Xinachtli is a program for adolescents ages 12-15 that will give them the tools to connect to one another as well as to their indigenous roots and mother nature.

Xinachtli (Nahuatl for germinating/ blossoming seed) is a gender-responsive, culturally-based rites of passage philosophy, process and curriculum that promotes healing, resilience and leadership capacity of Indigenous, Chicana, and Latina cis and trans girls and non-binary youth. Xinachtli facilitates the healing and community building for Indigenous/ Chicana, cis and trans girls, femmes, and non-binary youth while catalyzing intergenerational organizing power. The philosophy and curriculum is a response to the spiritual distress experienced by communities of color, reframing a new narrative of transformation healing and advocacy rooted in a gender, racial justice, anti-oppression framework. Based on indigenous principals of the individual’s interconnectedness to the family, the community, and Mother Earth. Curriculum was developed and designed by Maestra Sara Haskie- Mendoza Xinachtli Author and Lead Trainer.

To find out more visit @xinachtligirls