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“Breaking the Silence: Beginning the Healing”
THURSDAY MAY 10TH 2012 @ 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. UN CHURCH CENTER, 777 UN PLAZA, 44th st. & 1st av.
A parallel event during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues sponsored by The Gray Panthers and co sponsored by the following NGOs: Congregation de Notre Dame, International Presentation Association, Flying Eagle Woman, Longhouse Treaty Nations, The New Seminary, UNANIMA-International, and YEWEMBA.
A “TALKING CIRCLE” to address issues of ecological, social, and spiritual abuses sustained as a result of domestic policies and practices affecting Indigenous women and children . The goal is to facilitate a consciousness of healing in future conversations.
SPEAKERS:
VI WAGHIYI, Environmental Health & Justice Program Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
DR. CHUN-FENG JOY LIN, Director, National PingTung University of Education, Indigenous Education and Research Center
SARAH EAGLE HEART, Missioner, Indigenous Ministries Mission, Episcopal Church
THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROF. GALINA KRASSKOVA AND PROF. CHUNG HYUN KYUNG and is free and open to the public. A light fare will be served from 12:45 -1:15 p.m.
“Breaking the Silence: Examining Intersectionality”
FRIDAY MAY 11TH 2012 @ 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. 13th Floor Conference Room
2 U.N. PLAZA, 44th st. btwn 1st av. & 2nd av. (north side; across the street from UNICEF)
sponsored by The Gray Panthers and co sponsored by International Presentation Association, Flying Eagle Woman, Longhouse Treaty Nations, The New Seminary, Congregation de Notre Dame, Council of Indigenous Peoples, ROC, UNANIMA-International, and YEWMBA
A “ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION” on the intersectionality of ecological abuses, trafficking in human persons, loss of culture-work and spirituality, and sustained intergenerational trauma in the lives of Indigenous peoples.
SPEAKERS:
VI WAGHIYI, Environmental Health & Justice Program Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
DR. CHUN-FENG JOY LIN, Director, National PingTung University of Education, Indigenous Education and Research Center
SARAH EAGLE HEART, Missioner, Indigenous Ministries Mission, Episcopal Church
MAURA McCARTHY, UN Representative, International Presentation Association
AKIWA GIZZEL, International Administrative President, YEWMBA, Head Chief, Longhouse Treaty Nations
Please join us in recognizing the wonderful work of these three honorees presented with our
Social Justice Awards:
- Senator Bernie Sanders: long time champion of human rights, sponsor of the Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act
- Margaret Flowers, M.D.: advocate for single payer health care, congressional fellow with Physicians for National Health, organizer of National Occupy Wall Street, DC
- Fernando Torres-Gil, Ph.D.: leader on aging, Director of the Center for Policy Research on again at the School of Public Affairs, UCLA, and associate dean of academic affairs, professor of social welfare and public policy
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2012 National Gray Panthers, 1319 K St. NW Ste. 302, Washington, DC 20004.
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Jack Kupferman
Co-Convener
Gray Panthers, NYC Network
Tel: (917) 535 0457; email: jkupferman@aol.com
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