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Chief Tapi Yawalapiti: Keeping the Forest Standing
Chief Tapi Yawalapiti, an indigenous leader from the Upper Xingu, shares his personal journey defending the forest, preserving culture, and preparing new leaders. Learn how he keeps culture alive and protects the environment.
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Leyla Noriega: Speaking for Territory, Culture, and Community
A tribute to Leyla Noriega, Aymara journalist, grassroots communicator, activist, and co-founder of Radio AYNI. Through her story and our collaboration on All We Have Is Us, we celebrate her voice, her work, and the communities and territories she fought to defend.
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Who Are the Rohingya? The Crisis Behind the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Nine years after fleeing genocide in Myanmar, 1.1 million Rohingya refugees remain stateless in Bangladesh. Here’s what’s happening, and why OGA is amplifying their voices.
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The Silent Price of Empathy: Why the Indifference of Others Hurts Us So Much
Empathy is frequently described as a fundamental virtue. It is the engine that drives us to fight for causes, to worry about justice, and to feel the pain of the genocide in Gaza or the urgency of global emergencies. However, we rarely discuss the heavy cost that this virtue demands, especially when it collides with generalized apathy.
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Ailton Krenak: Indigenous Voice, Nature Philosopher, and Guardian of the Earth
Ailton Krenak is the indigenous voice who became the first Immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. His powerful philosophy invites us to postpone the end of the world, challenging anthropocentrism and defending nature as a living organism. Immerse yourself in his history of resistance and the essential ideas of one of Brazil’s greatest thinkers.
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Abbas Al-Faouri: From Displacement to Self-Driven Science, Research, and Astronomical Inquiry
Abbas Al-Faouri shares, in his own unaltered words, a journey from forced displacement to self-driven science, mathematics, and experimental research. From building microscopes with recycled materials to student innovation and astrophysics research, his story shows how curiosity, discipline, and access to knowledge can transcend structural barriers and expand what is possible.
If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.
Lilla Watson (Indigenous Murri Elder of the First Nations of Sahul Continent, 1970)
