Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 1:00-2:30PM EDT / 10:00-11:30AM PDT / 11:00AM-12:30PM MDT / 6:00-7:30PM BST & CMT / 7:00-8:30PM CEST / 8:00-9:30PM EEST & IDT
Today’s International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma webinar is held in observance of World Environment Day, June 5th. Today’s panelists represent North American tribal initiatives to reclaim and protect their Indigenous lands and cultures threatened by harmful laws and practices. Their local and regional efforts focus both on implementing traditional sustainable environmental practices and on demanding systemic changes that respect their sovereignty. Ultimately, they aim at healing multigenerational wounds.
Speakers:
Chase Iron Eyes
Director of the Lakota Peoples Law Project, Chase was raised on Standing Rock Indian Reservation. He earned his undergraduate degree from University of North Dakota and his JD from University of Denver School of Law. Charged with a felony for inciting a riot at the historic #NoDAPL struggle, he called into question our global economic reality. Chase is an Itancan within the Wanagi Oyate (Ghost Nation), a spiritual discipline of the Lakota nation.
Robyn Jackson, Executive Director, Diné C.A.R.E.
Is Tó’áhaní (Near the Water Clan). She is from the Navajo Nation. Robyn’s experience includes research, community organizing, & organizational management in environmental justice issues related to environmental health, forest conservation, sustainable food systems, & renewable technologies in the Southwest. She is also pursuing a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Northern Arizona University.
Cody Diabo, Ratsénhaienhs (Council Chief)
Mohawk of Kahnawà:ke, Cody is committed to addressing environmental issues and raising voices of indigenous communities impacted by environmental degradation. He believes indigenous peoples should have jurisdiction over protecting their own lands. Cody is responsible for governing the Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office, which played a pivotal role in the restoration project on Tekakwitha Island, a decade-long initiative to restore water flow in the bay and naturalize its surroundings.
Moderator:
Dr. Yael Danieli
A Clinical psychologist, traumatologist, victimologist and psychohistorian, Dr. Danieli is Founder and Executive Director of the International Center for the study, prevention and treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma; Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children and Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
