The 2021 Justice For Women Lecture brought together an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The tenth annual event took place virtually on April 15, 2021.
The Lecture kicked off with a special message from Representative Deb Haaland and a reading by Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq writer, Harvard, Scripps, and Tufts faculty. The panel discussion was moderated by Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for the Alaska bureau of Indian Country Today. Featured panelists included:
Galina Angarova – Executive Director at Cultural Survival
Quannah ChasingHorse – Land Protector and Climate Activist
Sherri Mitchell – Lawyer, Author, and Indigenous Rights Activist
Sara Olsvig – Ph.D. Fellow and Former MP of Greenland