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First Nations Women to Speak Out in Toronto against Tar Sands

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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TjMaxx Henhawk passed this information on. Read on to learn more about how a Canadian tar sands meeting scheduled for Oct. 27 at the University of Toronto. The women’s tour is sponsored by several organizations concerned with the devastation caused by the massive projects’ degradation of the land.

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Destruction of the extremely important boreal forest, contamination of waterways and the earth, and air pollution are matters of great concern for many people. The First Nations women are determined to inform as many as possible of the massive tar sands projects’ devastating impact upon their culture and their lives. It is important that they be heard as they seek environmental and social justice by providing information on “the most destructive project on earth”.
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger

Eriel, a Dene woman from Northern Alberta’s Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, has travelled extensively. In Britain, she and other women enlightened citizens on their country’s involvement in the tar sands projects through Royal Bank of Scotland investments. Currently employed with the Rainforest Action Network, Eriel is located in Edmonton, Alberta as the Freedom from Oil campaigner for that network. A long-time activist, she is a strong advocate for Indigenous rights in the struggle for environmental justice.

Read more at Suite101: First Nations Women to Speak Out in Toronto against Tar Sands http://www.suite101.com/content/first-nations-women-to-speak-out-in-toronto-against-tar-sands-a300665#ixzz13a9VFeoe

Jodi Rave

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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