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HISTORY
Juma Institute starts way back, when velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla.
1982 – WE FIRST STARTED OUR WORK
1985 – RECOGNIZED BY THE AGDA
1995 – GROW TO OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS
2010 – BECAME PART OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
2015 – BECAME A GLOBAL VOLUNTEER
The Juma institute was created in October, 2020. The vision was born out of the lifetime fight initiated with the implementation of the Belo Monte hydroelectric by the founder, Juma Xipaia.
The scope of the environmental, cultural and territorial destruction of this endeavor, combined with the corruption and the co-optation process of indigenous and non-indigenous leaders were met with strong resistance by Juma, at the time, a teenager indigenous leader in the frontlines of the movement against the construction of the hydroelectric.
In 2019, the Amazonia Centro do Mundo event in Altamira, allowed for a reunion and understanding between the various social movements after 10 years of division, culminating in their re-articulation at a regional, national and international level. At this event, Kayapó chief Raoni Metuktire demonstrated his full support for the Juma’s struggle, as an inspiration to the indigenous female leaders of the Middle-Xingu.
Achievements
- Participant in the Liberate the Future Movement: Climatic Emergency Laboratory, 2020
- Secretary of the Academic Medicine Center (CAMED), at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) – Campus Altamira, 2018/2020
- Director of the Association of Indigenous Students (APYEUFPA), at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) – Campus Altamira, 2018/2020
- Chief of Tukamã village for a term of two years – first woman Chief of the Middle Xingu region
- Worked at the Coordination for Indigenous Organizations in the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB)
- 32nd Chico Mendes Medal of Resistance Nominee/ 2020: Indigenous Women of the Middle Xingu in the fight against high impact projects in the Amazon
- Participated in several actions on Indigenous Rights in governmental and non-governmental organizations, in Brazil and in other countries around the world, to raise awareness about the rapid devastation of rivers, environment and climate change.
- First Xipaya to speak at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN-Commission on Human Rights) in Switzerland in 2018.
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