The Future is in our Territories

Environmental defenders discuss their territorial work and the Americas-wide alliance for racial and climate justice 

Film by Eliana Lafone and Rebecca Wilson for LAB’s Environmental Defenders series.

Thank you to BILM (the Black and Indigenous Liberation Movement)
Lucía Ixchiu (BILM Coordinator, Festivales Solidarios Co-Founder)
Weya Alicia Cahuiya (Vice president of the Waorani Nationality of Ecuador, Director of the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador’s Women and Family division)
Dayuma Nango Guiquita (Vice President of the Waorani Women’s Association, President of the Toñampade community)
Diego Aza Valenzuela (Pasto youth activist, Co-Founder of Mañanas Verdes)
Juanita C. Francis Bone (President of Mujeres de Asfalto Collective and Amandla Medio)
María Preciado Benavides (member of Mujeres de Asfalto collective)