Press — CBS Sunday Morning: Immigration laws raising issues for Florida growers
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INTRODUCING: THE QUARTERLY QUETZAL, TGMC'S NEWSLETTER!
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Jul 23
El Calor Mata! Heat Kills!
Heat is the leading weather-related killer, and it is becoming more dangerous with hotter days becoming a new norm in states like...
Jun 21
WLRN: Historic Chiquita trials — and verdict — bear a big South Florida imprint
This month a federal jury in West Palm Beach handed down a historic verdict. In what’s believed to be a first, a major U.S. corporation...
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May 14
The Quarterly Quetzal — Issue # 1 [May 2024]
Introducing The Quarterly Quetzal, TGMC's Newsletter!
May 6
PRESS — WLRN: A Guatemalan genocide trial echoes among South Florida's Ixil Maya
“Florida's Guatemalan Maya refer to the brutal horror they experienced as the silent genocide — it was happening right under our noses...
Apr 4
PRESS - Noticias Telemundo: Le presentamos la 'escuelita maya' de Florida donde niños migrantes aprenden conservando sus raíces
"[La Escuelita Maya] está ubicada en Lake Worth, y la mayoría de sus estudiantes son de origen guatemalteco. Karymn Salcedo es su...
Mar 25
PRESS - The Florida Catholic: Meet Estella Martinez, a proud farmworker
"Since the beginning of the campaign 19 years ago, the staff of the Florida Catholic Media’s central office has shrunk from 20 members to...
Mar 18
PRESS RELEASE- BREAKING NEWS: Virgilio Aguilar Mendez RELEASED!
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Mar 1
PRESS RELEASE- BREAKING NEWS:The Case of Virgilio Aguilar Mendez
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Jan 23
The Case of Virgilio Aguilar Mendez:
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Jan 19
PRESS- The Boston Globe "Blame the victim: Immigrant faces charges in death of Florida policeman"
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Jan 9
PRESS- NBC "Attorney says video disputes charges that farmworker caused officer’s fatal heart attack"
A Guatemalan teen is charged in the death of a Florida sheriff’s sergeant, but his attorney says video shows the officer made an illegal...
Nov 28, 2023
Join The Guatemalan-Maya Center for Giving Tuesday 2023!
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Oct 12, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: The Guatemalan-Maya Center announces their Festival de Fe y Alegría! 🎉
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Jul 7, 2023
PRESS - El mismo “pánico” y “caos”: el miedo se reaviva en una comunidad de migrantes en Florida por la ley de DeSantis
Para Mariana Blanco, subdirectora del Guatemalan Maya Center, la nueva ley migratoria del gobernador Ron DeSantis ha hecho que la...
Jun 30, 2023
BROKEN LAND: CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION IN GUATEMALA
As young Guatemalans desperately flee poverty, some organizations in Guatemala are workings towards rebuilding their communities self...
Jun 30, 2023
PRESS - 5 cosas que deben saber los inmigrantes indocumentados si son detenidos por la ley SB 1718 de Florida
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Jun 19, 2023
PRESS: NPR DISCUSSES HOW SB1718 IS PUSHING INDIGENOUS FAMILIES TO FLEE - AGAIN.
NPR sat down with Clìnica Maya's Director to discuss how SB1718 is forcing immigrant families to once again flee their homes out of fear...
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