
Co-Founder | Action Network for Environmental Rights (RADA)
Board Member | Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP)
Team Member | Latin American Team for the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
Alejandra Parra was born in Temuco, Chile, where she continues to live and work. She is a co-founding member of the Action Network for Environmental Rights (RADA) and part of the Latin American team for the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).
Experience & Activism
- Twenty years of experience in socio-environmental activism.
- Participated in a successful environmental racism complaint against the State of Chile regarding municipal landfills and sewage treatment plants in Mapuche communities in the Araucanía region.
Community Support & Coordination
- Develops actions with RADA to support communities in socio-environmental conflicts in the Araucanía region.
- Works in coordination with various organizations and networks, including:
- Network for the Defense of the Territories
- Social and Territorial Organizations of Wallmapu
- Alianza Basura Cero Chile
- Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives (GAIA)
Current Roles
- Part of the Latin American team for the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).
- Board member of Global Justice Ecology Project.