Premiere Screening: Maya Regeneration Project

1340 Mike Fahey Street,Omaha NE 68102

21 March, 2023

Description

Join us for the *PREMIERE* screening of the short film "Maya Regeneration Project: Healing Water, Soil, and Humanity" Co-Directed by Katie Schuler and Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim (CMPI). We will also review “Farm Free or Die” Directed by Roger Sorkin on Tuesday, March 21, 6pm-7:30pm, Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater, 1340 Mike Fahey St, Omaha, NE 68102. Reserve your ticket right here at the CMPI eventbrite page. Note: Film Streams is NOT the ticketing agent for this event. This event is co-presented by Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim and RegeNErate Nebraska. Guests will view films and hear remarks from CMPI Co-Executive Director Luis Marcos, RegeNErate Nebraska member Graham Christensen, and others. About the Maya Regeneration Project We are the land, the land is us. ​The mission of this project is to anchor the Q’anjob’al community’s ancient relationship with the land, create employment, build collective wealth, ensure access to healthy food, restore traditions and culture, and support holistic physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. ​In order to achieve this mission we hope to establish a profitable regenerative poultry, agroforestry, and value-added farm operation on 400-600 acres of land within 60 miles of Omaha. ​The Maya Q’anjob’al people possess profound wisdom and agricultural knowledge and have forged meaningful connections with other Indigenous groups in Nebraska. But we are also a displaced Indigenous people, and many of us live in economic poverty. We propose combining this Indigenous wisdom and knowledge with recent advancements in regenerative agriculture to create a food production system that will provide healthy, local food, lift Maya people out of poverty in Nebraska in our traditional homeland, and contribute to broad economic development. About Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim Founded in 2006 by Q’anjoba’l Maya in Omaha, Nebraska, Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of Mayan people through community development strategies in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States, and Q’anjob’al Maya territory consistent with the Q’anjob’al Maya system of social organization, in honorable relationships with U.S. sovereign tribal nations, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN DRIP). About RegeNErate Nebraska RegeNErate Nebraska is a hub designed to collaborate and build a unified and intersectional regenerative movement. RegeNErate Nebraska’s mission is to regenerate our communities from the soil up by ensuring more Nebraskans have access to the networks, tools, and technical assistance to implement and advance an ethical, equitable, economical, and ecological agricultural system that is built by and serves all Nebraskans. The RegeNErate Nebraska network includes farmers and ranchers, Tribes, urban farmers, regenerative supply chain businesses, small processors and meatpackers, young people and prospective farmers, food consumers, community leaders and organizations, policy leaders, and allied organizations. Questions about this event? Contact Leah Vinton, CMPI Director of Strategic Partnerships: [email protected]