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
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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.
A CULTURAL LANDSLIDE
A rural indigenous community's forced relocation by a landslide has induced profound cultural changes that challenge the underlying social contract in place for thousands of years. The conflicts and consequences unearthed by the geographical change illuminate many of the challenges facing humanity today.