Webinar | Indigenous Women on Covid-19 & Fossil Fuel Resistance
Apr 14, 2020 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Indigenous Women of North America, Turtle Island on the Frontlines: COVID-19 and Fossil Fuel Resistance
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
1:00pm PT/4:00pm ET USA Time
**Please check your own time zones to participate**
REGISTER AT THIS LINK: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wucu-sqj8r7_U3J2jRldrG8RqY2vNmLA
The call will be held over Zoom and streamed live to Facebook. Please join us on Zoom to participate in the discussion. To ensure the safety and security of our participants and speakers we ask that you register for this webinar. If you need support registering or have any questions, please be welcome to reach out to katherine@wecaninternational.org
This is part of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) ongoing Advocacy and Solutions Series:
A Just and Healthy World is Possible. https://www.wecaninternational.org/online-trainings-network-calls
ABOUT
At this moment, Indigenous communities are experiencing the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also facing ongoing fossil fuel extraction and pipeline struggles. Across North America, Turtle Island, tribes, as well as communities of color, are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 due to a lack of resources and health disparities brought on by centuries of colonial policies and environmental racism. As Indigenous communities come together to protect those most vulnerable, governments and fossil fuel companies are grossly taking advantage of this time to push forward with pipelines and extractive projects that will only further exacerbate the issues Indigenous communities are already facing.
During the webinar, Indigenous women leaders will discuss how COVID-19 is impacting their communities and how oil and gas pipelines are being fast-tracked in their lands at this time of crisis— violating Indigenous Rights and further putting Indigenous women at risk. In this wide-ranging discussion, presenters will share calls to action, stories and wisdom, immediate needs of their communities, community-care practices, and the latest updates from various campaigns and resistance movements, focusing on Keystone XL, Line 3 and Coastal GasLink pipelines, and tar sands extraction.
Indigenous women are vital defenders of the living Earth, and they are standing up to protect human rights, Indigenous sovereignty, healthy communities, cultural knowledge, biodiverse ecosystems, water, forests, and our climate. This is a critical time to stand with courageous Indigenous women leaders, support their calls to action, and to learn from their resistance efforts as well as their essential healing knowledge, and how to make our way through these times and reconnect with Nature.
Speakers include:
Freda Huson (Chief Howihkat), Unist’ot’en – Wet’suwet’en People, Leader and spokesperson for the Unist’ot’en camps resisting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Faith Spotted Eagle (Tunkan Inajin Win), Dakota and Nakota Nations within the Oceti Sakowinan, Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines resistance leader
Tara Houska, Couchiching First Nation Anishinaabe, Tribal Attorney and Founder of Giniw Collective, Line 3 pipeline resistance leader
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger , Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action, Tar Sands extraction resistance leader.
Moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN).
Full bios can be found on our website: https://www.wecaninternational.org/online-trainings-network-calls
