'Opposing Kavanaugh' by Lisa DeVille

Opposing Trump's Nominee, Brent Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court Justice

By Lisa DeVille

Mandaree, North Dakota

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On Tuesday September 4, 2018 the Senate Judiciary Committee began Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings.  Kavanaugh is Trump's nominee for U.S. Supreme Court.  Republican committee members showcased him as the most distinguished and experienced choice for the lifetime position.  On September 4-5, 2018 Walter and I were invited by League of Conservative Voters to express opposition on Brent Kavanaugh in Washington DC to a few Senators and Indian Affairs Senate Committee.

Pe Sla, Black Hills, Prayer Gathering Sept. 15, 2018

Watch WECAN Women's Assembly on Climate Justice in San Francisco

Watch the four-part livestream of the WECAN Women's Assembly for Climate Justice, in San Francisco on Tuesday. Indigenous women from the frontlines speak on panels with global women climate leaders.
Videos now on Facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/WECAN.Intl/

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now speaks about independent media as  a sanctuary of dissent -- "the thing that will save us."
Goodman speaks of the Water Protectors of Standing Rock, and the militarized police who brutalized them.
"They unleashed dogs on the Water Protectors ... but still they stood their ground."
The Democracy Now video of the dog attack was viewed 14 million times.

Program

WECAN International video Women Rising for the Earth - Call To Action and Orientation with Emily Arasim and Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

Welcome to the land with Corrina Gould, (Ohlone) Spokesperson of the Confederated Villages of              Lisjan,Co-Founder of the Sogorea Te Land Trust, Co-Founder of Indian People Organizing for Change

Opening remarks Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

Panel One: Indigenous Women Speak from the Frontlines of Climate Change

Kandi Mossett - (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara) Lead Organizer on the Extreme Energy & Just Transition Campaign with the Indigenous Environmental Network

Nina Gualinga - (Kichwa) Leader Pueblo of Sarayaku, Ecuador

Wanda Culp - (Tlingit) Artist and forest defender, and Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Regional Coordinator in the Tongass, Alaska

Pennie Opal Plant - (Yaqui & undocumented Choctaw & Cherokee) - Co-Founder of Idle No More SF Bay, Co-Founder of Movement Rights, and Signatory on the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty

 

Keynote by Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice and former President of Ireland

Panel Two: Women’s Strategic Analysis, Policy and Advocacy for Systemic Change and Climate Justice

Jacqueline Patterson - Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Environmental and Climate Justice Program

Bridget Burns - Co-Director of the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Morissa Zuckerman - Representative with Sunrise Movement

Antonia Juhasz - Energy author, investigative journalist and analyst, specializing in oil

Musical Presentation by María De Lime Dorsey

Panel Three: Women’s Leadership and Solutions in Facing Impacts of Climate Change  1

Dr. Gail Myers - Agri-Cultural Anthropologist, Co-Founder of Farms to Grow, Inc., and co-initiator of the Freedom Farmers Market

Amira Diamond - Co-Director of the Women's Earth Alliance (WEA)

Elizabeth Kaiser - Regenerative farmer, Owner/Operator of Singing Frogs Farm

Miriam Nobre - Representative of World March of Women in Brazil, and member of the technical team of SOF (Sempreviva Organziação Feminista)

Karina Gonzales (Women Speak Coordinator) and Emily Arasim (Communications Coordinator) Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

Poetry by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner - Poet and Co Founder of Jo-Jikum, Marshall Islands - and reading of a statement from Her Excellency President Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

Rights of Nature for Systemic Change in Climate Solutions

Shannon Biggs - Co-Founder of Movement Rights

Osprey Orielle Lake - Founder and Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network  (WECAN) International

 

Panel Four: Women’s Leadership and Solutions in Facing Impacts of Climate Change  2

Michelle Cook - (Diné) Human rights lawyer, and Founder and Co-Director of the Divest, Invest, Protect campaign

Doria Robinson - Executive Director of Urban Tilth, Representative of the Climate Justice Alliance

Neema Namadamu - Founder of SAFECO/Hero Women Rising, and Women's Earth and Climate Action Network  (WECAN) Regional Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Crystal Huang - Coordinator of Energy Democracy National Tour and Founder of CrossPollinators

Keynote by Miriam Cisneros  (Kichwa) President of Pueblo of Sarayaku, Ecuador with translation and presentation by Leila Salazar-Lopez, Executive Director, Amazon Watch, United States

Call to Action for the Protection and Rights of Defenders of the Land

Valéria Paye Pereira - (Tiriyó and Kaxuyana) Member of Executive Coordination for APIB (Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) in Brasília/DF

Musical Presentation - Pat Humphries and Sandy O of  Emma’s Revolution

Recap of the day, Call to Action document, and introduction of final presentations

What Is This Moment In The Climate Movement And What Actions Are Most Needed

Casey Camp Horinek - (Ponca) Ponca Nation Council-Woman, and Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International Advisory Council Member

Jacqueline Patterson - Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Environmental and Climate Justice Program

Amy Goodman - Host and Executive Producer of Democracy Now!

