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We have accomplished so much in 2024, together.
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** Together, we have accomplished so much!
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Halito akana (hello friends),

As we approach the end of 2024, I’m feeling tremendous gratitude reflecting on what has been a big year for Cultural Survival. During my first six months as Executive Director, I have been fortunate to meet and work with amazing people across our community who make our work possible, including our board and staff, donors, supporters, interns, fellows, volunteers, and our partners from Indigenous communities and the organizations working in solidarity with them. Our community is so inspiring! For me, it’s an honor to serve a strong, Indigenous-led organization that centers the rights, self-determination, cosmovisions and cultures, and community well-being of Indigenous Peoples around the world. It’s been a pleasure to experience people's enthusiasm and appreciation for Cultural Survival wherever I go. Our work is being recognized because we are creating a positive impact for Indigenous Peoples around the world.

I’m happy to share some highlights of our achievements in 2024:
* Our Keepers of the Earth Fund supported 83 projects in 25 countries on issues related to land defense and autonomy; climate change resilience, language, cultures, and the transmission of Indigenous knowledge; food sovereignty and Indigenous economies; and the various forms of resistance to mining for the energy transition.
* Our Indigenous Community Media Fund supported 57 media projects in 27 countries.
* Our Advocacy Program strengthened and deepened relationships with community partners, collaboratively developing tactics and strategies for advancing land and human rights struggles, including engagement with UN and Inter-American human rights mechanisms, connecting partners to technical support resources, and financing 8 partners to participate in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Convention on Biological Diversity COP16. We submitted 4 reports to 4 UN mechanisms.
* We made site visits with approximately 50 community partners in 9 countries.
* We distributed funding to 6 Indigenous defenders in need of urgent support.
* We worked in collaboration with the Securing Indigenous Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition to support the “Just Transition: Indigenous Peoples’ Perspectives, Knowledge and Lived Experiences Summit” which brought together more than 100 Indigenous leaders from the 7 regions of the world.
* We awarded 26 fellowships to Indigenous youth to build capacities in land advocacy, traditional livelihood practices, environmental conservation, Indigenous languages, cultures, and Traditional Knowledge, and communication.
* 46 Indigenous women participated in workshops, exchanges, and gatherings, including training in radio production and proposal writing.
* Our Indigenous Rights Radio program produced 174 programs related to Indigenous rights, Mother Earth, and issues affecting communities translated in over 30 languages, and received an honorable mention at the 2024 Sound Documentary Forum for the radio documentary, “Mama Qota Is At Risk.”
* We held 3 Bazaars that hosted 43 vendors, impacting the lives of over 4,000 Indigenous people representing 55 Indigenous communities globally.
* We published 4 issues of Cultural Survival Quarterly (CSQ) magazine, countless social media posts across 8 platforms, and hosted 6 webinars, amplifying Indigenous voices and raising awareness about the issues impacting Indigenous Peoples around the world.

Most importantly, all of these accomplishments are built on something much harder to measure – the foundation of strong relationships with Indigenous communities and all of you who make up the Cultural Survival community.

Looking forward to 2025, we are excited about growing our Lands and Livelihoods thematic area with an emphasis on Indigenous agriculture and food sovereignty, as well as capacity building for uplifting self-governance. We are reimagining our Advocacy Program and how we can strengthen our support for Indigenous Peoples as they fight for their rights and self-determination. We’re renewing our dedication to Indigenous languages through capacity building and grants. We’re also planning to expand our reach by distributing our various media, including Indigenous Rights Radio and the CSQ, to more people and communities. And we’re building larger and stronger networks and coalitions in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples around the world and with a renewed focus on Brazil and the Amazon Rainforest.

This work – supported by you – is done in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples who are leading the way to a better future for all of us. And it’s as important as ever as we work to address climate change, ecocide, and loss of biodiversity, and together build safeguards against political regimes that are committing genocide, eroding human rights and environmental protections, and not fully recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty, land tenure, and self-determination. In these difficult times, we are taking the long view. Indigenous Peoples around the world have watched politicians, political regimes, and empires come and go, and yet we are still here, and we shall remain.

We are grateful for your ongoing commitment to Cultural Survival. Your partnership supports Indigenous Peoples in safeguarding communities, lifeways, lands, waters, knowledge systems, and languages for future generations. Join us in amplifying Indigenous voices and issues and ensuring that Indigenous Peoples are engaged in decision-making. Act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples as we reclaim and reoccupy our ancestral and traditional homelands. Secure a future guided by the wisdom and leadership of Indigenous Peoples by supporting our ongoing work. Help us raise $250,000 by December 31, 2024, for our end-of-the-year campaign. We cannot do it without you! Please give generously at www.cs.org/donate. ([link removed])


With wishes for a healthy, abundant, just, and peaceful Holiday Season and New Year,
Hטchi yakoke li hoke (I thank you all so much),
Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw)
Executive Director


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