Pricey Cultural Survival Group,
I needed to share with you some information about an thrilling transition taking place at Cultural Survival in 2024. After practically 4 and half years because the Government Director of Cultural Survival, I will probably be transitioning on the request of the Securing Indigenous Peoples Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition‘s Government Committee to tackle management on the Coalition.
Over the previous 4 and a half years, Cultural Survival has been a house to me as I took on my first position as an government director. By this time, I’ve been honored to work in relationship with inspiring Indigenous leaders and communities across the globe as we supported them by way of grantmaking, advocacy, communications, and capability constructing. I really feel optimistic that I’m handing off my government position at Cultural Survival in an excellent place financially and with expanded employees measurement and expertise to suit the present wants and programming of the group.
As we enter 2024, the world’s consideration is targeted on a inexperienced vitality transition and I really feel known as to dedicate my full vitality to addressing the rising strain Indigenous Peoples face from extractive business by way of the work of the SIRGE Coalition. Cultural Survival is a founding member of the SIRGE Coalition and has performed a serious position in stewarding the Coalition in its progress. With a extra centered management position on the SIRGE Coalition, and with the assist of Cultural Survival, we are going to work collectively to deal with the urgent threats going through Indigenous Peoples and the planet all of us share.
My final day as Cultural Survival Government Director will probably be February 19, 2024. Our Deputy Government Director, Mark Camp, has humbly agreed to step up and tackle management because the Board conducts the seek for my successor.
I wish to thanks, as a member of the Cultural Survival neighborhood, for sharing your dedication, assist, and vitality in advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples worldwide throughout my management. Cultural Survival is doing wonderful work on the earth guided by its mission of supporting Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience. The work is extremely seen and appreciated by many: our companions, our communities, our funders, our Elders, and the bigger world community.
I’m excited concerning the path forward and I stay up for persevering with the work alongside you and Cultural Survival on this motion.
Galina Angarova (Buryat)
Government Director
Pricey Cultural Survival Group,
Please be part of me in sending Galina a large amount of gratitude, aloha, and optimistic energies as she transitions from her position as Cultural Survival’s Government Director into her upcoming management position with the SIRGE Coalition, and in celebrating with gratitude all she has completed in these previous 4 and a half years!
Galina has been a dedicated, devoted, and expert chief who has led Cultural Survival to the place it’s as we speak, as a acknowledged and revered group within the Indigenous rights motion. Galina spearheaded many efforts within the progress, improvement, and success of the group and led us to better horizons and greener pastures. Beneath Galina’s distinctive management, our employees measurement doubled from 20 to 41 and our price range elevated from $2.5 million in 2019 to $9 million in 2024!
Simply months into her place, the world was rocked by the worldwide pandemic. Galina steered our work with grace and calm, making certain that Cultural Survival was capable of pivot in the direction of offering pressing COVID-19 response to Indigenous communities in danger. Relatively than shrink our work throughout the pandemic, we expanded, stepping as much as serve these in want by way of public well being messaging in Indigenous languages, small grants to communities, and assist for native radio stations that had been coordinating info.
On the identical time, Galina led Cultural Survival by way of a strategic planning course of, refining our work into 4 methods of Advocacy, Grantmaking, Communications, and Capability Constructing, engaged on 5 programmatic priorities of urgency and significance to Indigenous communities which embrace Indigenous ladies and youth; local weather change options; Indigenous neighborhood media; lands and livelihoods; and language and cultures.
As well as, she initiated the formation of the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights within the Inexperienced Financial system (SIRGE) Coalition, which has grow to be her new centered calling and is an important space of advocacy for Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
We can not thank Galina sufficient for her unwavering dedication, dedication, ardour, and the motivation she has given Cultural Survival over the previous 4 and a half years, and want her luck in her new endeavors. We stay up for working alongside Galina as a member of the SIRGE Coalition. Galina’s management leaves an enduring affect on Cultural Survival and she’s going to all the time be part of the Cultural Survival family tree and historical past.
Our Deputy Government Director, Mark Camp, will tackle management within the interim as seek for Galina’s successor. Over the subsequent few months, we will probably be conducting a search to seek out Cultural Survival’s new Government Director and the job announcement will probably be posted quickly.
Thanks on your continued dedication and unwavering assist.
Kaimana Barcarse (Kanaka Hawai’i)
Chair of Board
