By Juliana Britto Schwartz • @JulianaBrittoS • 7 years ago

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Machi Francisca Linconao, Mapuche indigenous healer and advocate, has been suffering from severe medical problems in prison. Her supporters claim she was imprisoned for her work to end illegal logging in her region of Chile, and are calling for her release. 

This week, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe told members of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council that the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline violates his tribe’s sovereign rights.

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This proposed coal mine would put Alaskan Natives at risk.

“Without land to literally house our families, how can we lead our communities? Without water, how can we sustain our own lives and secure a future for our children and their families?”

 

 

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Juliana is a digital storyteller for social change. As a writer at Feministing since 2013, her work has focused on women's movements throughout the Americas for environmental justice, immigrant rights, and reproductive justice. In addition to her writing, Juliana is a Senior Campaigner at Change.org, where she works to close the gap between the powerful and everyone else by supporting people from across the country to launch, escalate and win their campaigns for justice.

Juliana is a Latina feminist writer and campaigner based in the Bay Area.

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