This Indigenous land defender stood against a mining giant trying to exploit her people’s land in the Amazon — and won. Alessandra Korap Munduruku is now being recognized for her work as an environmental protector in Brazil, where protecting the land can be deadly.

Settlers need to understand that Indigenous people know way more about them than they know about Indigenous peoples. We see you at your best. We see you at your worst. Our collective assessments of colonial society are based on 1000x more data points than your ideas about us.

“My father didn’t know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slave master. The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery.” —Malcolm X

There were uncontrollable sobs in my chest as I stood at Peez’uh near Pee-hee-mm-huh (Thacker Pass) where it’s being dug up for North America’s largest lithium mine. Indigenous Peoples whose ancestral territories this is that I interviewed, do not want their lands sacrificed to

On this day in 1972, Reporters exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment — a secret study to examine the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men. American medicine has been built upon the abuse of black people with no oversight. A THREAD!

Last chance📢 High school students in #YYC, register NOW to join Wes Hall, D.U. & Larissa Crawford (She/Elle) this Thursday July 27th at the Calgary Central Library. Children First BlackNorth Initiative & United Way of Calgary and Area are hosting a youth-led #SocialImpact lab on anti-Black racism! #BeTheChange

You have got to be kidding. The definition of “major crimes” is in fact MAJOR crimes like murders, rapes, armed robberies not spray paint. No wonder there are so many missing Indigenous women. Winnipeg Police only cares about thin blue line? #thinblueline #copgames #cdnpoli #mmiwg

Wee-One lays at the entrance of the Savage Patch Indigenous resistance camp where police are expected to raid at any time. She is Pacheedaht and these are her ancestral territories. The land defenders are working to stop rare old growth forest from being logged by company Teal

This is what Indigenous activists laboured for decades to prevent. It is the inevitable outcome of settler colonialism, which seeks to exploit the land to death. My heart goes out to all Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, & settlers can get fucked.

Now in Inuvik, NWT a wildfire is 17 km away. Talked to my uncle up there this morn and he says ashes were falling on his vehicle. Hasn’t been a wildfire near there for almost 50 years. People from Old Crow, Yukon are being evacuated to Inuvik from wildfires. Inuvik is on

Racial justice is climate justice. We can’t have justice for the planet without justice for people. Larissa Crawford (She/Elle) in conversation with Oxfam Canada #climatejustice

Saturday is Odihi's Bigger Ideas Conference in New West, bringing together leaders, thinkers & innovators dedicated to advancing women’s education & careers progression. @lauras106 Tricia-Kay Williams, M.A. RCC Maxine Cunningham Nuria Sefchovich (she/her) Vee Kativhu Larissa Crawford (She/Elle) miss604.com/2023/08/odihi-…

Our FINAL plenary Black Futures: Insights for our Teams’ is happening now! Moderated by Njoki Mbũrũ with: ✅ Everton, Impact Signal ✅ Larissa Crawford (She/Elle), Future Ancestors Services Inc. ✅Julius Lindsay, David Suzuki FDN ✅ Nicholas Marcus Thompson, Black Class Action Secretariat ✅ Dela Wilson, Axle Impact Studio

“I place so much emphasis on understanding the actions and inactions of our ancestors because that can really help us situate ourselves in space and time, where we can then acknowledge how our actions and inactions are shaping the future.”- Larissa Crawford (She/Elle) , Future Ancestors Services Inc.

#FollowFriday - Larissa Crawford (She/Elle), a proud Métis and Jamaican descendant, is a published Indigenous, anti-racism, and climate justice researcher. As the founder of Future Ancestors Services, she leads with a vision of systemic barrier removal and ancestral accountability.

Ss St. Rita School are presenting Canadian activists & sharing their important messages w their peers! I love learning from my Ss! #ocsbDeepLearning Autumn Peltier, Water Advocate Larissa Crawford (She/Elle) Cindy Blackstock Michaëlle Jean

Mme Seguin St. Rita School Autumn Peltier, Water Advocate Larissa Crawford (She/Elle) Michaëlle Jean Honoured to be in this company🧡

There is a scarcity of resources, and you need to collaborate . Be in a relationship with communities and take steps to be respected. Tattiyana Larissa Crawford ♥️ #ses23

The Student Energy Summit 2023 kickstarted powerfully with a conversation about #justenergytransition Larissa Crawford stole my heart when she said that to achieve a just transition, we need to acknowledge that injustices happened in the past and are still happening.