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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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 studies, which led her to successfully found Chevere Restaurante, a business focused on serving inclusive, sustainable food.
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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 the Instituto Aritana to protect the Upper Xingu’s forests, rivers, and cultural survival. Tapi is a globally recognized Indigenous leader, blending ancestral wisdom with modern advocacy. His work focuses on regeneration, cultural preservation, and fighting for Indigenous rights and autonomy in Brazil.
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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 sensitive psychological spaces for her people. She uses her voice and story to advocate for justice and collective liberation on a global stage.
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Nego Bispo: The Earth Gives, The Earth Wants — The Meeting of Quilombola Wisdom with Pindorama
“The Earth Gives, The Earth Wants” is Nego Bispo’s manifesto proposing Countercolonialism and Diversality as a response to Euro-Christian Cosmophobia. Enjoy Bispo’s organic knowledge and his deep connection with Pindorama (tupi-guarani indigenous, precolonial name for Brazil).
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Carlinha Yanomami: Where Feminine Ancestral Wisdom Meets Leadership
Carlinha Yanomami is the tireless and fantastic president of the Yanomami Women’s Association Kumirayoma (AMYK), leading with ancestral wisdom in the Amazon. Guided by the spirit of Kumirayoma, she drives essential projects to secure autonomy for her fellow women within their territories, while preserving Yanomami peoples’ traditions.
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)
