Our team at the Human Rights Investigations Lab contributed research to Cultural Survival’s 2022 report on murdered indigenous defenders in Latin America. The report, published this week, seeks to “raise awareness about this systemic persecution of Indigenous defenders” and to provide a more detailed look at the circumstances surrounding each murder. The purpose of this publication is also to honor the life of each individual, to remember and to memorialize. Cultural Survival is an Indigenous-led organization “that advocates for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience.”
Publication of “Unido/xs Contra la Sobredosis”
I am truly humbled to have been a part of the team along with Julia Casas, Isabella Permenter, and our tireless coordinator and study author Carlos Martinez. The report publishes findings from the first harm reduction needs assessment of Spanish and Mayan-speaking people who use drugs in San Francisco, and is a collaboration of the National Harm Reduction Coalition and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, with support from the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Read the full report here.