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DESCRIPTION:Join the Climate Reality Project on August 11 at 11 AM PT (2 PM ET) for a 
 webinar to hear from some incredible leaders on the front lines of the 
 climate justice movement. \n\nRSVP: 
 https://climaterealityproject.org/learn/spotlight-on-indigenous-leadership\n\nFrom 
 the Lumbee Nation elders instrumental in stopping the Atlantic Coast 
 Pipeline to the Standing Rock Sioux protestors risking everything to block 
 the Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous activists have led the fight against 
 fossil fuels and for a truly just transition to clean energy across the 
 US.\n\nFor this episode of Spotlight On, we’ll hear from four Indigenous 
 activists who’ve been on the frontlines of this fight and learn from 
 their perspectives on what it means to work for environmental and climate 
 justice.\n\nWebinar Guests:\n\nDonna Chavis, a member of the Lumbee Tribe 
 of North Carolina and an activist with over 40 years of service. Her work 
 includes serving as a member of the planning committee of the First 
 National People of Color Leadership Summit in 1991 that developed the 
 principles of environmental justice, working today as senior fossil fuels 
 campaigner with Friends of the Earth US, and fighting the Atlantic Coast 
 Pipeline.\n\nJorden Revels is a member of the Lumbee Tribe who has been an 
 active environmental justice advocate for his community since he first 
 heard about the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline during his freshman year 
 of college. Today, Jorden works with several local and country-wide 
 organizations, including Friends of the Earth International and Carolina 
 Indian Circle to bring awareness about fossil fuels and other environmental 
 issues.\n\nBeth Roach is chair of the environmental issues committee of the 
 Nottoway Indian Tribal Council in Virginia. She is the co-founder of the 
 Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, which works to keep ancestral seeds alive 
 and to rebuild culture and food security in native communities. She is also 
 chair of the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice and a trained 
 Climate Reality Leader.\n\nBii Gallardo is from the Apache and Yaqui 
 nations and is 19 years old. They attended the North Hollywood High School 
 Zoo Magnet and is currently attending Pasadena City College where they are 
 president of the Living Culture Intertribal Student Collective and majors 
 in sociology. Bii is a former youth advisor of the Los Angeles County 
 Department of Public Health where they worked as an educator in the 
 community. Bii is a Core Team Member for the International Indigenous Youth 
 Council Los Angeles Chapter where they manifest their passions such as 
 climate change, social justice rights, and building relations with the 
 land, into community work. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/04/18835673.php
SUMMARY:Indigenous Leadership in the U.S. Environmental and Climate Justice Movements
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/04/18835673.php
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