By Erica Belfi
Join Cultural Survival and International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) for a webinar: Understanding the Realities of Indigenous Migrant Farmworkers in the Time of COVID-19
August 26, 2020
2:00pm EST/ 11:00am PST
Live on Facebook
La Alianza Centroamericana de Medios Indígenas y Alternativos, compuesta por tres organizaciones: Cultural Survival, EntreMundos y la Red Centroamericana de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas (que representa a 60 estaciones de radio en los siete países centroamericanos) busca contribuir a democracias efectivas que brinden información adecuada y precisa al público por medio de la investigación de cuestiones que afectan a los Pueblos Indígenas; la presentación de sus perspectivas y el análisis de temas e historias que representan a Centroamérica; y la comunicación con los Pueblos Indígenas sobre s
Edson Krenak Naknanuk (Krenak), Advocacy Coordinator, is an Indigenous activist, writer, and a PhD student at Vienna University, Austria, where he develops studies in legal anthropology. He holds degrees in linguistics and literary theory at Sao Carlos Federal University in Brazil. He also works as a speaker and trainer at Uka Instituto in Brazil. As writer, he won the 10th Tamoios National Prize of Indigenous writers in Brazil with the book O Sonho de Borum', and his tale "Kren and Pockrane, Why There Are Not Twing among the Krenak People" is part of the UNICED-nominated book Nos, Antologia de Contos Indigenas. Edson`s ancestors are known as the Botocudos. He speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, and German. Contact Edson at edson.krenak@cs.org.
[WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 2020] -- Brazil has blocked an Indigenous woman from addressing the Organization of American States Permanent Council during the O.A.S. Inter-American Week for Indigenous Peoples (August 5-12, 2020). We condemn this deplorable, dangerous act.
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.
Cultural Survival reconoce y apoya a las radios comunitarias Indígenas que son el medio principal para informar, educar, motivar y organizar a las comunidades Indígenas en sus propios idiomas, con pertinencia cultural y con los conocimientos propios y saberes para prevenir y accionar ante la pandemia COVID-19. Las radios siguen cumpliendo con responsabilidad comunicacional a pesar de los riesgos que esto representa para los comunicadores y comunicadoras.
Cultural Survival recognizes and supports Indigenous community radio stations that inform and support their communities in their own languages with culturally relevant information to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Many community radio stations are continuing the responsibilities despite the risks that this pandemic represents for journalists and broadcasters. Indigenous community radio stations are often the only lifelines during emergencies and they have proven to be essential.
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.