Support Indigenous Rights, Leadership, and Solutions on #GivingTuesday!
Today is the day! #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving, runs through midnight tonight! We hope that you will join in this day and season of generosity. Join us in shifting the narrative and resources to support Indigenous languages, solutions, and leadership to build a better world for us all.
We wanted to share a few of our accomplishments in 2021:
- Our Keepers of the Earth Fund supported 62 community projects in 21 countries in COVID-19 response, climate change mitigation, Hurricanes Iota and Eta relief, totaling $303,363.
- Our Indigenous Rights Radio Program produced over 218 urgent public service announcements in 76 Indigenous languages related to COVID-19.
- Our Indigenous Community Media Fund supported 57 media projects in 23 countries totaling $340,500.
- We supported 25 Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellows in 6 countries.
- We trained 50 communicators from Indigenous radio stations and organizations in Mexico to establish new stations and strengthen their existing systems.
- We trained 25 Indigenous women communicators from 24 community radio stations in radio journalism, women's and Indigenous rights.
- We documented 56 murders, 11 disappearances, and 23 violent attacks against Indigenous human rights and environmental defenders in Latin American countries where we work.
- We submitted 6 reports on Indigenous rights to UN mechanisms monitoring human rights implementation.
- 27 Indigenous women from Central America and Mexico participated in a 3-month training in human rights organized by Cultural Survival.
- We organized a 3-day virtual conference on restoring Indigenous languages and landscapes, gathering 32 Indigenous language revitalization experts and practitioners.
Join Cultural Survival as we support, elevate, and amplify Indigenous-led solutions and work towards an equitable redistribution of resources to Indigenous communities across the world. We invite you to Indigenize philanthropy alongside us and donate on #GivingTuesday by pledging your support for Indigenous rights, leadership, and solutions as we co-create a more just, equitable, and balanced world for us today, tomorrow, and the next seven generations.
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