Karol Marocho
Total Liberation Activist
Speaker
(she/her)
About: Latina, mestiza, beautiful, daughter of the Global South. Raised in the depths of the so-called Third World, a dweller of this Pachamama in all her vastness, never asking for permission. A migrant by necessity, not by choice, unlearning every day the habit of softening my tongue to protect white fragility, returning to my roots with intention and without apology.
Political science graduate, trained in civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action. A critical thinker and an abolitionist — unafraid to think and even less afraid to liberate. I don’t apologize for being intense or saying what others barely dare to think.
Presentation — No Liberation Without Decolonization: Rethinking Antispeciesism
This talk takes a critical look at how the animal rights movement often overlooks its own colonial baggage — and why that has to change. We’ll unpack how colonialism shaped the way we treat animals, land, and each other, and why true animal liberation can’t happen without addressing those roots. Blending personal story, political insight, and movement experience, we’ll explore what it means to build an antispeciesism that’s also anticolonial — one that centers justice for all beings. Expect an honest, grounded conversation that calls us in, challenges us, and invites us to rethink how we show up in this work. Because liberation that excludes the land, the people, and the histories we stand on, isn’t liberation at all.
