By Michael Auld (Taino)
By Michael Auld (Taino)
Learn more about one of Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellows, Sharri Cannell (Khoe San). Sharri is 26 and an environmental activist from South Africa. She is also an environmental scientist by profession and holds an honors degree in Zoology from the University of Johannesburg. Sharri is the Director of the non-profit organization Indigi Youth Exchange Africa (IYXAfrica) which provides assistance to Indigenous and marginalized communities in South Africa.
The Keepers of the Earth Fund is an Indigenous Led Fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ community development and advocacy projects.
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El Fondo Guardianes de la Tierra (KOEF por sus siglas en inglés) es un fondo liderado por Indígenas, diseñado para apoyar los proyectos de promoción y desarrollo comunitario de los Pueblos Indígenas. Desde 2017, KOEF ha apoyado 177 proyectos en 35 países por un total de $764,317.
September 13, 2021, marks fourteen years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
By Laura Harvey (CS intern)
Cultural Survival tiene el honor de anunciar la expansión de nuestro equipo de liderazgo y presentar a nuestra nueva Directora de Defensa y Política, Monica Coc Magnusson (Q'eqchi Maya). Mónica es una abogada de Belice, nacida en Laguna, Distrito de Toledo, Belice, donde reside actualmente.
By Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, CS Staff)
Por Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, Equipo de CS)
KOEF Grant Partner Spotlight
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.