Today is Human Rights Day!
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** Celebrate Human Rights Day!
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Today is International Human Rights Day! As we celebrate the 77th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, we invite you to give generously in support of the Indigenous communities we partner with - and help us reach our end-of-year goal! ([link removed])
Dear Friend,

Thanks to your support,
2025 has been a year full of meaningful change and critical advocacy work! Cultural Survival’s Advocacy Program supports Indigenous Peoples around the globe by amplifying grassroots movements to bring awareness and international pressure to their struggles while enhancing Indigenous communities’ capacity, always at the invitation of community leaders, to demand and assert their rights. Our strategy is emergent based on the expressed, self-determined needs of our partner communities. Across our programs, we build trust and relationships with our partners and our advocacy program work is the solidarity action that manifests from the responsibility of that trust.

2025 has been a year of powerful collective action. Here are a few highlights:
* $36,634 provided to Indigenous partners to fund their advocacy-related work, included safety measures for defenders, water testing in areas violated by mining, community meetings, and more.
* 7 reports submitted to UN mechanisms monitoring human rights in Guatemala, the US, Paraguay, Panama, Nepal and Russia.
* Provided accompaniment, including funds, access to international mechanisms, legal assistance, technical support, trainings, dialogues, travel, communications, digital security, emergency response, networking, connection with additional funders, and more to partners in at least 13 countries, including Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, Canada, Brazil, Kenya, Nepal, Guatemala, Colombia, the US, and Russia.
* An 11 member Cultural Survival Delegation travelled to Belém, Brazil to participate in COP30 and the Indigenous Caucus where they urged world leaders to take immediate action on climate change.

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Cultural Survival delegation in Belém, Brazil, participating in COP30.
From November 10 to November 21, 2025, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP30) was held in Belém, in Brazil’s lower Amazon region. Cultural Survival’s delegation ([link removed]) and our partners were actively involved in advocacy work at all COP30 venues, from the official negotiation area at the Blue Zone to meetings with protesters and participation in solidarity marches and Indigenous Peoples' protests. We supported the work of the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change; met with ministers, UN officials, negotiators, Indigenous activists, protectors, and Parties to the UNFCCC; conducted interviews with delegates to make their struggles visible; and hosted and participated in side events to promote the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples in the ongoing negotiations and to uplift their voices and their demands.

​Cultural Survival also launched the report “The Price of Green: Lithium, Ore and Grain Corridors, and Brazil’s Sacrifice Zones Built without Free, Prior and Informed Consent ([link removed]) ” at COP do Povo, an alternative space for Indigenous Peoples and civil society to discuss and reflect together on their struggles with the effects of climate change. The text presented case studies of the violation of Indigenous and Quilombola Peoples’ rights under the discourse of energy transition and development such as Sigma Lithium’s Grota do Cirilo complex in the Jequitinhonha Valley and the FICO railway in the Cerrado, revealing how these ventures reconfigure territories, lived bodies and modes of existence in the face of the expansion of mining, agri-business and large-scale infrastructure projects.​


** Can Brazil Lead Climate Action While Ignoring Its Own Indigenous Peoples? “The Price of Green” Exposes Hypocrisy at COP30
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A joint report ([link removed]) by A'uwẽ-Xavante, Jequitinhonha Valley Indigenous and Quilombola communities, and Cultural Survival poses a fundamental challenge to Brazil's climate credibility: Can a country claim climate leadership while systematically financing projects that violate its own Indigenous Peoples' rights? En Español. ([link removed]) Em português ([link removed]) .



** A ceremonial artistic presentation by Djalma Ramalho (Aranã Caboclo) at COP30
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During the advocacy brief launch, Djalma Ramalho (Aranã Caboclo), Cultural Survival Campaigner for Brazil, performed a ceremonial artivist action that made visible the reality of Indigenous People across Brazil and beyond that suffer the impacts on their rights and the rights of nature of the lithium mining.
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** Watch "The Price of Green Launch Event"
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Your support allows us to continue this work in advancing the rights and lifeways of Indigenous Peoples around the globe. We couldn't do it without you.

As we approach the end of 2025, we want to extend our deepest gratitude for your steadfast support and partnership. As we prepare for the work ahead in 2026, your partnership is critical. Please help us reach our ambitious $250,000 goal and start the coming year strong!
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P.S. Let your friends know! Executive Director Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw) is sharing her special Jalapeño Maple Mezcal Cranberry Sauce recipe ([link removed]) with anyone who donates by the end of 2025!
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** Join us in December for our Cultural Survival Bazaars! ([link removed]) Not in the area?
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Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.

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