Interest here might be neglible - but I'd particularly recommend
anything from Cecilia Rodriguez
>INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S CONFERENCE BROADCAST VIA THE INTERNET
>
>AUSTIN, Texas. Between May 29 and June 1, the Indigenous Women's
>Network Third Biennial Gathering will be held at Alma de Mujer near Lake
>Travis. Monsterbit Media will broadcast a series of keynote addresses
>>from the conference site. These LIVE Internet broadcasts will feature a
>variety of Indigenous human rights activists from the Americas and the
>Pacific Basin. To listen to these RealAudio broadcasts, point your
>browsers to www.honorearth.com/iwn or monsterbit.com/live.html during
>the hours of the broadcasts.
>
>Titled "Health Solutions for Sustainable Communities," the conference
>keynote speeches will focus on issues critical to the survival of
>Indigenous women. The gathering will stimulate discussion and provide a
>forum for women to share visions, stories, present testimony as to
>conditions, and look to strategies and alternatives to make a better
>future for our families and communities.
>
>IWN was founded in 1985 to support the self-determination of Indigenous
>women, families, communities and nations, in the Americas and Pacific
>basin. Our philosophy of working within the framework of the vision of
>our elders, grounds our strategies with centuries old wisdom and
>encourages us as we prepare for our future.
>
>The schedule for the keynote broadcasts is as follows:
>
>THURSDAY Janet McCloud
>May 29, 10:00 AM Tulalip Elder and Founder of the IWN
>
>FRIDAY Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Igarot
>May 30, 9:30 AM Activist and Educator from the Philipines
>
>SATURDAY Cecilia Rodriguez
>May 31 9:00 AM U.S. representative for EZLN (Zapatistas)
>
>SUNDAY Audrey Shenandoah
>June 1 9:00 AM Eagle Clan Mother of the Onondaga Nation
>
>All times are in Central Daylight Time. Please consult the IWN web site
>for the most current information.
>
>As the Internet partner of the Honor the Earth campaign, Monsterbit
>Media plans to Internet broadcast upcoming campaign events throughout
>the year. These events include keynote addresses from the Indigenous
>Environmental Network's conference to be held in Montana in August, as
>well as a series of benefit concerts with the Indigo Girls in the late
>autumn 1997. For more details about the Honor the Earth campaign, check
>their web site at www.honorearth.com.
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