Statement by Securing Indigenous Rights in the Green Economy Coalition
March 15 marked the EU Council's adoption of the long-awaited Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that aims to protect the environment and human rights across supply chains.
Through Cultural Survival's Indigenous Youth Fellowship Program, we support the leadership of Indigenous youth in advocating and striving for new ways of safeguarding their lands, cultures, and languages. Here, we uplift three youth fellowship projects related to the revitalization of languages and cultures.
Update: On May 24, 2024, European Council approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
On International Mother Language Day 2024, we invite you to learn about the work of three Cultural Survival partners who received a grant from the KOEF (Keepers of the Earth Fund) in 2023 for projects that strengthen indigenous languages from their own culture and with diverse strategies.
Yankuik Kuikamatilistli Cultural Centre (Nahuatl language, in Mexico)
On February 28, 2024, EU Member States have sent a clear message: no change is needed in business conduct – despite the years-long debates and negotiations between the co-legislators and the stark defy the resounding support for the Directive from governments, trade unions, civil society, large, medium and small businesses, and individual citizens.
This afternoon, EU diplomats met at the Coreper to decide and endorse the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
For Immediate Release:
February 28, 2024
Dear Cultural Survival Community,
By Celia Flor Díaz Pérez (Maya Tsotsil)
The theme of lands and livelihoods brought us together as Keepers of the Earth Fund grant partners from January 15 to 17, 2024, in Siguatepeque, Honduras, thanks to the invitation of Cultural Survival. The Red Comal Network was our warm host who welcomed us with the representations of Indigenous, Maya Q´echi´, Maya Tsotsil, and Lenca organizations from Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Content Note: The following includes disturbing information on violence against Indigenous Peoples. We have strived to provide information on each individual, in celebration of their lives and work, without gratuitous detail on their deaths. While we have worked to avoid linking to sources with graphic imagery, please note that the sources linked may contain further details and images may be changed by websites after we have reviewed them.
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.
