On World Water Day – March 22, 2017 – the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) is bringing together an incredible group of Indigenous and women of Color leaders based in the US, US-occupied territories, and Tunisia for an official side event at the 61st United Nations Commission the Status of Women (CSW). Panelists will discuss the climate crisis, economic empowerment, and the human right to water from the perspective of Southern, Black, Indigenous, and Global South communities.
Moderator: Rosalee Gonzalez, Co-Coordinator of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas, North Region; and USHRN Board of Directors
Hosts:
- Colette Pichon Battle, Executive Director of US Human Rights Network
- Ife Kilimanjaro, Senior Director of Network Engagement, US Climate Action Network
Panelists:
- Naeema Muhammad, Organizing Co-Director of NC Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN)
- Catherine Coleman Flowers, Director for the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise (ACRE)
- Chief Caleen Sisk, Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief of the Winnenem Wintu Tribe
- Sarah Toumi, Founder of Acacias for All
March 22, 2017, 10:30 AM – Noon, UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza #8G, 2nd Floor Conference Room, New York, NY 10017
For more information, to register online or watch the livestream: Click Here!
