Poderosa Podcast: Odilia Romero: General Binational Coordinator of the FIOB: Co-Founder of CIELO and Janet Martinez: Women State Coordinator for FIOB: Co-Founder of CIELO
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Meet Odilia Romero and Janet Martinez. Odilia is the General Binational Coordinator of the Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales, an organization created by indigenous migrants in South Central Los Angeles in 1991 and Co-Founder of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo. Janet Martinez is the Women State Coordinator for the Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales and Co-Founder of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo. Odilia and Janet are Zapotec. They are mother and daughter, co- founders and partners in continuously pushing to keep the representation of indigenous people alive. Both women are constantly carrying the weight of the indigenous world on their shoulders by simply maintaining existence in a world where indigenous people are trying to be erased. Coming from two different generations, they both understand the necessity of their purpose and they are truly PODEROSAS.
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