Who runs the world? A Conversation with Zapotec Elder Doris Alfaro Marquez Date: Where: Time: February 15,2017 Chapman Center Toop = 8:15p Doris Alfaro Marquez is a Zapotec tribal elder from the Mexican Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca. She is a notable cultural worker and mediator between cultures. She has been a leader and tireless cultural legal advocate, serving as a court translator for hundreds of Zapotec tribal members. Doris Alfaro Marquez has provided protection of Zapotec legal and civil rights. She is also a cultural performer. With her partner and son, she has performed throughout Mexico and internationally, presenting on Indigenous social organization, Indigenous music, dance, poetry, and textile art. The Zapotec are not only Indigenous tribal people in Mexico, but also in California (through migrations in the last 50 years) and six other states. They area woman-centered society and a model of good governance. Kansas State American Ethnic Studies’ own Distinguished Professor Dr. Yolanda Broyles-Gonzélez will translate. American Ethnic Studies Student Association President, Alonso Pefia apena@ksu.edu facebook.com/ksuaessa