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August 9, 2021

Real Change

‘Thriving Peoples, Thriving Places’

Pop art campaign honors the contributions of Indigenous women to global biodiversity.

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August 9, 2021

PR Newswire

Large Art Installations Featuring 9 Indigenous Women Leaders To Appear in Cities Worldwide in Honor of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

Nia Tero, a Seattle-based foundation focused on securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems, in partnership with design lab Amplifier, is launching the THRIVING PEOPLES. THRIVING PLACES. media campaign in honor of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

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August 7, 2021

Cook Islands News

Tāua e Moana, the Ocean and I

The impacts of industrial fishing remain on Suwarrow as they were in 2018, with numerous drifting FADs from the purse seine fishery washed up on the beaches or caught on coral heads in the lagoon, writes Te Ipukarea Society.

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July 30, 2021

The Seattle Times

Movies under the stars and more fun things to do around Seattle

“It’s really exciting to be able to have some of these films which speak to the populations and the themes of some specific cultures this year. It feels long overdue, if I can be honest, but also feels really current in terms of what this region is considering and thinking about in terms of racial reckoning and awareness.”

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July 30, 2021

KNKX

Seedcast: With Marciano Sanchez, 'one farmworker represents almost an entire community'

In part two of this story from Seedcast, hear how Marciano Sanchez went from farmworker to union organizer, and how important language, culture and community were in his success. Also hear from Edgar Franks, political director at Familias Unidas por la Justicia.

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July 29, 2021

KNKX

Seedcast: This farmworker used his voice to cultivate change

Hear the story of Mixteco and Triqui farmworkers fighting for better work conditions on the homelands of the Upper Skagit and Stillaguamish peoples. Seedcast podcast host Jessica Ramirez introduces us to Marciano Sanchez, who is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico and started working in the berry fields of Skagit County when he was 10.

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