The Maya Heritage Community Project began in 2001, created by university faculty and students, and people of Maya heritage who live in the United States. Our statement of purpose is to remember the 80 million people who lived in the Americas before the two worlds were combined. Millions have come to the Americas in the last 500 years, some came forced into slave labor, others came seeking better opportunities.
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Maya Guatemalan Diaspora to the United States: Obstacles vs Aspirations and the Beginning of the Maya-American
Alan Lebaron
09/14/2017 © Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Speakers: Alan LeBaron, History and Interdisciplinary Studies, Director of Maya Heritage Community Project, Kennesaw State University, GA
Lecture Series: CLACS Fall 2017 Lecture Series, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -
“The Maya Quest for Survival through Immigration to the United States”
Alan LeBaron
Alan Lebaron, Director of the Kennesaw State University Maya Heritage Community Project, and James Loucky, Professor of Anthropology, WWU, speaking at Fairhaven College on March 2, 2011.
Approximately 500,000 Maya Native Americans escaped war, violence, and poverty by crossing borders, bringing their long history to blend within the 21st century United States. Success for the Maya refugees remains uncertain, but we can learn much from their strength of community and their deep culture. This talk highlights lessons derived from a decade of work in Georgia and with the Pastoral Maya national organization. He also addresses critical prospective challenges through dialog with James Loucky, who draws on his own longstanding relationships with Maya communities.
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Maya Daughter and Mother Speaking Q'anjob'al
Alan LeBaron and Jeremy Wustner-Brown
A Mayan mother and daughter speaking Q'anjob'al.
Produced by Kennesaw State University
Filmed and edited by Jeremy Wustner-Brown
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Mayan Heritage - Pt. 4 - Maya Weaving
Maya Heritage
This video, about traditional Maya weaving, is the final in a four part series about Maya heritage, hosted by Sheba Velasco, Maya translator and culture expert and directed by Jeremy Wustner-Brown with the Maya Hertigage Community Project at Kennesaw State University. Music credit goes to Chapinlandia.
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Mayan Heritage - Pt. 1 - Mayan Apparel
Maya Project
This video, about traditional Maya apparel, is the first in a four part series about Maya heritage, hosted by Sheba Velasco, Maya translator and culture expert and directed by Jeremy Wustner-Brown with the Maya Hertigage Community Project at Kennesaw State University. Music credit goes to Chapinlandia.
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Mayan Heritage - Pt. 2 Tradition
Maya Project
This video, about traditional Maya heritage, is the second in a four part series about Maya heritage, hosted by Sheba Velasco, Maya translator and culture expert and directed by Jeremy Wustner-Brown with the Maya Hertigage Community Project at Kennesaw State University. Music credit goes to Chapinlandia.
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Mayan Heritage - Pt. 3 - Guatemalan Tamales
Maya Project
This video, about traditional Guatemalan Tamales, is the third in a four part series about Maya heritage, hosted by Sheba Velasco, Maya translator and culture expert and directed by Jeremy Wustner-Brown with the Maya Hertigage Community Project at Kennesaw State University. Music credit goes to Chapinlandia.
