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Stephen

Acabado

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

Azizah Ali headshot

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

Gassia Armenian headshot

Gassia

Armenian

Research Curator

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Ingrid Arriaga headshot

Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

Luciana Benitez-Renteria headshot

Luciana

Benítez Rentería

Artist

Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

Neuwy Benitez Renteria headshot

Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Fidencio Benitez headshot

Fidencio

Benítez

Artist

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Helen Burgos-Ellis headshot

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 Carillo de la Cruz headshot

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Youssef Carter headshot

Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

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

Myriam Chancy headshot

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Hilaria Chavez Carillo headshot

Hilaria

Chávez Carrillo

Artist

Wife to José Benítez Sánchez

Paulette Crespillo headshot

Paulette

Crespillo-Cuison

President of the Kiyyangan Weavers Association

Member of the Save the lfugao Terraces Movement (SITMo))

Kyrah Malika Daniels headshot

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 Douge Prosper headshot

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

Jahsun Edmonds headshot

Jahsun

Edmonds

Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies at California State University Dominguez Hills

Ifa Priest (Babalawo)

Ramy El-Etreby headshot

Ramy

El-Etreby

Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

Silvia Forni headshot

Silvia

Forni

Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director, Fowler Museum at UCLA

Hakim Umar headshot

Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

Erica Jones headshot

Erica

Jones

Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Jean Daniel Lafontant headshot

Jean-Daniel

Lafontant

Oungan (Vodou priest)

Executive Director, Haitian Cultural Foundation

Angelica Lindsey Ali headshot

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 Munoz Cayetano headshot

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

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

Diana Negrin da Silva headshot

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Noe Olivas headshot

noe

olivas

Multimedia artist, cultural worker, cofounder Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Jerry Philogene headshot

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 Roberts headshot

Allen F.

Roberts

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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

Logan Siler headshot

Logan

Siler

K-12 Educator, New Horizon School

Scholar of Religion and Philosophy

Katherine Smith headshot

Katherine

Smith

Former Curatorial and Research Associate of Haitian Arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Athena Ulysse headshot

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Anuradha

Vikram

Writer, Curator, Educator

Faculty at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

headshot of Steven Vose

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

Rudolph Ware headshot

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 headshot

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

Gassia Armenian headshot

Gassia

Armenian

Research Curator

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Ingrid Arriaga headshot

Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

Luciana Benitez-Renteria headshot

Luciana

Benítez Rentería

Artist

Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

Neuwy Benitez Renteria headshot

Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Fidencio Benitez headshot

Fidencio

Benítez

Artist

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Helen Burgos-Ellis headshot

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 Carillo de la Cruz headshot

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Youssef Carter headshot

Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

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

Myriam Chancy headshot

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Hilaria Chavez Carillo headshot

Hilaria

Chávez Carrillo

Artist

Wife to José Benítez Sánchez

Paulette Crespillo headshot

Paulette

Crespillo-Cuison

President of the Kiyyangan Weavers Association

Member of the Save the lfugao Terraces Movement (SITMo))

Kyrah Malika Daniels headshot

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 Douge Prosper headshot

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

Jahsun Edmonds headshot

Jahsun

Edmonds

Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies at California State University Dominguez Hills

Ifa Priest (Babalawo)

Ramy El-Etreby headshot

Ramy

El-Etreby

Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

Silvia Forni headshot

Silvia

Forni

Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director, Fowler Museum at UCLA

Hakim Umar headshot

Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

Erica Jones headshot

Erica

Jones

Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Jean Daniel Lafontant headshot

Jean-Daniel

Lafontant

Oungan (Vodou priest)

Executive Director, Haitian Cultural Foundation

Angelica Lindsey Ali headshot

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 Munoz Cayetano headshot

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

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

Diana Negrin da Silva headshot

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Noe Olivas headshot

noe

olivas

Multimedia artist, cultural worker, cofounder Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Jerry Philogene headshot

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 Roberts headshot

Allen F.

Roberts

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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

Logan Siler headshot

Logan

Siler

K-12 Educator, New Horizon School

Scholar of Religion and Philosophy

Katherine Smith headshot

Katherine

Smith

Former Curatorial and Research Associate of Haitian Arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Athena Ulysse headshot

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Anuradha

Vikram

Writer, Curator, Educator

Faculty at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

headshot of Steven Vose

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

Rudolph Ware headshot

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 headshot

Azizah

Ali

School Administrator

Islah LA

Gassia Armenian headshot

Gassia

Armenian

Research Curator

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Ingrid Arriaga headshot

Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

Luciana Benitez-Renteria headshot

Luciana

Benítez Rentería

Artist

Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

Neuwy Benitez Renteria headshot

Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Fidencio Benitez headshot

Fidencio

Benítez

Artist

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

Helen Burgos-Ellis headshot

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 Carillo de la Cruz headshot

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Youssef Carter headshot

Youssef

Carter

Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies

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

Myriam Chancy headshot

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Hilaria Chavez Carillo headshot

Hilaria

Chávez Carrillo

Artist

Wife to José Benítez Sánchez

Paulette Crespillo headshot

Paulette

Crespillo-Cuison

President of the Kiyyangan Weavers Association

Member of the Save the lfugao Terraces Movement (SITMo))

Kyrah Malika Daniels headshot

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 Douge Prosper headshot

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

Jahsun Edmonds headshot

Jahsun

Edmonds

Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies at California State University Dominguez Hills

Ifa Priest (Babalawo)

Ramy El-Etreby headshot

Ramy

El-Etreby

Writer, Performer, and Storyteller

Silvia Forni headshot

Silvia

Forni

Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director, Fowler Museum at UCLA

Hakim Umar headshot

Umar

Hakim

Executive Director, ILM (Intellect Love Mercy) Foundation

Founder of INKERIJ

Erica Jones headshot

Erica

Jones

Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Jean Daniel Lafontant headshot

Jean-Daniel

Lafontant

Oungan (Vodou priest)

Executive Director, Haitian Cultural Foundation

Angelica Lindsey Ali headshot

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 Munoz Cayetano headshot

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

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

Diana Negrin da Silva headshot

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Noe Olivas headshot

noe

olivas

Multimedia artist, cultural worker, cofounder Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Jerry Philogene headshot

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 Roberts headshot

Allen F.

Roberts

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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

Logan Siler headshot

Logan

Siler

K-12 Educator, New Horizon School

Scholar of Religion and Philosophy

Katherine Smith headshot

Katherine

Smith

Former Curatorial and Research Associate of Haitian Arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Athena Ulysse headshot

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Anuradha

Vikram

Writer, Curator, Educator

Faculty at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

headshot of Steven Vose

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

Rudolph Ware headshot

Rudolph T.

Ware

Associate Professor

Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara

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