๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ โ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐
Anne and I watched four documentary films related to an indigenous call for climate action. We had the great pleasure of listening to voices from Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Myanmar.
At the end of the documentary films we also witnessed the testimonies of two representatives from the Wampi Nation in Peru and I even had the opportunity to discuss and take a picture with one of them.
We enjoyed very much the event and learnt a bit more of the different realities of the indigenous communities in Latin America and Asia. As a Peruvian I felt proud of assisting to this screening. It was undoubtedly a great satisfaction that the whole auditorium could see the indigenous situation in the Peruvian Amazon due to illegal mining and logging, as well as understand how important it is to protect the area and its people.
Story by Erika Carina Delgado Rubio
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ - ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ
๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ: I volunteered at the march on Saturday 6 November. The protest was split into blocks, and it was led by indigenous groups and groups based in Glasgow that support indigenous voices. The COP coalition felt it was paramount for the protest to be led by those who are the most affected by climate change and who are often the least amplified voices in mainstream media. As a march steward, I felt very honoured to be assisting with this block throughout the march and met some very inspirational people. It was about 3 miles long in some quite heavy rain at points so we definitely all helped each other to keep the morale up! But my main role was to support safety and facilitate the march. We created a human block around the protestors as we all marched, so that photographers and other members of the public wouldn't disrupt the flow of the march or become a threat to anyone's safety. These pictures were taken before the march began- the artwork was created by some of the indigenous protestors and people were invited to create a circle of solidarity around the brilliant artwork laid out in Kelvingrove Park.