Fossil Fuels, Health, and Frontline Indigenous Communities
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Join Harvard Chan C-CHANGE, the FXB Center on Health and Human Rights, the Harvard University Native American Program and The Native American Alumni of Harvard University for a discussion of how we can uplift Indigenous voices and curb the impacts of fossil fuel extraction on frontline communities, featuring a panel of Indigenous leaders and Harvard faculty.
Join Harvard Chan C-CHANGE, the FXB Center on Health and Human Rights, the Harvard University Native American Program and The Native American Alumni of Harvard University for a discussion of how we can uplift Indigenous voices and curb the impacts of fossil fuel extraction on frontline communities, featuring a panel of Indigenous leaders and Harvard faculty.
Indigenous communities have a long history of living with and learning from the environment, but the extraction and transportation of fossil fuels near their communities, along with unjust policies, have put their health and the climate at risk and impacted tribal sovereignty.
Hear from Indigenous leaders Lisa DeVille, who has witnessed firsthand the effects of oil extraction on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota; Kandi White, who has been a leading advocate against fracking and pipeline projects; and Harvard faculty on how we can uplift Indigenous voices and curb the impacts of climate change on frontline communities. The discussion will be moderated by Katherine Todrys, author of the 2021 book Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice.
Visit the event page for more information and the list of panelists. Register in advance.
Contact: flanigan@hsph.harvard.edu