“It is important to stress: the fight is not just ours. Preserving the environment and our history is in everyone's interest.”

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Sandra Maria da Silva Andrade (sahn-drah mahr-ee-ah dah sill-vah ahn-drah-day)

leader Minas Gerais

IMAGE SOURCE: IACHR. “Confronted in an international audience, government is evasive in response to violations of quilombola rights.” Terra de Direitos. 14 Feb. 2019. | TEXT SOURCE: Sandra Maria da Silva Andrade. “The quilombola mission.” Conaq.org.

IMAGE SOURCE: IACHR. “Confronted in an international audience, government is evasive in response to violations of quilombola rights.” Terra de Direitos. 14 Feb. 2019. | TEXT SOURCE: Sandra Maria da Silva Andrade. “The quilombola mission.” Conaq.org.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Vale do Ribeira is the last remaining Atlantic Forest continuous area in Brazil. It is not by chance that there are about 50 quilombola communities in the region… Quilombo preserves, preserves quilombo!”

QUOTE QUESTION: What fights are not just yours?

IMAGE CONTEXT: Speaking as representative of the National Coordination for the Coordination of Black Rural Quilombola Communities (Conaq) at the 171st session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

IMAGE QUESTION: Who speaks for the human rights of your People?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an article in the Quilombola Communities website. The photo is s from testimony before an international human rights commission.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What organizations faithfully represent your People in their media messages?

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