Eriel Deranger -  (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation) Executive Director and Co-Founder of Indigenous Climate Action, Canada

PHOTOS WECAN CLIMATE JUSTICE ACTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO ON MONDAY

Women's Assembly for Climate Justice -- San Francisco Sept 11, 2018

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Dear Friends and Allies, September  Women's Assembly For Climate Justice: Women Leading Solutions On The Frontlines Of Climate Change (September 11) WECAN International is organizing and hosting the 'Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Women Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change', an extraordinary gathering of women leaders from across the United States and around the world, joined in solidarity to speak out against environmental and social injustice, draw attention to root causes of the climate crisis, and present the diverse array of visions and strategies with which they are working to shape a healthy and equitable world. Please join us! Tuesday September 11th from 1:00 to 8:30 pm  at The Green Room (second floor)  401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, California Details and tools to share available via the WECAN International webpage and Facebook Events This event is free and open to the public -  Please click here to RSVP to attend the Assembly  * This event will also be available for allies worldwide via Facebook livestream * FEATURING: Corrina Gould - (Ohlone) Spokesperson Confederated Villages of Lisjan, Co-Founder of the Sogorea Te Land Trust, and Co-Founder of Indian People Organizing for Change Pennie Opal Plant - (Yaqui & undocumented Choctaw & Cherokee)  Co-Founder of Idle No More SF Bay, Co-Founder of Movement Rights, and Signatory on the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty Her Excellency President Hilda C. Heine - President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Honorable Mary Robinson - President of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, and former President of Ireland Annie Leonard - Executive Director of Greenpeace USA Casey Camp Horinek - (Ponca) Ponca Nation Council-Woman, and WECAN International Advisory Council Member Amy Goodman - Host and Executive Producer of Democracy Now! Jacqueline Patterson - Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Environmental and Climate Justice Program Gloria Ushigua - (Sápara) President of the Association of Sápara Women, Ecuador Kandi Mossett - (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara) Lead Organizer on the Extreme Energy & Just Transition Campaign with the Indigenous Environmental Network Eriel Deranger - (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation) Executive Director and Co-Founder of Indigenous Climate Action, Canada Samai Gualinga - (Kichwa) Communications Director for the Pueblo of Sarayaku, Ecuador Michelle Cook - (Diné) Human rights lawyer, and Founder and Co-Director of the Divest, Invest, Protect campaign Neema Namadamu - Founder of SAFECO Hero Women Rising - Maman Shujaa, and Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Regional Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo Antonia Juhasz - Energy author, investigative journalist and analyst, specializing in oil Wanda Culp - (Tlingit) Artist and forest defender, and Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Regional Coordinator in the Tongass, Alaska Valéria Paye Pereira - (Tiriyó and Kaxuyana) Member of Executive Coordination for APIB (Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) in Brasília/DF Dr.Gail Myers - Agri-Cultural Anthropologist, Co-Founder of Farms to Grow, Inc., and co-initiator of the Freedom Farmers Market in Oakland, California Miriam Nobre - Representative of World March of Women in Brazil, and member of the technical team of SOF (Sempreviva Organziação Feminista) Leila Salazar-López - Executive Director of Amazon Watch Bridget Burns - Co-Director of the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) Shannon Biggs - Co-Founder of Movement Rights Elizabeth Kaiser - Regenerative farmer, and Owner/Operator of Singing Frogs Farm in Sebastopol, California Doria Robinson - Executive Director of Urban Tilth, and Representative of the Climate Justice Alliance Amira Diamond - Co-Director of the Women's Earth Alliance (WEA) Crystal Huang - Coordinator of Energy Democracy National Tour and Founder of CrossPollinators Morissa Zuckerman - Representative of Sunrise Movement Karina Gonzalez - Women Speak Program Coordinator for the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Emily Arasim - Communications Coordinator for the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Osprey Orielle Lake - Founder and Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network International advocates, grassroots, Indigenous, and frontline women leaders, and policy-makers, will discuss topics including the intersectionality of gender and environment; Indigenous rights; the just transition; women and forest protection and regeneration; fossil fuel resistance efforts; women and agro-ecology/soils; democracy; environmental racism; and women's leadership and calls for action within a climate justice framework. This dynamic public Forum is being presented in parallel to the the Global Climate Action Summit in California. A list of key calls to action from Women For Climate Justice will be presented to the leadership of the GCAS the day after the Women's Assembly For Climate Justice!  RSVP here - Learn more here - Share here Click here to donate! March With Women For Climate  Justice Contingents At The Rise  For Climate March (September 8) Art by Christi Belcourt Women, girls, and allies are invited to join a diverse coalition of women's groups, climate justice organizations, and others - to organize and march together as a part of 'RISE for Climate, Jobs and Justice'. On September 8th, a 'Women For Climate Justice' contingent will take action at the march in San Francisco, California - and everyone is also encouraged to organize independently as 'Women for Climate Justice' in home regions across the U.S. and GLOBALLY! Learn about how to take action with Women For Climate Justice  via Facebook Events and the Peoples Climate March Women For Climate Justice Hub Page Download and explore a TOOLKIT of RESOURCES  for organizing as Women For Climate Justice Please consider making a donation to support WECAN International's continued work  for climate justice, and women's leadership at the forefront of all decision making and  solutions-building. For the Earth and All Generations, The Women's Earth and Climate Action Network  (WECAN) International Team