Shifting Terrains: How Indigenous Women Are Shaping the Climate Justice Conversation
Join us for a gathering and film screening at the International Documentary Association in honor of the first LA Climate Week! We are thrilled to speak with Indigenous Earth/Life protectors about how they use media to integrate gender, racial, and climate justice in defense of life.
Keisha N. Knight, IDA Director of Funds & Advocacy and Natalia Guerrero, US Program Manager for WITNESS will be in conversation with Lucía Ixchíu (Black Indigenous Liberation Movement-BILM Coordinator and Festivales Solidarios) and Prairie Rose Seminole (Co-Director of We Ride For Her).
Location:
3600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1810
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Short-Films Screening:
Cura De La Tierra, 8min, Directed by: Andrea Ixchíu & Federico Zuvire (Guatemala)
We Ride For Her (2023) 18 min, Directed by Prairie Rose Seminole & Katrina Lillian Sorrentino (U.S.)
Featured Speakers:
Film Director (North Dakota) @msprairierose
Prairie Rose Seminole - Northern Cheyenne, Arikara and Dakota. Seminole is an educator, organizer, culture bearer and storyteller. She is the Co-Director of the film, We Ride For Her- a short documentary on the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. Seminole has served on the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, Midwest Advisory Board, and the Fargo Human Relations Commission.
She currently serves on the Olamina Fund Advisory Board, the Midwest Innocence Project Board, Gender Justice US and Humanities ND and chairs the ND Native Caucus. Prairie Rose has been a part of efforts, institutions, and organizations that have seeded, supported, and strengthened public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement on local, state, and national levels. Prairie Rose grew up in North Dakota and is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of ND on the Fort Berthold Reservation. She lives with her partner, their 7 dogs and 10 horses in White Shield, ND.
Black Indigenous Liberation Movement Coordinator (Guatemala) @luciaixchiu @festivalesgt
K'iche, tree of the Forest, anti-patriarchal, journalist and indigenous storyteller (Mayan in exile) Indigenous coordinator @blackindigenousliberation and coordinator for international advocacy in Festivales Solidarios.
RSVP
This event is open to IDA Members and LA Climate Week guests. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP is required, as spots are limited on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 70 registrants.
Metered street parking is plentiful in the neighborhood, or unhosted parking is available at the building. (Access from Kingsley Drive.) Note that our office is a scent-free workspace.
We look forward to seeing you there!