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Proud
to Be Indigenous Week starts Sunday,
May 11th. Are
you part of it yet?!
Indigenous Peoples from around the world will
be descending on New York City for the United
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) from May
12- 23rd.
While most of us
can't make it to New York, our
voices need to be heard! Our goal is to create a storm of online
activity during UNPFII so that Indigenous voices everywhere are
heard. This
year's theme is "Pass The Talking Stick."
We'll be
focusing on language and all that encompasses - history, stories,
music, communication, connections, and more. We want Indigenous
people to post
photos and videos expressing why they are Proud To Be Indigenous with
the hashtag #Proud2BIndigenous on Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube.
We want people
to share stories and celebrate their Indigenous culture. And we want
Indigenous People from around the world to connect with each other. Proud to Be Indigenous is
about you, and making your voice heard.
How can you get
involved? It's easy, no matter where you are:
TAKE A
#PROUD2BINDIGENOUS PHOTO Take
a photo of yourself with your homemade #Proud2BIndigenous sign. Then
post them on the Proud
To Be Indigenous Facebook page with a message telling us
your name, your People, and where you live.
If you are on Twitter, tweet
your photo using the hashtag #Proud2BIndigenous or #P2BI and we
will retweet it.
And if you only
have email, just email the photo to agnes@cs.org
and we will share it for you.
Not Indigenous?
We still want you to join us! We believe that everyone has the right
to be proud of their communities, heritage, and traditions.
Unfortunately, this right has been denied to Indigenous Peoples for
so long. We all need to band together to celebrate and protect our
common humanity and all the beautiful cultures of this earth. So take
a picture with a sign saying that you're a proud supporter of
Indigenous Peoples and we'll post it too!
JOIN
THE CONVERSATION
During P2BI
Week, we'll be focusing on a different topic every day. Check out the
schedule so you can join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter, or
email us your stories and experiences!
Sunday
(5/11) - Kickoff Celebration!
Monday
(5/12) - Share Your Music!
Tuesday
(5/13) - Protecting Endangered Languages
Wednesday
(5/14) - Share Your Wisdom
Thursday
(5/15) - Community Radio
Friday
(5/16) - Powerful Words
Saturday
(5/17) - We Are Proud to Be Indigenous!
HELP
US SPREAD THE WORD!
Follow
this link for a super-easy way to join the campaign - you can
create your own custom P2BI photo! You can also share your photos
using Facebook and Twitter, and even add your own Facebook
banner!
And make sure
you are following us on Facebook, Twitter, our
website because during the week, we will be sharing Indigenous
stories and news coming out of UNPFII.
JOIN
THE P2BI COALITION
If you are
associated with an organization, please let us know so that we can
add you to our coalition! Coalition members help support P2BI
by spreading the word to your audience. Additionally, if you plan on
hosting any events leading up to or during UNPFII, we will gladly
help spread the word about them! Just email communications@firstpeoples.org or
agnes@cs.org with
the details.
Thank
you for your support! And thank you to the Proud To Be Indigenous
Coalition: First Peoples Worldwide, Cultural Survival; Smithsonian's
National Museum of the American Indian; Indian
Country Today Media Network; Amazon
Watch; Native
American Rights Fund; United Nations Global
Compact; A
World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity (AWISH); Action
Communautaire pour la Promotion des Défavorisés Batwa (ACPROD-BATWA); Africa Grantmakers'
Affinity Group; Bajoh Indigenous Development Association; Bible Hill
Youth Club; Borena Amara Wetatoch Mehaber (BAYA); Borneo Project; Buffalo
Nickel Communications; Conscious Living; Council
of the Maya Ancestral Authorities of the Ixil Region; ELEMENTAL; Enterprise
Development & Enterprise Facility, Fundación Paso a
Paso; Global
Hand; Gulu
Deaf Association; Gwich'in
Steering Committee; Higa-onon Ha Migsabuwa
Ta Lanao, Inc.; Il'laramatak
Community Concerns, Indigenous
Peoples Issues and Resources; Indigenous
Waves; International Indian
Treaty Council (IITC); Literacy
Action And Development Agency (LADA); Longhouse Media; Maya
Leaders Alliance, Mindanao Fish, Wildlife Degenders and Parks
Association; Mengbwa:
Actions Jeunes (MAJE); Native Arts
Collective, Numi
Organic Tea; Organisation d'Accompagnement et d'Appui aux
Pygmées (OSAPY); Organization of Indigenous Communities of Masisea
(OCOIM); Peopleriver; Pikhumpongan
Dlibon Subanen, Inc. (PDSI); Pueblos
Indígenas Chorotega (CPICh); Pwani Leadership Council
(Kenya); Pygmy People Association for a Sustainable Development; Red
Alliance Media; Runa; SATIIM -
Sarstoon-Temash Institute for Indigenous Management; Sundarbon
Adibasi Munda Sangastha (SAMS), sweetriot; Tanka; Tebtebba; Toledo
Alcaldes Association; Uganda Gender Rights Foundation; Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), Urunji Child-Care
Trust; and Vision Maker Media
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