With 50 years of experience, Cultural Survival believes that it is essential to listen and respond to the self-determined needs of communities to provide support that is sustainable and, most importantly, relevant to the needs of the communities we serve. We aim to increase and strengthen Indigenous communities' leadership, technical, organizational, advocacy, and sustainability capacities to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, self-determination, and ways of living and elevate their cultures and languages.
El programa de pasantías de Cultural Survival es una parte significativa de la vida de nuestra organización y de nuestro compromiso con el aprendizaje, el acompañamiento y el crecimiento compartido. Las personas pasantes trabajan estrechamente con los programas o departamentos a los que se les asignan, contribuyendo a las actividades cotidianas mientras avanzan hacia objetivos de aprendizaje claramente definidos.
On December 17, 2021, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced its decision in the case Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel Peoples of Sumpango vs. Guatemala, declaring the Republic of Guatemala “internationally responsible for the violation of the rights to freedom of expression, equality before the law and participation in cultural life” of Indigenous Peoples.
El Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. organizó su décimo concurso anual de proyectos con el Fondo de Innovación para el Compromiso de Exalumnos (AEIF) en 2020.
The Central American Indigenous Community Media Alliance promotes Indigenous people’s voices in the media. The Alliance is composed of three organizations: Cultural Survival; EntreMundos; and the Central American Network of Indigenous Community Radio Stations and represents more than 60 radio stations in the seven Central American countries. Together, the Alliance fosters alternative, independent and Indigenous-controlled media, contributing to building democracies and providing relevant and accurate information to the public.
Cultural Survival, together with the International Indian Treaty Council, is hosting a convening of Indigenous scientists and knowledge holders along with western scientists to discuss climate change, its affects on Indigenous communities' food sovereignty and ways of life, and policy-making at the international level.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.