By Marisol Chavez, International Studies & Chicana/o Studies Majors, Mentor Prof Jami Nunez
I will be presenting a Zine communication project based on Jami Nunez’s research which addresses the issue of not having proper support from the state in Latin America rural communities affecting their community based water management for clean drinking water. A better relationship between the state and rural community based water management helps give them more power and a system that will actually last within this community. For this to happen these rural communities need more agency and voice in politics that will affect them, especially with the rising cause of climate change. This information is important because we can create many innovative innovations and ideas on how to combat the challenge of clean water but it will only work effectively and efficiently if the communities it is supposed to support know how to use it and it works in the environment of the community.
