Conference: Indigenous and Frontline Communities in the Global Struggle for Sustainability
Event Date:
Friday, April 21, 2023 -
1:00pm to 6:30pm
Event Location:
CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall
Indigenous and Frontline Communities in the Global Struggle for Sustainability:
On the Road to COP 28 Dubai (December 2023)
Organizers: Raúl Hinojosa and Charlene Villaseñor Black
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
1 pm
Opening Remarks, Interim Dean Abel Valenzuela, UCLA Social Sciences and Raúl Hinojosa, Chicana/o and Central American Studies
Panel: Global Indigenous and Frontline Viewpoints on Territory and Sustainability, from California to Mexico, Central America, and Central Africa
1:15 Isabel Cruz Hernandez, President AMUCSS (Oaxaca)
1:45 Auguanita Zamora, Lider Purepecha (Michoacan) and Magali Sanchez-Hall (Wilmington)
2:15 Yannick Ndoinyo, Maasai TEST and University of Oxford, UK (Kenya/Tanzania)
2:45 Valentin Lopez, Tribal Chair, Amah Mutsun, Santa Cruz, CA
3:15 Stanley Rodriguez, Professor, Kumeyaay Community College, CA
3:45 Gustavo Sanchez Valle, President Red MOCAF (Mexico and Central America)
Moderator: Charlene Villaseñor Black
4:30-5:45 pm
Concluding Roundtable: Paths to the Future
All speakers, and including Raúl Hinojosa (to speak on COP Dubai)
And Charlene Villaseñor Black on how artists envision the future
Each speaker present for 5-7 minutes on paths to the future, followed by discussion among speakers
Q&A from audience
5:45-6:30 pm
Reception
Registration: naid.center/conference-agenda
Co-sponsored by the North American Integration & Development Center, the UCLA College Division of Social Sciences, the Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, the Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, the Center for Mexican Studies, the Institute for the Environment, the Institute of American Cultures, the Department of Art History, the Bunche Center for African Studies, the Department of History, and the Chicano Studies Research Center.
