Highland Journal.
Highland Journal is an independent editorial platform where we’ll publish existing, commissioned, and independent research, essays, interviews, and other creative and/or critical content that continues to shift the narrative and explore the intersections of climate, culture, indigeneity, and service.
Listening for Change: The Transformative Power of Community Organizing
Excerpt:
At dusk, Guadalupe Ramirez would wait by the window, listening for the strained engine of the cooperative’s Land Rover—a sound that carried both relief and dread. This essay begins with a girl in Tejutla, San Marcos, whose family’s story of resilience and awakening unfolds against a backdrop of repression, whispered conversations, and the transformative power of grassroots organizing.