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Presentation Today at 12:15 pm - Leaders of Sarayaku: Connecting Indigenous Roots in Ecuador
Please join us for a virtual presentation, Leaders of
Sarayaku: Connecting Indigenous Roots, on February
24 @ 12:15PM. [Poster attached.]
We will welcome four leaders from Sarayaku’s Kichwa communities in
Ecuador who will share their experience of being at the forefront of indigenous
rights mobilization. Take part in this rich cultural exchange and learn about
indigenous cosmologies and the human rights framework.
On the panel: Mario Santi, former President of
Sarayaku; Abigail Gualinga, youth advocate and leader of
the organization Samaruta; Fausto Santi,
elected representative of Sarayaku’s Kawsak
Sacha (Living Forest); and Yaku Viteri,
representative of Sarayaku’s external relations and singer/musician.
There will be an open Q&A session at the end of the presentation. The
presentation will be in Spanish with an English translator on hand.
Registration is free but required, so please sign up HERE today!
If you cannot attend today, there is an opportunity to hear this
panel on Thursday.
The registration link for Thursday, Feb 25
@11AM is: https://bit.ly/2ODNqJH
From Wikipedia:
Sarayaku (Quechuan: "The River of Corn"; also
transcribed Sarayacu) is a
territory and a village situated by the Bobonaza River in
the province of Pastaza in the
southern part of el Oriente, the
Amazonic region of Ecuador. The territory incorporates a number
of villages.
It has a total population figure of between 1,000 and
2,000 Kichwa-speaking people, who call themselves
the Runa people of Sarayaku, or the Sarayaku people. These indigenous people
are organized as the “Organización de
Pueblos Indígenas de Pastaza” (OPIP). The
leader of the Sarayaku people is Jose Gualinga (2011).
Since the early 21st century, the Sarayaku have engaged in a decade-long
effort to resist efforts to drill for oil in their community, putting them at
cross purposes with the Ecuadorian government and various multinational oil
companies. The Sarayaku have used protests and legal challenges, successfully
pursuing a suit in court.[1]
Attached Files:
Sarayaku presentation 24Feb2021 - MCC (1).pdf
Lee, Christina
Global Education & International Services
02/24/2021