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SOS // STRATEGIES of SOLIDARTY

& PROFESSORS OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE

Module overview:​
In this module of online video-based learning you will meet a selection of Professors of the Lived Experience (PLE) to whom you wish to be of service. These leaders are from three separate, but linked, experiences of crimes against human rights in Central and South America. You will be in the privileged position to receive feedback from frontline communities and find answers to the practical requests that they have made. Through self-reflection and self-analysis, as well as consultation with existing solidarity networks, you as an active agent in the field of conflict will have to decide where and how you are best placed to help secure justice. This module will challenge you to identify your unique power and privileges, as well as ask you to discern how to channel them to their highest potential.

Topics Covered:

  • The infrastructure of colonisation and modern day analysis of its perpetuation from the colonised perspective

  • Mexico: Extreme consequences of systemic gender-based violence and the role of NGOs 

  • Colombia: Forced displacement and the genocidal consequences of extractivism 

  • Costa Rica: The role of the EU / UN / World Bank in REDD+ and conservation as a modern day tool of colonisation

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As taught by the Professors of the Lived Experience:

  • Juana Villalobos Castro and the Mothers of Victims of Femicide in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico

  • Jakeline Romero and Indigenous Wayúu / Afro-Colombian activists resisting the expansion of the Cerrejón Coal Mine in la Guajira

  • Emmanuel Buitrago and the Indigenous Bribri activists resisting REDD+ in Costa Rica

 

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learning to listen to what is being asked of you in situations of solidarity 

  • Developing your skills of self awareness and understanding you area of expertise 

  • Implementing direct actions in response to real life solidarity requests

  • Examining the benefits of learning from Professors of the Lived Experience

  • Real life levels of complexity and engagement in the defence of Human Rights 

1

WATCH THE INTERVIEW

Listen to people who are living the human rights injustice explain what they are going through.

2

UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING ASKED

Take note of how they are asking you to join their struggle.

3

ANALYSE YOUR POTENTIAL TO ACT 

Ask yourself which of their requests, if any, you are well suited to get involved with.

4

TAKE ACTION

Contact the person to let them know what you can be of assistance with and begin a meaningful relationship in the defence of human rights. 

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