There was also a screening of "Women Who Organize Make Progress", a documentary film about the accomplishments of a group of Mixtec women in Oaxaca who have organized a network of savings and loan to promote community development.

* Centolia Maldonado Vasquez
Binational Advisor, Economic Development Director and District Coordinator

* Bernardo Ramirez Bautista
Mixteca Region Coordinator and Legal Advocacy Program Director


The mission of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations (FIOB - Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales) is to contribute in the development and self-determination of migrant and non-migrant indigenous communities, as well as to struggle for the defense of human rights with justice and gender equity at the binational level.

FIOB is a community-based organization and a coalition of indigenous organizations, communities, and individuals settled in Oaxaca, Baja California and in the State of California in the United States. The organization was founded on October 5, 1991 in Los Angeles, California.

http://fiob.org