From UNAM to Chiapas, on a mission of action

Here are members of the multidisciplinary brigade that left the UNAM campus for Independencia, a tiny ejido in southern Chiapas, on Monday, June 23. They're in the middle of hollering the traditional UNAM cheer, or porra, that goes, "Goya! Goya! Cachun cachun ra ra! Cachun cachun ra ra! Goya! Universidad!" We needed the high spirits for the 20-hour overnight bus ride.

The group, organized and funded entirely by students and independent of the university or any political party or foundation, was on a mission of action, bringing aid and energy to one of countless communities in Mexico that are hungry for both. In the coming weeks I'll be posting images from the 12-day brigada interspersed with other topics.

* Previously, "In the coffee forests above Tapachula, Chiapas."