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SUMMARY:Online | Freedom to Be: Perspectives on the 2022 UN Report on Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Freedom of Religion or Belief
DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n					\n		 \n \nOn Wednesday\, December 6 at 3 p.m. EST\, join the Center for Earth Ethics for Freedom to Be\, a conversation about the intersection of Indigenous issues\, the concept of freedom of religion or belief\, and the climate crisis. This virtual discussion will feature Indigenous voices who will explore how international Indigenous communities are affected by the same extractionist industries\, domination mindset\, and land removal policies that drive climate change. \nConfirmed speakers include Pavel Sulyandziga of the Udege people in Russia\, Laulani Teale of the Kanaka Maoli people in Hawai’i\, and Åsa Larsson Blind of the Sámi Peoples in Sweden. Roberto Múkaro Borrero\, strategic advisor to CEE\, will moderate. CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will introduce and close the program. \nThe conversation will investigate how Indigenous spirituality’s intrinsic connection to the environment and earth can support an ecologically balanced future. \nThis conversation is another in a series of CEE events that build off the 2022 report on Indigenous communities by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. \n  \nConfirmed Speakers: \n \nÅsa Larsson Blind is vice-president of the Sámi Council\, of which she has been a member since 2008\, having served as president from 2017 to 2019. She was the first woman to chair the National Sámi Association in Sweden\, serving from 2019 to 2021. Between 2011 and 2015\, she represented the Sámi Council at the Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat\, while also serving as the Head of Department for the Sámi Council at Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) council meetings. She has been active in several Sámi organizations in Sweden\, including the National Sámi Association (2007-2011)\, the Sámi Educational Center in Jokkmokk (2007-2009)\, and Sáminuorra\, the Sámi youth organization (2002-2007). Larsson Blind was born and raised in a reindeer herding family and holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management and Development from the University of Umeå. \n  \n \nPavel Sulyandziga is the founder and president of the Batani Foundation\, an Indigenous rights organization representing the Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East. In the late 1980s\, he became a leader of the Udege people. Between 2001 and 2010 he served as the first vice-president of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON). Between 2005 and 2010 he performed duties as a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and was a member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights between 2011 and 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. \n  \n \nLaulani Teale is the coordinator of Hoʻopae Peace Project. She is an Indigenous Kanaka Maoli peacemaker\, activist\, musician\, teacher\, artist and writer. She is culturally trained in laʻau lapaʻau (traditional herbalism) and hoʻoponopono (traditional peacemaking)\, specializing in Indigenous health issues related to activism and colonization. She has been a front-line activist in major Kanaka struggles and serves the Kanaka movement in many capacities. She is a cultural bard and haku mele (songwriter)\, training under Liko Martin\, a master bard and long-time force in the Hawai’ian movement. She is a spiritual practitioner involved in the hands-on restoration and protection of sacred places and waters\, as well as a minister and birth worker\, protecting and reviving religious practices of birth\, death\, healing\, aloha ‘āina (love for the land) and sovereignty. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Hawaiʻi School of Public Health.  \n  \n \nRoberto Múkaro Borrero is a long-time advocate for the rights of Indigenous Peoples\, a chief of the Guainía Taíno Tribe\, president of the United Confederation of Taíno People\, and a special advisor for the Center for Earth Ethics. He has a distinguished and diverse background in policy and program development\, and human rights advocacy\, including a specialization on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. He has more than 25 years of experience actively engaging the United Nations system in thematic areas such as sustainable development\, climate change\, the Information Society and the Organization of American States. He served on the staff of the International Indian Treaty Council and the American Museum of Natural History and was a consultant for UNESCO\, UNDP\, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and PBS. A published writer\, an accomplished artist and musician\, he is a member of the Taíno Tribal Nation\, an Indigenous people whose traditional homelands extend through the Greater and Lesser Antilles to the southern tip of Florida. In 2012\, he was traditionally sanctioned a kasike (chief) of the Guainía Taínotribal community.  He has an educational background in communications and cultural studies. In 2013\, Borrero was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from Kayiwa International University\, Kampala\, Uganda. \n  \n \nKarenna Gore is the founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Karenna formed CEE in 2015 to address the moral and spiritual dimensions of the climate crisis.  She is a visiting professor of practice of earth ethics at Union Theological Seminary\, an ex officio faculty member of Columbia University’s Earth Institute\, and an expert in the United Nations’ Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network. She serves on the boards of the Association to Benefit Children\, Pando Populus\,  the Sweetwater Cultural Center and Riverkeeper. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 		\n			\n						RSVP
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/freedom-to-be-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-among-indigenous-peoples/
CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law,Sustainability & Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:Conference | The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Doctrine of Christian Discovery
