The first world conference for one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Ocean Conference, focused on SDG Goal 14: Life Below Water, to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”  Fiji and Sweden co-chaired and coordinated the June 5 - 9, 2017 global gathering at the UN headquarters in New York. More than 6,000 people from all sectors of society attended the conference where 150 events and 41 exhibits were held.

August 9, 2017

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, WACC and Cultural Survival are highlighting the importance of communication in helping to promote and advance the rights of indigenous people around the world.

PRONUNCIAMIENTO

sobre el Dia Internacional De Los Pueblos Indígenas

This week marks the 2017 High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York, discussing the first year of  implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The goals are part of an agenda looking towards eradication of poverty other indicators of well being for people and the planet by the year 2030, as an extension to the earlier Millennium Development Goals which concluded in 2015. The High-Level Political Forum is the central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jess Cherofsky, 617-441-5400 x 15, jess@cs.org

 

Malian drummer Sidy Maiga to perform at Cultural Survival Bazaar in Tiverton
Craft fair features global Indigenous art and cultural exchange

(Listen to their music here!)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jess Cherofsky //
617 . 441 . 5400 x 15 //
jess@cs.org
 

 

 

International Jewelers Convene at Craft Festival in Plymouth
Cultural Survival Bazaar cultivates community and cultural exchange
 

 

Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement signals a complete disregard of human rights, Indigenous rights, climate justice, and the future of this planet in the interest of greed, wealth, acquisition, and the continued conquest of Mother Earth. Indigenous Peoples around the world will feel the impact. Cultural Survival strongly condemns the backing out of the agreement.

Cultural Survival Anuncia el Fondo de Guardianes de la Tierra para los Pueblos Indígenas

Cambridge, Massachusetts - 26 de mayo de 2017.

Today, Cultural Survival, an Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy organization based in Cambridge, MA, publicly announced its administration of the Keepers of the Earth Fund, a small grants fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ advocacy and community development projects. This much needed resource fund was established in 2005 by nonprofit First Peoples Worldwide, which is closing its doors with the retirement of its president and founder, Rebecca Adamson in June 2017.