Lottie Cunningham Wren

Lottie Cunningham Wren (born 1959) is a Miskito Nicaraguan lawyer, environmentalist, and Indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua.^[1]

Lottie Cunningham Wren
Lottie Cunningham Wren in 2021
Born	(1959-09-29) September 29, 1959 (age 65) Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua[1]
Occupation	Indigenous rights lawyer
Organization(s)	Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua
Awards	Right Livelihood Award (2020)
Website	cejudhcan.wixsite.com/cejudhcan

Cunningham was born on September 29, 1959, in the village of Bilwaskarma, located on the Rio Coco, Nicaragua.^[1]

Cunningham founded the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.^[2] In 2019 she received the Paul K. Feyerabend Award,^[3] and in 2020 she received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," for her work defending the rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples to their land.^[4]

References

1. "Lottie Cunningham Wren". Right Livelihood. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. Diez, Georg (December 3, 2020). "Nicaragua's Indigenous People face a humanitarian crisis". Fair Planet. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
3. https://www.pkfeyerabend.org/en/2019/10/01/english-lottie-cunningham-2019-paul-k-feyerabend-award/
4. "Lottie Cunningham Wren (Nicaragua)". The Right Livelihood Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-10.