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Brian Parker
Senior Attorney, Land and Rights
When I first came to the Ecuadorian Amazon in 2009 to work on an environmental lawsuit against an oil company from my home state of California, it became clear to me that we as outside lawyers needed to understand that battles for justice are not about the law, but rather about a community or a Nation’s struggle for power. Since joining Amazon Frontlines and the Ceibo Alliance, I’ve had the privilege to participate in a number of indigenous communities’ struggle for power; listening, learning, and collaborating in any way that I can.
