TONATIERRA

      On October 3, 1977 the first large-scale strike by undocumented workers in U.S. labor history began at the Arrowhead Ranch, located in the East Valley community north of Tolleson, Arizona. Despite strike breaking efforts by the Border Patrol, the predominantly Mexican national workers persevered in their efforts to negotiate contracts with the powerful growers. Supported by the Maricopa County Organizing Project (MCOP), the courageous efforts of Arizona farmworker movement left a legacy of struggle, organizing under extreme adversity, and belief in Human Dignity that continues till today. In 1994 MCOP made the organizational transition into the Indigenous Community Empowerment Movement -

TONATIERRA

PEACE & DIGNITY JOURNEY

Peace and Dignity Journeys emerged from the first Continental Encounter of Indigenous Pueblos and Nations in Quito, Ecuador (1990). At Quito a mandate for the unification of all Indigenous Peoples from throughout the continent was declared under the sacred principle of the Eagle and the Condor. The prophesy of the Eagle and the Condor is the foundation of the peace and Dignity Journeys. Every four years since 1992, spiritual runners from Indigenous Nations have carried the sacred staffs of the Eagle and the Condor to thousands of Indigenous communities throughout the western hemisphere in route to the ancient ceremonial center at Teotihuacan, Mexico. The 2004 Journeys will be expanded with more routes and Indigenous Nations visited. Northern and Southern routes will unite within the Kuna Nation in Panama, Central America.

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