Indigenous diplomacy: participation and the agenda of the Indigenous Peoples at the UN (In Person)

"Indigenous diplomacy: participation and the agenda of the Indigenous Peoples at the UN"

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Speaker:

Diego Tituaña, Kichwa Otvalo diplomat, Ecuador.

Commentators:

Pamela Klassen, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program. Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto.

Amy E. Chalán, Kichwa Saraguro student, Harvard College.

Moderator:

Américo Mendoza–Mori, Lecturer in Latinx Studies; Faculty Director, Latinx Studies Working Group, Harvard University.

Presented in collaboration with the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR), Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Canada Program at the WCFIA, Indigenous Solidarity Collective at Harvard Divinity School, and the The Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

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Speaker Bios:

Diego Tituaña has multilateral experience in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and was the Facilitator for the United Nations Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from 2014 to 2019. Under his leadership, the United Nations started two important actions for the indigenous peoples of the world: the process of enhancing their participation at the United Nations and the Proclamation of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. These initiatives seek to combat discrimination, and strengthen identity and the traditional knowledge.

Américo Mendoza–Mori is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in literary, linguistic and cultural studies. His research focuses on Latin American, U.S. Latinx, and Indigenous issues. Mendoza-Mori’s work has appeared in a variety of academic journals, has been presented at the United Nations, and has been featured in The New York Times, a TEDx talk, NPR, BBC. He received his B.A. from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Lima (Peru), and has a Ph.D. from the University of Miami, Florida. Currently, he is the Faculty director of the Latinx Studies Working Group at Harvard’s Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights. 

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