Presented By: Center for Campus Involvement
Social Justice Speaker: Winona LaDuke
Building a Green Economy: Indigenous Strategies for a Sustainable Future
In partnership with Native Heritage Month and the National Center for Institutional Diversity, the Center for Campus Involvement's Social Justice Speaker Series presents:
Building a Green Economy: Indigenous Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Keynote Speaker: Winona LaDuke
”‹Date: Monday, November 11, 2013
Location: Rackham Amphitheatre
Doors open at 6:00pm
”‹Reception to follow in the Michigan League, Michigan Room
Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally acclaimed author, orator and activist who has devoted her life to protecting the lands and life ways of Native communities. She is founder and Co-Director of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for native environmental groups. With Honor the Earth, she works nationally and internationally on issues of climate change, renewable energy, sustainable development, food systems and environmental justice.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit http://ncid.umich.edu/events/laduke.shtml
Presented with support from the King”¢Chavéz”¢Parks Visiting Professors Program and the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
Co-sponsors: Native American Studies Program, Department of American Culture, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, School of Social Work, Department of Women’s Studies, Center for the Education of Women
Building a Green Economy: Indigenous Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Keynote Speaker: Winona LaDuke
”‹Date: Monday, November 11, 2013
Location: Rackham Amphitheatre
Doors open at 6:00pm
”‹Reception to follow in the Michigan League, Michigan Room
Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally acclaimed author, orator and activist who has devoted her life to protecting the lands and life ways of Native communities. She is founder and Co-Director of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for native environmental groups. With Honor the Earth, she works nationally and internationally on issues of climate change, renewable energy, sustainable development, food systems and environmental justice.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit http://ncid.umich.edu/events/laduke.shtml
Presented with support from the King”¢Chavéz”¢Parks Visiting Professors Program and the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
Co-sponsors: Native American Studies Program, Department of American Culture, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, School of Social Work, Department of Women’s Studies, Center for the Education of Women
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