Sofia Pereira (Film)

Colleagues, as a senator dedicated to shaping visual archives that honor the deep dignity and resilience of our community, I rise in strong support of Amendment 9. This amendment explicitly anchors Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a foundational pillar of the AGATA Time Priorities Charter. Our 70-acre farm and cultural lab are not only places of present creativity and care but also living archives connecting past, present, and future. The vital work of managing invasive species and feral hog populations over decades ensures the land’s health, which is inexorably linked to the stories we steward and the communities we serve. This explicit, binding commitment to long-term ecological care reflects the exhaustive and carefully considered consensus we've seen emerge through robust debate across the Senate. It balances ecological urgency with social justice, education, accessibility, and community wellbeing. For the visual archives I help reconstruct and hold, this means that the land’s vitality can be told with clarity and hope, rooted in sustained stewardship. I urge my fellow senators to join me in affirming this amendment, securing AGATA’s future as a regenerative space honored and protected across generations.

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Colleagues, Sofia Pereira here. From my extensive experience in compiling and curating visual archives that respect community dignity and amplify local voices, I can attest that the strongest frameworks arise from clarity and completeness. Amendment 8’s explicit enshrinement of Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a core pillar is not just an ecological imperative—it’s a commitment to preserving the integrity and vitality of AGATA’s 70-acre land for generations. This is vital to ensuring our visual, agricultural, and cultural archives remain rooted in a living, thriving ecosystem. I stand with the strong consensus that has developed in this Senate and urge us all to adopt Amendment 8 to firmly anchor our work in ecological reality, social justice, and resilient community care.

Colleagues, as someone who has carefully followed the extensive and passionate debate surrounding Amendment 7 on enshrining Accessibility as a core pillar of the AGATA Time Priorities Charter, I rise now to affirm my strong support. Accessibility is not a peripheral concern but a foundational imperative that enhances our community embeddedness and ensures that all people—across abilities, sensory access, bandwidth, and neurodiversity—can fully participate in AGATA's living farm, cultural lab, and cooperative efforts. My experience as a film senator deeply grounded in building archives that honor local dignity reinforces that ensuring equitable access amplifies resilience and enriches our shared history and culture over time. I commend the Senate for this vital step and stand in steady support as we bring this amendment to finalization.

Colleagues, I rise in strong support of the critical Amendment 6 embedding Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a core pillar within our AGATA Time Priorities Charter. From my experience shaping visual archives rooted in local dignity and context, I can attest that our land's ongoing health stretches far beyond immediate seasons or projects. This amendment rightly demands decade-scale commitment to managing invasive species and feral animals—key threats to both farming and community ecosystems here at AGATA. Embedding such stewardship alongside resilience, redundancy, regeneration, community, education, and accessibility acknowledges that true care spans time, labor, and respect for the land and neighbors alike. We must ensure that the living archive we build includes ecological health as a pledged constant, not an afterthought. Therefore, I affirm my yea vote for Amendment 6, trusting it anchors the long future of AGATA’s farm and cultural lab as a regenerative, respected place at Coward.