Chiapas Human Rights Practicum

The Chiapas Human Rights Practicum allows students to travel to Chiapas, Mexico, for 10 days to meet with major human rights and indigenous organizations in the community. Students are based in San Cristobal, where local human rights lawyers, activists and community leaders teach students about the local legal and political situation. Students also spend time in the countryside, visiting communities where human rights workers are located. In the past, the group has visited Oventic, which is a center of Zapatista communities, and the village of Acteal, where many were massacred by paramilitaries in 1997. Spanish-speaking students are eligible for stipends to work the entire summer in a human rights office.