Capacity Building Program · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Position Title: Consultant for Landscape Assessment of Indigenous Youth Fellowships and Indigenous Residency Programs
Position Level: Temporary Consultant
Location / Country: Remote - Based in the United States or Canada
Program: Capacity Building
Type: 6 months contract
OUR MISSION:
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. The date commemorates the first United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations meeting in Geneva in 1982. This year's theme is "The role of indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge."
Roberto De La Cruz Martínez (Binnizá), Information Technology Associate, is from Juchitan, Oaxaca, México, but currently lives in Oaxaca City. Before joining Cultural Survival, Roberto held different IT roles as Coordinator of Technological Innovation and Chief of Installations at Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias for five years. Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias provides and promotes the right to communication in Indigenous and vulnerable communities. There, Roberto had the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of telecommunication projects in México and Latin America. Teaching and education are also part of Roberto's professional background. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications. Roberto speaks Spanish and Zapotec as native languages and continues to learn English. Reach Roberto at roberto@culturalsurvival.org.
Por Carolina de Freitas Pereira
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
