Campaigns

CAMPAIGNS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND COLLECTIVE ACTION

Earth Daughters leads campaigns that address climate justice, land and water protection, Indigenous sovereignty, and the rights of displaced communities. Our work spans from grassroots mobilization to international advocacy, amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, elders, and youth. We collaborate closely with other Indigenous-led and allied organizations, building coalitions that unite local struggles into powerful collective action. Through these partnerships, we share resources, strategies, and platforms to create lasting, systemic change that uplifts all our communities.

Seeds That Travel: Stories of Climate Displacement

Seeds That Travel: Stories of Climate Displacement is an Earth Daughters campaign inspired by the teachings of Growing Papaya Trees. The book reminds us that climate displacement lives in our memories, our bodies, and our lineages — and that movement never severs who we are.

This campaign uplifts Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities whose lives are shaped by rising seas, wildfires, extractive industries, drought, and forced migration.

It honors families rebuilding kinship networks after relocation, communities replanting traditional foods in new soils, and youth carrying ancestral languages into unfamiliar geographies — echoing the papaya tree’s resilience.

“Displacement is not the loss of home. It is the reminder that we carry home within us, like seeds waiting for the right soil.”

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AI & Indigenous peoples: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures

Earth Daughters is launching a campaign to educate on how AI impacts Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and culture. We aim to raise awareness of its risks—bias, appropriation, inequities—and its potential to preserve languages, protect knowledge, and bridge digital divides.

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Earth Daughters stood in solidarity with campaigns demanding justice for Indigenous women like Juana Alonzo Santizo, a Mayan Chuj migrant who spent over seven years in a Mexican prison without trial. Detained while migrating to the U.S., Juana was accused of kidnapping, tortured, and coerced into signing a confession she could not understand because the charges were never translated into her language. Her release in 2022, after relentless advocacy, underscored the systemic racism, language barriers, and human rights violations Indigenous women faced in migration and detention systems. Our campaign work amplified these cases, mobilizing alongside allied organizations to demand accountability, legal protections, and freedom for those unjustly imprisoned.

LAND RIGHTS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

This campaign highlights how returning land to Indigenous stewardship is essential for addressing the climate crisis. It explores land as identity, culture, and power—not just a resource—and calls for climate policies that confront land dispossession while uplifting Indigenous sovereignty and knowledge.

HONORING JAKELIN CAAL

Earth Daughters joined calls for accountability and systemic change following the 2018 death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, a Q’eqchi’ Maya girl who died of sepsis while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody. Jakelin’s death exposed the inhumane conditions faced by Indigenous migrants—lack of medical screening, unsafe shelter environments, and denial of basic necessities. We also helped fundraise for her family, ensuring they had financial support during this tragedy. Our campaign work amplified her story alongside allied organizations to demand humanitarian standards, independent investigations, and policies that protect the health and dignity of asylum-seeking families.

Eco-colonialism

Eco-Colonialism Campaign challenges the false narrative that all “green” projects are inherently just or sustainable. It spotlights how renewable energy, mining, and conservation initiatives—when driven by profit and imposed without consent—can replicate colonial exploitation, displacing Indigenous peoples and damaging ecosystems. Through education, storytelling, and advocacy, the campaign calls for climate solutions grounded in Indigenous sovereignty, consent, and ecological care.

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