Meet Our New Cohort of Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellows
Lino Tupuk Tsamach Wampash (Sapara) from Ecuador and Arnab Chaudhary (Tharu) from Nepal
Juan Pablo Jojoa Coral (Quillasinga) and Lorena Jamioy Tisoy (Inga-Kamëntsá) from Colombia
Dear Friend,
Meet Lino, Arnab, Juan, Lorena, Bryan, Maholy, Estrella, Liliana, Luis, and Virigina. These are the faces of the future of Indigenous media.
We know that when Indigenous youth are encouraged in cultivating their creativity, true potential is unlocked. Our Indigenous Youth Community Media Fellowship supports young Indigenous leaders between the ages of 16-26, who are eager to learn about technology, program development, journalism, community radio, media, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy. This is the third year of the Fellowship Program, which has provided grants to 22 youth to date to design and carry out small projects that build their capacity through trainings, community radio station exchanges, and conference attendance.
Past fellows have completed projects on digital security, Indigenous women's rights, defense of land and protection of water, ancestral knowledge transmission, identity and history, language revitalization, and increasing participation of Indigenous women in community media. Over 90 youth have participated in workshops led by the fellows in radio and video production, program development, and journalism. Read about what each fellow will work on in the coming year here.
This fellowship is an opportunity to assist fellows to represent the voices of their communities and bring awareness of local issues to global conversations through their proposed projects, all the while strengthening their cultural identities and leadership.
Bryan Edmundo Garces Guatatuca (Kichwa) and Maholy Gabriela Garcés Guatatuca (Kichwa) from Ecuador
Luis Enrique Amador Tlatilolpa (Náhuatl) from Mexico and Virginia Salcedo Rosa (Aymara) from Peru
“In journalism, one always learns. My experience with the fellowship is that it helped me become more fluent in my language. It was an impactful experience to produce radio content in Miskitu. The program will not end with the end of the project but will continue forward.” -- Jeyson Adonis Miranda (Miskito), 2019 Fellow from Radio Yapti Tasba, Nicaragua
With Gratitude,
Galina Angarova (Buryat)
Executive Director
2067 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 441-5400 www.cs.org
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.
