Curriculum Summary
Xinachtli (Nahuatl for germinating 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. The philosophy and curriculum was 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 nation.
The Xinachtli curriculum provides a dialectic process of:
Reflexión (reflection)
Concientización (critical consciousness)
Creación (creation)
Acción (action)
Facilitators and youth participants of Xinachtli Youth Rites of Passage make up the Xinachtli Comadres National Colectiva (XCNC). 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.
“This training was more than a preparation to facilitate, it was an opportunity for us to deepen our self-trust, self-confidence, and self-care so that we can serve from a more rooted place.”
“The Xinachtli Course is very powerful and moving and allows femme identifying people to get to know themselves, while creating community. Making this curriculum available to young girls is extremely important and necessary. It helps women and young girls build identity, develop a spine, and cultivate meaningful relationships with other girls, women leaders, and most of all their culture.”
Join us in facilitating the empowerment of Indigenous, Chicana and Latinx youth through the Xinachtli (She-Nash-tli) Rites of Passage Program and Curriculum.
Xinachtli, nahuatl for blossoming seed, is a gender-responsive, culturally-based rites of passage philosophy, process, and curriculum that promotes healing and leadership capacity of Indigenous, Chicana, Latina girls and non-binary youth. The philosophy and curriculum supports the reframing of a new narrative of transformation healing and advocacy rooted in a gender, racial justice, anti-oppression framework while supporting the Character Development of teens. The Xinachtli curriculum provides a dialectic process of: • Reflexión (reflection) • Concientización (critical consciousness) • Creacion (creation) • Accion (action).
The next Xinachtli training will be an in-person offering in Los Angeles scheduled for June 25-27, 2025. Call or text 818-400-3886 for more information.
