Xinachtli Comadres National Colectiva (XCNC)

Mission

XCNC is an extended kinship network centering girls, Fem(mes), and non-binary youth of color, vitalizing deep and lasting connections between Indigenous/Chicana/Latinx girls and their communities, to cultivate intergenerational, healing-informed leadership for community health and systems transformation through:

• Indigenous values and rites of passage teachings for youth.

• Culturally rooted campaigns for prevention & health justice through girls’ leadership, voices and agency in healing-informed strategies based on equity and social justice.

• Critical femm building spaces for kinship and allyship building between Xinachtli facilitators and advisors through community exchanges, tools, technical assistance and healing retreats for youth and adult facilitators meaningful.

• Creative communications strategies for youth leaders to connect and transform harmful narratives, amplifying  girls' voices while promoting social and emotional transformation.