Proud to Be Indigenous Week starts Sunday, May 11th. Are you part of it yet?!
Indigenous Peoples from around the world will be descending on New York City for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) from May 12- 23rd. While most of us can’t make it to New York, our voices need to be heard! Our goal is to create a storm of online activity during UNPFII so that Indigenous voices everywhere are heard. This year’s theme is “Pass The Talking Stick.” We’ll be focusing on language and all that encompasses – history, stories, music, communication, connections, and more. We want Indigenous People to post photos and videos expressing why they are Proud To Be Indigenous with the hashtag #Proud2BIndigenous on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We want people to share stories and celebrate their Indigenous culture. And we want Indigenous People from around the world to connect with each other. Proud to Be Indigenous is about you, and making your voice heard.
How can you get involved? It’s easy, no matter where you are:
TAKE A #PROUD2BINDIGENOUS PHOTO
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Take a photo of yourself with your homemade #Proud2BIndigenous sign. Then post them on the Proud To Be Indigenous Facebook page with a message telling us your name, your People, and where you live.
If you are on Twitter, tweet your photo using the hashtag #Proud2BIndigenous or #P2BI and we will retweet it.
And if you only have email, just email the photo to agnes@cs.org and we will share it for you.
Not Indigenous? We still want you to join us! We believe that everyone has the right to be proud of their communities, heritage, and traditions. Unfortunately, this right has been denied to Indigenous Peoples for so long. We all need to band together to celebrate and protect our common humanity and all the beautiful cultures of this earth. So take a picture with a sign saying that you’re a proud supporter of Indigenous Peoples and we’ll post it too!
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
During P2BI Week, we’ll be focusing on a different topic every day. Check out the schedule so you can join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter, or email us your stories and experiences!
Sunday (5/11) – Kickoff Celebration!
Monday (5/12) – Share Your Music!
Tuesday (5/13) – Protecting Endangered Languages
Wednesday (5/14) – Share Your Wisdom
Thursday (5/15) – Community Radio
Friday (5/16) – Powerful Words
Saturday (5/17) – We Are Proud to Be Indigenous!
HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!
Follow this link for a super-easy way to join the campaign – you can create your own custom P2BI photo! You can also share your photos using Facebook and Twitter, and even add your own Facebook banner!
And make sure you are following us on Facebook, Twitter, and our website because during the week, we will be sharing Indigenous stories and news coming out of UNPFII.
JOIN THE P2BI COALITION
If you are associated with an organization, please let us know so that we can add you to our coalition! Coalition members help support P2BI by spreading the word to your audience. Additionally, if you plan on hosting any events leading up to or during UNPFII, we will gladly help spread the word about them! Just email agnes@cs.org or communications@firstpeoples.org with the details.
Thank you for your support! And thank you to the Proud To Be Indigenous Coalition: First Peoples Worldwide, Cultural Survival; Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; Indian Country Today Media Network; Amazon Watch; Native American Rights Fund; United Nations Global Compact; A World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity (AWISH); Action Communautaire pour la Promotion des Défavorisés Batwa (ACPROD-BATWA); Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group; Bajoh Indigenous Development Association; Bible Hill Youth Club; Borena Amara Wetatoch Mehaber (BAYA); Borneo Project; Buffalo Nickel Communications; Conscious Living; Council of the Maya Ancestral Authorities of the Ixil Region; Documentary Educational Resources; ELEMENTAL; Enterprise Development & Enterprise Facility, Fundación Paso a Paso; Global Hand; Gulu Deaf Association; Gwich’in Steering Committee; Higa-onon Ha Migsabuwa Ta Lanao, Inc.; Il’laramatak Community Concerns, Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources; Indigenous Waves; International Indian Treaty Council (IITC); Literacy Action And Development Agency (LADA); Longhouse Media; Maa Civil Society; Maya Leaders Alliance, Mindanao Fish, Wildlife Degenders and Parks Association; Mengbwa: Actions Jeunes (MAJE); Native Arts Collective, Numi Organic Tea; Organisation d’Accompagnement et d’Appui aux Pygmées (OSAPY); Organization of Indigenous Communities of Masisea (OCOIM); Peopleriver; Pikhumpongan Dlibon Subanen, Inc. (PDSI); Pueblos Indígenas Chorotega (CPICh); Pwani Leadership Council (Kenya); Pygmy People Association for a Sustainable Development; Red Alliance Media; Runa; SATIIM - Sarstoon-Temash Institute for Indigenous Management; Sundarbon Adibasi Munda Sangastha (SAMS), sweetriot; Tanka; Tebtebba; Toledo Alcaldes Association; Uganda Gender Rights Foundation; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), Urunji Child-Care Trust; and Vision Maker Media
