“Native Sovereignty, Decolonization, Divestment, Reparations and Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the Intersections”
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What: Washington State University Vancouver’s Native Programs and the Collective for Social and Environmental Justice are hosting their fourth annual Social Justice Conference on the theme of “Native Sovereignty, Decolonization, Divestment, Reparations and Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the Intersections.”
Featuring panels on:
- Salmon Scam: Criminalization and Exoneration of Native Fisher People
- Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge (ITECK): Decolonizing Academia and Nurturing Healthy Futures Through First Foods and Plant Relatives.
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous People: Fossil Fuels, Man Camps, and a Case for Divestment, Reinvestment, and Reparations.
- Indigenous/Black Solidarity: From AIM and the Black Panthers to Standing Rock and the George Floyd Uprising
- Speaking to the Gap: Health Disparities and Mortality in Indian Country
- With a screening and discussion of "Atomic Bamboozle" with former Columbia Riverkeeper board member Cathy Sampson-Kruse.
When: April 21-22, 2023.
How: Free to attend via Zoom, RSVP required.
Washington State University’s 4th Annual SJCON
Interdisciplinary Social Justice Conference
