We create opportunities where there were none before
Since 2012, we have worked alongside Indigenous youth in Chiapas to transform realities through education, leadership and community participation.
Our story
Our consolidation and social impact led us to become legally established in December 2015 as Jóvenes Articulando Territorios A.C.
We are a multidisciplinary team of Indigenous youth who speak Spanish, Tsotsil and Tseltal, working in the Highlands region of Chiapas.
From our territories, we promote actions that respond to the challenges faced by young people and communities.
Youth Leadership
We focus on developing agents of change.
Governance and Human Rights
With a systemic peacebuilding approach.
Climate Action
We are building community resilience to climate change.
Community Entrepreneurship
We are strengthening productive capacity to promote economic inclusion.
+10 years working in the territory
Experiences in the territory
Real stories of transformation from the communities.
Political training
Young people participating in community organizing processes to transform their reality.
Political advocacy
Training and advocacy during local election processes in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
JAE Program
Youth strengthening through play, learning and entrepreneurship.
Solidarity and volunteer action
A project recognized for its impact in vulnerable communities.
Play-Learn-Entrepreneurship Program
Empowering Youth Through Play, Learning, and Entrepreneurship.
Our philosophy
Our mission
We support and empower the youth of the Chiapas Highlands so they can recognize their potential, exercise their rights, and lead the transformation of their communities through their cultural identity and collective solutions.
Our vision
Young people in the Chiapas Highlands have the tools, skills, and collective agency to transform their communities by using their voices, knowledge, and leadership.
Meet us
Our operations team
Víctor Sántiz
Executive Director
Law degree from the Autonomous University of Chiapas.
Laura Sántiz
Coordinator
Degree in Social Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Chiapas.
Gerardo Calvo
Community promoter
Degree in Accounting from San Marcos University.
Antonia Méndez
Administrator
Degree in Economics from the Autonomous University of Chiapas.
Our board of directors
Víctor Sántiz
President
Degree in Law.
Eliceo Muñoz Mena
Secretary
Ph. D. of Law, professor, and researcher at CONACYT.
Julio César Velázquez
Treasurer
Ph. D. in Rural Development and member of an NGO.
Teresa Zepeda Torres
Board Member
Master of Laws and independent consultant on human rights and environmental management.
Volunteer
You can also be part of the change!
Join us as a volunteer and together we can transform realities.
We believe in collective work as a way to transform realities from the territory, through listening and community commitment.
Who we work with
Partnerships strengthen our work in the territory and expand opportunities for young people.
Community development and reconstruction of the social fabric.
Cooperation for the Development of Children and Youth.
Promotion of peace and sustainable development.
Cooperation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development.
Environmental conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
Cooperation for the economic development of young people.
Strengthening community resilience to climate change.
Promoting women's political participation.
Alliance for Youth Educational Development.
We are grateful to every partner who joins efforts with us and
and believes in the
transformative power of youth.