Watch Native Peoples Assembly at the US Social Forum http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7877863 Broadcast by Earthcycles at the US Social Forum Detroit on Thursday, June 24, 2010
DETROIT HEALING WALK, 9:30-4:00, Saturday. Meet at Cobo Hall lower level. Rides provided to Fort Wayne, a burial site of Indigenous Peoples. Ceremony and 5-mile walk for healing and sharing. Refreshments provided along walk. Closing ceremony back at Fort Wayne at 4pm. Transportation provided back to Cobo Hall. Briefing by Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solon 'Cochabamba to Cancun' WHAT: Briefing by Ambassador Solon "From Cochabamba to Cancun" WHEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:00pm WHERE: Detroit, MI Cobo Hall
. Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network reports from Detroit on Earthcycles Watch on the street report from Detroit about the events at the Social Forum: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7875243 .
North American Indigenous Peoples Developing Solutions at US Social Forum Contact: IEN NPR (Native People Reporting) Media Team Cell: (507) 210-4679 indigenous.environmental.network@gmail.com By Indigenous Environmental Network DETROIT – A multi-generational delegation of Indigenous Peoples from North America have arrived in Detroit, Michigan this week to join other social justice movements at the United States Social Forum (USSF), a large gathering of diverse leaders developing powerful solutions to the economic and ecological crises we face. The delegation is comprised of Native American, Alaskan Native, and First Nation activists and leaders from the communities most affected by climate change and fossil fuel development in North America. They represent many Nations including Cree, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Ojibwe, Kachiquel Mayan, Pasqua, Dakota, Navajo, Yup’ik, Swinomish, Mohawk, Oneida, Spokane, Colville, Couer d’Alene, Zuni, and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Read more: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/north-american-indigenous-peoples.html
Detroit, Rising from the Ashes By Jeff Conant If Detroit has come to represent post-industrial devastation and the efforts of grassroots communities to build and rebuild with hope and dignity, then Detroit’s waste incinerator, one of the largest in the world, is profoundly symbolic of the city’s plight, and serves as a crucible for the climate justice movement. This is why its been chosen as a target for action on Saturday, the last day of the U.S. Social Forum. Read article: http://climatevoices.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/detroit-rising-from-the-ashes Detroit's Social Forum: Hope in a Crisis Ben Ehrenreich The Nation "Welcome to the D," said Kwamena Mensah in a resounding baritone on Tuesday morning. It was the first day of the 2010 US Social Forum and Mensah, president of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, was standing before a circle of about 65 activists to open a workshop on the thriving local urban agriculture movement. Mensa's group and Earthworks, a predominantly white urban farming group, combined what had originally been scheduled as two separate workshops in order to discuss their efforts to navigate complex and often painful racial dynamics in order to work together. Read article: http://www.thenation.com/article/36615/detroits-social-forum-hope-crisis
Slide show photos by Brita Brookes, Jerry Fisher and Orin Langelle
Bineshi Albert (Euchee and Ojibwe) is from Oklahoma and now makes her home in Albuquerque. The mother of three children is a founding member of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Youth Program. She currently serves as an organizer for Center for Community Change, which aims to establish and develop community organizations across the country, bring attention to major national issues related to poverty, and help insure that government programs are responsive to community needs.
