The State of Our Planet Today & Building an International Climate Justice Movement
The State of Our Planet Today
& Building an International Climate Justice Movement
WEBINAR!
Speakers from Brazil, Peru, New Zealand, and Canada! | Q&A
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
5pm Pacific (Vancouver)/8pm Eastern (Toronto)
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V59Qs7QvRpK5crgmWNqypQ
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/255944159073194
The Covid-19 pandemic has reminded us of our interconnected humanity and of our delicate balance with nature. The fact that smoke from recent wildfires in California choked skies in British Columbia before reaching 8000km away to Europe was also a very real reminder of our interconnection.
Our climate justice struggles in BC have impact beyond Canada’s borders, just as those fighting across the globe greatly impact us as well. Join Climate Convergence as we bring organizers from around the world to learn from each other's movements and struggles, and how we can build a truly international movement to defend our lives and planet. Our future and our planet depend on it!
Featuring:
FRANCISCO KELVIM ~ Brazil
Francisco is a member of the national coordinating body and international relations collective of the Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens - MAB (Movement of People Affected by Dams). Francisco is a climate justice organizer in the state of Rondônia, Brazil in the Amazon rainforest.
JHONATAN ERIK RODRIGUEZ MACUYAMA ~ Peru
Jhonatan is an independent artistic-cultural promoter, Amazonian poet and fervent activist for the environment and the rights of Amazonian Indigenous people. He is currently the President of the Civil Association School of Amazon Art and Cultures and lives in Iquitos, a city in northern Peru.
ALISON BODINE ~ Vancouver, Canada
Climate Convergence organizer, journalist, author and researcher with a focus on environmental, Latin American and immigration issues. Most recently, Alison's articles have been published internationally by Venezuelanalysis, Global Research, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), Common Dreams, Orinoco Tribune and Counterpunch.
AND another speaker from New Zealand to be announced!
Event will be chaired by THOMAS DAVIES, Climate Convergence organizer who will also give an update on the struggle for climate justice here in British Columbia in the context of the upcoming provincial election.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This event takes place on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
*** Please contact us if you have technical questions about Zoom, or challenges participating! ***
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