Q'orianka Kilcher's speech - Brower Youth Awards 2007

Q'orianka is an enthusiastic filmmaker and actress of Peruvian ancestry who has used her celebrity to draw attention to pressing human rights and environmental injustices. Of special concern to her was Los Angeles based Occidental Petroleum, which was responsible for pumping some 800,000 barrels of toxic wastewater containing contaminants such as cyanide, arsenic, lead and mercury into the Corrientes river basin in the Peruvian Amazon. The Achuar are one of several Amazonian communities that depend on the river basin for drinking, fishing and bathing, and they have been on the frontlines of conflict for 35 years. On a trip to Peru to promote a recent film, Q'orianka directed her publicity and media attention towards the plight faced by Achuar. She invited indigenous leaders to participate in a red carpet event, toured the impacted communities and conducted interviews with affected peoples for a documentary, collaborated with U.S. based campaigners Amazon Watch, and met with employees of oil companies to request that they tour the impacted area.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• brower
• youth
• award
• Peru
• Achuar
• Occidental
• Petroleum
• oil
• addiction
• global
• warming

[ninaraura]

Dear Q'oriaka:Never Again our voices will be silenced; Never Again we will feel shame about our Quechua, Aymara, Awajun, Wambis (and others) heritages; Never Again we will feel shame speaking our native language; Never Again our voices will be silenced with the use of force, violence or guns, or pervasive racism; and No One will prevent us to search and demand for Life, Truth and Justice. Millons of young Andean Indigenous peoples are proud of you.

[klichin]

Way to go Q´orianka!It´s cool to see peruvian blood really making a difference!Arriba el Peru! and Let´s go World!

[sapodotroposo]

@inka7yupanqui

Que malasangre eres, esta muchacha esta usando su fama para darle enfoque a injusticias y luchas indigenas y de pueblos pobres! Que sea famosa, joven y de origen mixto no significa que su sentido de responsabilidad no sea sincero.

[sapodotroposo]

Excelente, Q'orianka Kilcher!

[marraf2001]

Buen video...

[LEPLJ]

@basiliscom Shut the hell up. Tu no sabes nada!!!! Are you even Peruvian? Are you even indeginous. She is fighting against a President who doesn't know anything.... Like you!!! You are a coward. A waste!!!

[basiliscom]

Hipocrita, usa a los indigenas para ganar fama.

[arydny]

she is wonderful!!!! i can feel how proud she is of being a Peruvian! love to my brothers and sisters from peru! <3

[matacabros22]

india de mierda... actriz fracasada.

[Pamdemar]

..... ni al caso contigo... sigue con tu cuento

[inka7yupanqui]

@Pamdemar Calla huenona ignorante. Para empezar esta sra. KILCHER es mas ALEMANA que indigena. Ella se hizo la ridicula en venir aqui disfrazada de princesa amazonica cuando ella nunca a vivido aqui.... y ni habla las lenguas nativas.... y ni castellano...tampoco JAJAJA que estupida esta oriaka KILCHER. Pura propaganda para sus seudo orgullo y pobre actrizulla de pacotilla. Shut Up Ok, .