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On November 28, 2025, The indigenous peoples Comcaac-Seri and Yaqui of Sonora, Tzotzil of Chiapas, Baborigame of Chihuahua, Ostula of Michoacán, the organization Las Abejas of Acteal and various communities in the country came together in a simultaneous ritual to ask for peace and an end to the violence that suffocates their territories. This act is part of the end of the Let Us Bloom campaign, promoted by Voces del Territorio and documented by media such as La Verdad Juárez, Revista Espejo, Zona Docs and EDUCA, which highlights that indigenous peoples not only denounce the extreme violence they suffer, but also offer, through art, culture and community, paths to heal and rebuild peace.
The Let Us Flourish campaign has highlighted a point that Mexico refuses to understand: indigenous peoples are not only denouncing the violence they suffer, they are also proposing different ways that are deeply rooted in their histories of rebuilding common life. Voices of the Territory, the organization promoting the campaign, has insisted that culture, rituals and art are not identity ornaments, but rather strategies of resistance and healing that sustain communities in the face of a country that seems to be shipwrecked between impunity and forgetfulness.
Media such as La Verdad Juárez, Revista Espejo, Zona Docs and EDUCA have documented these expressions of political and spiritual creativity that seek to counteract the devastating effects of extreme violence.
In a context where murders, disappearances, forced displacements and armed attacks have become part of the daily life of many indigenous communities, the campaign points towards a different horizon: the possibility of peace being rebuilt from below, from the community ties that have historically allowed these peoples to resist territorial dispossession, militarization and the criminalization of their defenders; Far from resigning, they have decided to show their contributions as a way of telling the country that another future is possible if their voice is heard.
The cultural activities that have accompanied the campaign, such as the Briznas de Esperanza concert or the sports, artistic and spiritual meetings, reveal that collective healing is not born from security policies or administrative discourses, but from the strengthening of identities and shared memory. For many urban sectors, this may seem insufficient or even romantic, but for those who have survived violence firsthand, these practices are much more than symbols: they are mechanisms of cohesion, of community defense, of affirmation against those who seek to erase their existence.
The prayer that occurred in Acteal on November 28 reminded a truth that is often overlooked: when the State fails, communities rebuild; The response of many populations is not hatred or revenge, but the care of the territory, the preservation of the language, the continuity of knowledge systems and the reaffirmation of life in common, which reminds us that their resistance is not only political, it is also spiritual and deeply ethical.
If the country looked at them more closely, it would understand that these practices are not mere symbolic gestures, but rather concrete proposals to rethink social coexistence; Community logic states that peace is not achieved by eliminating the enemy, but by reintegrating the broken fabric that violence fragments; Its commitment is to rebuild relationships, heal wounds and reaffirm the connection between people and nature; It is a model of peace that is uncomfortable because it requires collective responsibility, not just governmental.
That is why Déjenos Florecer was an urgent call to stop the violence, but also to open our eyes to the worlds that continue to beat within Mexico; It is not just a complaint, it is an invitation to rethink how we want to live together, what country we are willing to build and whether we will be able, finally, to watch and accompany the flowering that many people from organized peoples have already begun.
*Teacher
