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Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

Luciana

Benítez Rentería

Artist

Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Fidencio

Benítez

Artist

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Armand Camhol headshot

Armand

Camhol

Doctoral candidate

National Chengchi University in Taiwan

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Hilaria

Chávez Carrillo

Artist

Wife to José Benítez Sánchez

Paulette Crespillo headshot

Paulette

Crespillo-Cuison

President of the Kiyyangan Weavers Association (a member organization of the Save the lfugao Terraces Movement (SITMo))

Kyrah Malika

Daniels

Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Emory University

Faculty Co-Coordinator, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Headshot of Lynna Dhanani

Lynna

Dhanani

Assistant Professor

Religious Studies, University of California, Davis

Mamyrah

Dougé-Prosper

Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies

University of California, Irvine

Eulalie Dulnuan headshot

Eulalie

Dulnuan

Tourism and Cultural Officer

President of the Ifugao Intangible Heritage and Performing Arts Society

Ramy

El-Etreby

Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

Jean-Daniel

Lafontant

Oungan (Vodou priest)

Executive Director, Haitian Cultural Foundation

Angelica

Lindsey-Ali

Educator, Author, Curator, and Researcher

Headshot of Marlon Martin

Marlon

Martin

Executive director of Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement

Co-director of Ifugao Archaeological Project

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

Wixárika Union of Ceremonial Centers of Jalisco, Durango, and Nayarit A.C.

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Jerry

Philogene

Associate Professor, Chair of Black Studies Program

Middlebury College

Headshot of Syona Puliady

Syona

Puliady

Curator of Textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere

Fowler Museum at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

Allen F.

Roberts

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles

Logan

Siler

K-12 Educator, New Horizon School

Scholar of Religion and Philosophy

Katherine

Smith

Former curatorial and research associate of Haitian arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

headshot of Steven Vose

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

Rudolph T.

Ware

Associate Professor

Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara

Stephen Acabado headshot

Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

Luciana

Benítez Rentería

Artist

Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Fidencio

Benítez

Artist

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Armand Camhol headshot

Armand

Camhol

Doctoral candidate

National Chengchi University in Taiwan

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Hilaria

Chávez Carrillo

Artist

Wife to José Benítez Sánchez

Paulette Crespillo headshot

Paulette

Crespillo-Cuison

President of the Kiyyangan Weavers Association (a member organization of the Save the lfugao Terraces Movement (SITMo))

Kyrah Malika

Daniels

Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Emory University

Faculty Co-Coordinator, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Headshot of Lynna Dhanani

Lynna

Dhanani

Assistant Professor

Religious Studies, University of California, Davis

Mamyrah

Dougé-Prosper

Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies

University of California, Irvine

Eulalie Dulnuan headshot

Eulalie

Dulnuan

Tourism and Cultural Officer

President of the Ifugao Intangible Heritage and Performing Arts Society

Ramy

El-Etreby

Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

Jean-Daniel

Lafontant

Oungan (Vodou priest)

Executive Director, Haitian Cultural Foundation

Angelica

Lindsey-Ali

Educator, Author, Curator, and Researcher

Headshot of Marlon Martin

Marlon

Martin

Executive director of Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement

Co-director of Ifugao Archaeological Project

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

Wixárika Union of Ceremonial Centers of Jalisco, Durango, and Nayarit A.C.

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Jerry

Philogene

Associate Professor, Chair of Black Studies Program

Middlebury College

Headshot of Syona Puliady

Syona

Puliady

Curator of Textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere

Fowler Museum at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

Allen F.

Roberts

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles

Logan

Siler

K-12 Educator, New Horizon School

Scholar of Religion and Philosophy

Katherine

Smith

Former curatorial and research associate of Haitian arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

headshot of Steven Vose

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

Rudolph T.

Ware

Associate Professor

Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara

Stephen Acabado headshot

Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

Luciana

Benítez Rentería

Artist

Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Fidencio

Benítez

Artist

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Armand Camhol headshot

Armand

Camhol

Doctoral candidate

National Chengchi University in Taiwan

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Hilaria

Chávez Carrillo

Artist

Wife to José Benítez Sánchez

Paulette Crespillo headshot

Paulette

Crespillo-Cuison

President of the Kiyyangan Weavers Association (a member organization of the Save the lfugao Terraces Movement (SITMo))

Kyrah Malika

Daniels

Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Emory University

Faculty Co-Coordinator, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Headshot of Lynna Dhanani

Lynna

Dhanani

Assistant Professor

Religious Studies, University of California, Davis

Mamyrah

Dougé-Prosper

Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies

University of California, Irvine

Eulalie Dulnuan headshot

Eulalie

Dulnuan

Tourism and Cultural Officer

President of the Ifugao Intangible Heritage and Performing Arts Society

Ramy

El-Etreby

Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

Jean-Daniel

Lafontant

Oungan (Vodou priest)

Executive Director, Haitian Cultural Foundation

Angelica

Lindsey-Ali

Educator, Author, Curator, and Researcher

Headshot of Marlon Martin

Marlon

Martin

Executive director of Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement

Co-director of Ifugao Archaeological Project

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

Wixárika Union of Ceremonial Centers of Jalisco, Durango, and Nayarit A.C.

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Jerry

Philogene

Associate Professor, Chair of Black Studies Program

Middlebury College

Headshot of Syona Puliady

Syona

Puliady

Curator of Textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere

Fowler Museum at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

Allen F.

Roberts

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles

Logan

Siler

K-12 Educator, New Horizon School

Scholar of Religion and Philosophy

Katherine

Smith

Former curatorial and research associate of Haitian arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

headshot of Steven Vose

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

Rudolph T.

Ware

Associate Professor

Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara

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