Hello there!
Next Tuesday night just keeps getting better! Nina Simons, President and Co-Founder of Bioneers will also be joining us as a special guest. Reserve your seat here.
We look forward to seeing you!
Amira, Caitlin, and Melinda
Women's Earth Alliance
WEA's Fall 2009 Event Series
Event 2: The North America Women and Land Initiative
Tuesday, October 13th, 7PM
The David Brower Center
Featuring...
    
Wahleah Johns, Executive Director, Black Mesa Water Coalition, WEA International Advisory Board
Vien Truong, Senior Policy Associate, Green for All
Caitlin Sislin, Esq., Advocacy Director, WEA's Women and Land Initiative
with a musical performance by Adrienne Maree Brown, Executive Director, Ruckus Society and a special guest appearance by Nina Simons, President and Co-Founder of Bioneers.
Doors 7:00 pm, Program 7:30 pm
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA 94704
$15 in advance, $18 at the door
For tickets, click here. Activist tickets are available!
Join us to hear Wahleah Johns of the Black Mesa Water Coalition in conversation with Vien Truong of Green for All about the recent historic Navajo Green Jobs victory and the national green jobs movement.
WEA Advocacy Director, Caitlin Sislin will share the work of WEA's Women and Land Initiative, uniting legal and policy advocates with indigenous women environmental justice leaders for sacred sites protection, energy justice and environmental health.
Special thanks to our Promotional Partners Earth Island Institute, Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, Global Exchange, HUB Bay Area, and Sacred Land Film Project. And thanks to our event sponsors GreenHome.com and Back to Earth Organic Catering!
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WEAving the Worlds Fall 2009 Conference Call Series
Call 2: San Francisco Peaks: Legal Advocacy for Sacred Sites Protection
Featuring...
Jeneda Benally (Diné), Save the Peaks Coalition
Howard Shanker, Esq., Attorney for the Save the Peaks Coalition and principal, The Shanker Law Firm, PLC
Moderated by Caitlin Sislin, Esq., Advocacy Director for WEA's Women and Land Initiative
Join us for a discussion of the Save the Peaks Coalition's just-filed lawsuit against the United States Forest Service, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Callers will learn about the history of legal action in this case, what the Ninth Circuit's en banc decision means for sacred sites protection in the U.S., and the Coalition's allegations under NEPA.
Northern Arizona's majestic San Francisco Peaks are sacred to thirteen Native American tribes, and hold unparalleled cultural and environmental significance in the region. Operators of the Snowbowl Ski Resort on the Peaks propose to spray the ski area with artificial snow made of treated sewage effluent. Such an act would cause unprecedented desecration of these holy mountains, threatening the spiritual foundation of the tribes and interfering with cultural life ways. In response, members of the Save the Peaks Coalition sued the United States Forest Service on a variety of grounds. After litigating the issue twice in the Ninth Circuit, where an en banc panel overturned the favorable earlier decision of a three-judge panel, plaintiffs were denied certiorari from the United States Supreme Court.
The call will last one hour and will be recorded for archival purposes.
Women's Earth Alliance certifies that this activity has been approved for 1.0 hour of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.
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