Encuentro de Activismo

This past September, Amnesty International Field Worker, Crystal Giesbrecht attended Encuentro de Activismo, a gathering of activists in Mexico City.  The Mexican section of Amnesty International sponsored this gathering welcoming delegates from North and South
America.  Some of the delegates were surprised to learn that indigenous peoples in Canada are often under the same kinds of pressures and coersion as indigenous peoples in developing countries when resource extraction plans don't take into account the needs of the people who are living in the midst of this "development".