DESCRIPTION:In the 1823 US Supreme Court decision\, Johnson v M’Intosh\, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote\,”…discovery gave title to government…[and] the sole right of acquiring the soil from the natives.” This decision underpins US property law. Marshall’s deliberate use of the word “discovery” is an intentional reference to 15th-century Catholic papal bulls\, which stated that any Christian who “discovers” a land populated by non-Christians has superior title\, or rights of ownership\, over that land. In essence\, Johnson codifies into US law the principle of Euro-Christian domination over Indigenous peoples. In the most devastating sense\, the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD) legitimized exploitation\, extraction\, and enslavement globally and enshrined these practices as the basis of U.S. property law still cited today as recently as 2005 (in Sherrill v. Oneida) and 2020 (McGirt v. Oklahoma).  \n\n\n\nIn Johnson’s 200th year\, there is an urgent need for global recognition of the decision’s implications as reifying the DoCD and its exploitation of Indigenous peoples and their connection to land\, regarded as a living being (Mother Earth in English.) This conference builds on the history of collaboration at Syracuse University with Indigenous communities across Central New York by expanding dissemination of the pernicious ideologies of DoCD and Johnson\, leading to further repudiation of these ideologies and towards healing and repair.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/conference-the-religious-origins-of-white-supremacy-doctrine-of-christian-discovery/
LOCATION:Syracuse University\, 900 S Crouse Ave\, Syracuse\, New York\, 13244\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Theology
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SUMMARY:Online | Values\, Culture\, Spirituality and Ecosystem Restoration
DESCRIPTION:In support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and global restoration efforts\, the Center for Earth Ethics has hosted a series of high-level interventions and community-based dialogues. These events showcase the importance of incorporating values\, culture and spirituality (VCS) in anchoring and achieving ecosystem restoration. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has helped galvanize broad engagement in protecting\, conserving and restoring the natural world. Its Flagship Initiatives have brought visibility and crucial support to major restoration projects. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will feature members of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board and delve into the multifaceted nature of restoration\, emphasizing that it extends beyond the hectares restored. Crucially\, it involves repairing the relationship between people and the land\, water and air essential for life. The session will also examine methods for meaningfully engaging a community and the role of values\, culture and spirituality in ensuring the success of restoration projects.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/values-culture-spirituality-and-ecosystem-restoration-a-dialogue-with-un-decade-advisory-board-members/
CATEGORIES:Biodiversity & Ecosystem Restoration,Climate & Health,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Educational Initiatives,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Food Systems,Sustainability & Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | "Gu'ahia Taíno: We Speak Taíno"
DESCRIPTION:Join CEE as we celebrate the publication of “Gu’ahia Taíno: We Speak Taíno” by human rights advocate\, consultant\, cultural adviser\, writer\, and artist Roberto Múkaro Agueibaná Borrero. Compiled in collaboration with the United Confederation of Taíno People’s Taíno Language Committee\, Borrero’s classical Taíno dictionary and grammar guide contributes to the important work of Indigenous language preservation. \n\n\n\nThe launch will be held in Room AD30 at Union Theological Seminary\, Broadway at 121st Street\, in New York City. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public\, but guests are encouraged to R.S.V.P. via the link below. \n\n\n\nCopies of the dictionary will be available for sale.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/book-launch-guahia-taino-we-speak-taino/
LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary\, 3041 Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240928T140000
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SUMMARY:Climate Justice Lives Here Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Earth Ethics is excited to participate in the UPROSE “Climate Justice Lives Here” community festival and march on Saturday\, September 28 at Pier 4 in Sunset Park\, Brooklyn. The festival honors frontline communities’ vital role in advancing climate justice\, and marks the end of Climate Week NYC and the 10th anniversary of the historic People’s Climate March. It will feature cultural performances\, poetry readings\, learning circles and art activities. At 5 p.m.\, CEE will facilitate a conversation about faith perspectives on a just transition.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/climate-justice-lives-here-festival/
LOCATION:Pier 4 Brooklyn Army Terminal\, 80 58th Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11220\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Climate & Health,Educational,Educational Initiatives,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement
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SUMMARY:COURSE | "Urban Ecologies\, Environmental Justice and Basic Life Needs"
DESCRIPTION:In April 2025\, CEE Founder and Executive Director Karenna Gore will co-teach a two-day course\, SU 190 – “Urban Ecologies\, Environmental Justice and Basic Life Needs\,” at Union Theological Seminary with Michael Lewis of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. \n\n\n\nCOURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will examine environmental justice through the lens of air\, water\, food\, shelter and community/culture. It will include an overview of the Environmental Justice movement in the United States and case studies of contemporary concerns in the New York City. We will study bioregional climate-related issues such as current and projected increases in heat\, storm surge\, and sea level rise. We will also look into the sources and effects of pollution and seek to understand aspects of access to healthy food\, water and air. We plan to include an optional walking tour and visit with communities who are on the frontlines of these issues.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/course-urban-ecologies-environmental-justice-and-basic-human-needs/
CATEGORIES:Biodiversity & Ecosystem Restoration,Climate & Health,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Food Systems,Sustainability & Global Affairs
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