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Solidarity Webinar:
Organized Chile — the popular uprising during the pandemic
Updates from activists on the front lines of the fight for rights and territory in the face of COVID-19
You can access the recording here. If you would also like more information on Indigenous organizing and mobilizing for rights and territory in the face of new COVID-19 realities, please contact theresa2@
Who:
Alejandra Parra, Co-founder and member of the Environmental Rights Action Network (RADA), Natural Resource Management Biologist, Masters in Planning from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Social and environmental rights activist, Alejandra was born in and resides in Temuco, Wallmapu, Chile.
For more than two decades she has been involved in the promotion and defense of environmental rights, she has fought against environmental racism, waste incineration, and hydroelectric projects. Alejandra promotes citizen´s environmental education, zero waste, feminism, the rights of original people, and “el buen vivir” as an alternative vision of development.
For more than two decades she has been involved in the promotion and defense of environmental rights, she has fought against environmental racism, waste incineration, and hydroelectric projects. Alejandra promotes citizen´s environmental education, zero waste, feminism, the rights of original people, and “el buen vivir” as an alternative vision of development.
Susana Huenul, Susana is ‘wenteche’ from the Mapuche community of Coihue, Freire, in the Araucanía Region of Southern Chile. She is a social communicator from the University of the Frontier – Temuco, with a Masters in Social Anthropology from the Iberoamericana University in Mexico City, México.
She is responsible for the Women’s Office in the Community Development area for the Tirúa local government, where she has worked for 7 years accompanying women and women’s organizations that she works with for food sovereignty and ecological restoration. Tirúa is a rural territory in which the great majority of the population is Mapuche, and has been subject to 40 years of plantation industry investment, which has converted Tirúa into one of the zones with higher levels of community conflict with industry. Susana participates in The Community of Mapuche History, a Mapuche research organization that makes contributions to rural development. She is a member of the Agroecology Science Society, SOCLA-Chile.
She is responsible for the Women’s Office in the Community Development area for the Tirúa local government, where she has worked for 7 years accompanying women and women’s organizations that she works with for food sovereignty and ecological restoration. Tirúa is a rural territory in which the great majority of the population is Mapuche, and has been subject to 40 years of plantation industry investment, which has converted Tirúa into one of the zones with higher levels of community conflict with industry. Susana participates in The Community of Mapuche History, a Mapuche research organization that makes contributions to rural development. She is a member of the Agroecology Science Society, SOCLA-Chile.
Lucio Cuenca is a Geometry Engineer from the University of Santiago de Chile, he is director of OLCA, the Observatory of Environmental Conflicts in Latin America, and is a member of the Directors Council of OMCAL, the Observatory of Mining Conflicts of Latin America. He has experience accompanying communities in social environmental conflicts with extractivist industry sectors in Chile, especially in mining, energy, plantations and urban pollution. He has been part of the design of distinct instruments for engagement and Community Management in Social Environmental Conflicts. He has been the motivating force in diverse expressions of communities in conflict and social environmental movements, in Chile and throughout Latin America. Lucio is the teacher of a course in “Social Environmental Conflicts, Territory and Communities” in the Metropolitan University of Education Sciences (UMCE).
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EN CASO DE QUE TE LO PIERDAS – Mira la grabación
Webinar solidario:
Chile Organizado — el levantamiento popular durante la pandemia
Actualizaciones de activistas en las líneas de frente
Actualizaciones de activistas en las líneas de frente
Puedes acceder a la grabación aquí. Si también desea obtener más información sobre la organización y la movilización indígena por los derechos y el territorio frente a las nuevas realidades de COVID-19, comuníquese con theresa2@
Quién:
Alejandra Parra Muñoz, Miembro co-fundadora de la Red de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales RADA, Bióloga en Gestión de Recursos Naturales, Master en Planificación de la Universidad de Otago, Nueva Zelanda. Activista por los derechos sociales y ambientales, nació y reside en Temuco, Wallmapu, Chile. Involucrada en la promoción y defensa de los derechos ambientales desde hace dos décadas, ha luchado contra el racismo ambiental, la incineración de residuos, proyectos hidroeléctricos, es una promotora de la educación ambiental ciudadana, basura cero, el buen vivir como alternativa al desarrollo, el feminismo y los derechos de los pueblos originarios.
Susana Huenul Colicoy, Mapuche wenteche del Coihue, Freire. Región de la Araucanía. Es Comunicadora Social de la universidad de la frontera, Temuco. Maestra enAntropología Social de la universidad iberoamericana de México. Encargada de la Oficina de la Mujeres del área de desarrollocomunitario de la municipalidad de Tirúa, donde se desempeña hace 7 añosacompañando a mujeres y organizaciones de mujeres con las que trabaja por la soberaníaalimentaria y la restauración ecológica. Tirúa es un territorio rural donde lamayor porcentaje de la población es mapuche, y lleva 40 años de inversiónforestal lo que ha convertido en una e las zonas de mayor conflictividad. Participa de La Comunidad de Historia Mapuche,organización de investigadorxs mapuche donde hace aportes desde el área deldesarrollo rural. Es integrante de la Sociedad Científica de Agroecología, SOCLA-Chile.
Lucio Cuenca Berger, Es Ingeniero en Geomensura de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Director de Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales OLCA, y miembro del Consejo Directivo del Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de Latinoamérica OCMAL. Tiene experiencia en el acompañamiento de Comunidades en Conflictos Socioambientales en sectores del extractivismo en Chile, especialmente en Minería,Energía, Forestal y contaminación urbana. Ha sido parte del diseño de distintos instrumentos para el seguimiento y Gestión Comunitaria de Conflictos Socioambientales. También impulsor de diversas articulaciones de Comunidades en Conflicto y Movimiento Socioambiental, tanto en Chile como también el Latinoamérica Es Profesor del Curso “Conflictos Socioambientales, territorio y Comunidades” en la Universidad Metropolitana de Ciancias de la Educación UMCE.
Auspiciado por Global Justice Ecology Project y Biofuelwatch
