Voices
Where we center the narratives that challenge the status quo.
We uplift the authentic, raw, and powerful perspectives from the Global Majority and marginalized communities worldwide.
This is our commitment to decolonizing dialogue: hearing directly from those leading grassroots change.
Find inspiration in their stories, learn from their lived experiences, and join us in championing the diverse chorus shaping a new, equitable future.
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Lilla Watson: Your Liberation is Bound Up with Mine & The Wisdom of Anti-Paternalism
Reconnect with the amazing Aunty Lilla Watson, as OGA Voices celebrates the enduring legacy of this Murri elder, one of the First Peoples of the Sahul Continent. Grounded in her…
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Lubna Ahmad: For Ameer. For My Mother. For Dr. Refaat — Writing as an Act of Love and Defiance in Gaza
Palestinian writer Lubna Ahmad shares a heart-wrenching testimony from Gaza, detailing the loss of her mother and eight-year-old brother. She views her writing, inspired by Dr. Refaat Alareer, not just…
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Asmaa Rashed: From Survival in Syria to Transforming Girls’ Education Through Storytelling
Discover Asmaa Rashed, a Syrian storyteller and activist empowering refugee girls through education. Her journey from war and displacement to creating “Haya Lenakra — Let’s Read” is one of resilience…
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Juliana Gomes: The Power of Indigenous Art and the Resistance of Jaguatirika
Discover the power of Juliana Gomes, aka Jaguatirika, whose indigenous and ancestral art brings OGA’s visual identity to life. Explore how her journey, which echoes from the Cerrado to the…
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Sahar Kishta: The Vanishing Echoes and Eternal Hope of the Qeshta Neighbourhood
Sahar Kishta shares a poignant journey through the Qeshta neighbourhood in Rafah, Palestine, a place once defined by family laughter and vibrant markets, now silenced by destruction.
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A-yá Kukamíria: I Am Majé, The Voice of the Waters and Ancestral Healing
A first-person account by A-yá Kukamíria, an indigenous woman from the triple border between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru — Majé, healer, midwife, blessing practitioner, herbalist, and shamanic psychoanalyst.
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Gema Soto: The Journey From Hunger to Healing
Meet the incredible Gema Soto, a Venezuelan refugee who fled extreme hardship to São Paulo, Brazil. After a period of struggle and hunger, Gema found inspiration and purpose through gastronomy…
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Chief Tapi Yawalapiti: Guardian of the Upper Xingu Legacy
Tapi Yawalapiti is the Chief and Guardian of the Upper Xingu Legacy, carrying forward the mission of his late father, the revered Chief Aritana. He leads the Yawalapiti people and…
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Ashira Darwish: Healing as Resistance
Ashira Darwish is a Palestinian trauma healer and activist who embodies healing as an act of resistance. Having survived severe torture and detention, she founded Catharsis Holistic Healing, pioneering culturally…
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)
