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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.

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.

“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.”

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.

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.

In a conversation with Seedcast podcast executive producer Tracy Rector, Nia Tero CEO and founder Peter Seligmann talks about his German ancestry, what it means to be an ally and why he founded Nia Tero.