Puyr Tembé lives and works in the Amazonian city of Belém, a bustling metropolis of 2 million people known as the “Gateway to the Amazon.” She has endured racism, prejudice, and has greatly missed her daughters and grandchildren who live in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory, to fight for the defense of Indigenous people in Brazil. As an activist and leader on the front line of the Indigenous people’s movement, she’s dedicated her life to encouraging Indigenous involvement at the city, state, and federal level throughout Brazil and the world. “It’s a duty of indigenous people to occupy spaces of power, to decide our lives.”
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union
SDSU
San Diego, CA
Tuesday, November 19 - 2:00 PM
