This virtual event panel will highlight amazing Indigenous community leaders who continue to use their platforms, voices, and experiences to uplift Indigenous voices, ways of knowing, and people. Panelists include: Lydia Jennings, PhD (Pascua Yaqui/Wixárika), Sandy Grande, PhD (Quechua), Emil' Keme, PhD (K'iche' Maya Nation), Samara Almonte (P'urhepecha descendant), & Danielle Parada, PhD (Afro-Lenca- Canton El Brazo). Moderator: Jessica Hernandez, PhD (Maya Ch'orti'/Binnizá).