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March 24, 2011
Lane peace symposium on water justice and indigenous rights April 15
Community event on water justice and indigenous rights features Winnemem Wintu tribal chief Caleen Sisk-Franco and headman Marc Franco, Takelma Indian elder Agnes Baker Pilgrim, water justice activist Debbie Davis of the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Teresa Huntsinger of the Oregon Environmental Coalition, and Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy.
EUGENE, OR– The Lane Peace Center's fourth annual peace symposium, "Water for Life, Not for Profit," will be Friday, April 15. The symposium will be held at the new Longhouse at Lane Community College main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue, Eugene. This event is free and open to the public.
There are three sessions:
- 10-11:30 a.m. – "Water and Indigenous Rights," doors open at 9:30 a.m.
- 1-2:30 p.m. – "Water Justice: Local and Regional," doors open at 12 p.m.
- 6-9:30 p.m. – "Water for Life, Not for Profit," main session, doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The symposium features Winnemem Wintu tribal chief Caleen Sisk-Franco and headman Mark Franco, Indian activists working to protect their homelands and return the Winnemem's sacred salmon to the McCloud River.
Other keynoters include:
- Agnes Baker Pilgrim, Takelma Indian Elder, member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, on the “Sacredness of Water”;
- Debbie Davis, policy director of the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water in Oakland, California, on “Water Privatization, the Bottled Water Battle, and Water as a Social Justice Issue”;
- Teresa Huntsinger, Clean Rivers program director of the Oregon Environmental Council, on ‘Water and Justice in Oregon”;
- Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, on “Water Issues in Eugene and Lane County.”
Suggested donation for the symposium and reception is $10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds go directly to support the work of the Lane Peace Center.
Complete information is available online at: http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/peacecenter/
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Media Contact: Stan Taylor, Lane Peace Center, 541 463-5820 or taylors@lanecc.edu
