Over the course of five days in January 2023, digital activists and their communities, as well as speakers of Mayan languages, gathered in Merida, Mexico for the Summit of Mayan Languages Digital Activism. The main purpose of this event was to create a space to celebrate the accomplishments related to the use of the Internet, digital media, and technology to promote Mayan languages in digital spaces, but also to strengthen peer learning networks to collectively reflect on the challenges at hand for these languages online, and how to collaborate together. The Summit was a part of the project Mayan Languages Digital Activism (ADLM is its acronym in Spanish) implemented by the Rising Voices initiative of Global Voices, with the support of the W.K.Kellogg Foundation. The Summit provided activities for everyone, including children, the 2022 cohort of ADLM Fellows, emerging digital activists, and community members, all of whom showed interest to become more involved in this movement. Hosted by the Grand Museum of the Mayan World, the event focused on the role that digital activism plays in promoting and revitalizing Mayan languages across Southern Mexico and beyond. While the event took place in the Yucatán Peninsula region of Mexico where Yucatec Maya can be found, the event sought to include all languages of the Mayan family, including Tsotsil, Tsetsal, Ch’ol, and more that can be heard across Mesoamerica. Participants arrived from the Mexican states of Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche, and Yucatán, as well as from Guatemala and Belize. Starting in May 2022, ten candidates from the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, were selected to join the inaugural class of Digital Activism Fellows. Over the next nine months, they participated in a peer learning network by attending monthly virtual meetings featuring guest speakers, and taking part in the process of agenda-building, and sharing experiences and skills. They also received a stipend to run a community-based digital activism project with the aim of supporting the needs of their community and involving them throughout the process. Group of ADLM Fellows 2022 and peer mentors at the ADLM Summit. Photo by Luis Flores for Rising Voices. The Summit was the first time the Fellows came together in person to share the ups and the downs of running a project, which was a learning experience in itself. During the two-day gathering, they reflected on the experience of implementing their projects, planned for future activities, and shared what motivated them to apply for the Fellowship in the first place. For the first time, the workshop “Strengthening your language on the internet through digital activism” was offered in an in-person setting at the Summit. This format provided a more interactive dynamic that allowed participants to better learn from one another, and share their perspectives face-to-face. Beyond understanding how to use specific tools to create Indigenous-language content, the workshop encouraged participants to take a step back to reflect on motivations, resources, and skills they want to develop, and to plan for digital activism for their language. Incorporating elements of the Indigenous Language Digital Activism Toolkit, a resource being created by Rising Voices in partnership with UNESCO, the two-day workshop presented a series of tactics aimed at helping participants reflect on personal strategies and motivations for their digital activism. Built as a roadmap rather than a recipe, the toolkit provides examples of similar projects or campaigns, allowing participants to better focus on their own path taking into consideration their local context. Discussion groups at digital activism workshop. Photo by Luís Flores for Rising Voices. Led by co-facilitators Miriam Hernández, a Ch’ol speaker from Chiapas and Cecilia Tuyuc, a Kaqchikel speaker from Guatemala, the workshop also featured Genner Llanes-Ortiz, the lead researcher from the toolkit project. More than 25 participants took part from across the Peninsula, including a group of Maya-speaking students from the Eastern University in the city of Valladolid. Juana Pinzon, a Maya-speaker from the community of Mesatunich in the Yucatán Peninsula observed, “The workshop […] helped me to imagine and strengthen my abilities and my desire to continue in the struggle to revalue and rescue the Mayan language within my community. [It] allowed me to meet more people who provided me with motivation and gave me the confidence to do something to rescue my language.” The Summit also offered an opportunity for cross-regional and cross-cultural exchanges.