INDIGENOUS WOMEN leaders from the Philippines, Latin America and coast to coast in Canada will speak about the impacts of RESOURCE EXTRACTION on their communities and their critical role in DEFENDING COLLECTIVE RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
HEAR from:
Alma Brooks, grandmother, Maliseet Grand Council, Wabanaki Confederacy, Atlantic region
Gloria Chicaiza, Acción Ecológica, Ecuador
Jacinda Mack, First Nations Women Advocating for Responsible Mining (FNWARM), BC
Viviane Michel, president, Quebec Native Women
Elana Nightingale, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Beverly Longid, Indigenous Peoples Movement of Self-Determination and Liberation, Philippines
The session will be moderated by Jennifer Henry, Executive Director, KAIROS
And DISCUSS proposals for collective STRATEGY and ACTION.
• a session with English, French and Spanish translation
Organized by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Pauktuutit: Inuit Women’s Association of Canada, Quebec Native Women (QNW), First Nation Women Advocating for Responsible Mining,( FNWARM), Maliseet Grand Council, Accion Ecologica (Ecuador) and International Peoples Conference on Mining (IPCM) in the Philippines.