Lottie Cunningham: Dedicated to Indigenous Rights

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December 30, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life. - Chief Oren Lyons - Lottie Cunningham: Dedicated to Indigenous Rights "Against all odds, human rights defender Lottie Cunningham has been at the helm of the battle for indigenous rights in Nicaragua for the past 20 years. She was among four activists this year to receive the Right livelihood award, the alternative Nobel for peace, for her decades-long work. More than 400,000 indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants live along Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. For years, their livelihoods have been threatened by massive exploitation of their lands through mining, logging and intensive farming.For Cunningham, indigenous rights and environmental rights cannot be separated. Read more about her tireless activism here. { read more } Be The Change Learn more about the other 2020 Right Livelihood awardees, and their work. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Guide to Well-Being During Coronavirus Being Resilient During Coronavirus How to Be Yourself Why Singing in a Choir Makes You Happier Bye Bye Plastic Bags A Tribute to Mary Oliver The Monkey and the River One Love DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,805 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More