our colleagues. For this reason, they have had to leave Mexico for five months under a journalist protection program of the Barcelona City Council, due to death threats they received for their activism.Therefore, we have decided to establish a line of communication and support for the 17th of April School and Tekuan Radio through a WhatsApp group that you can join. It is important that we raise awareness from different places about the situation of communities suffering from the devastation of their land and lives, as this is how we prevent the silence that the perpetrators of this violence—the extractive companies and organized crime—want to impose.If you want to join the WhatsApp group, you can do so through the following link:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/EQpDvjC6uzm3yIiSYzcvX6
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrimariaLasPalmas
Tekuan Radio: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069083694263