Protect the Earth Agenda
Saturday August 1st
Workshops, Dance and Music: Northern MI University, Whitman Building, Whitman Commons (Rooms 122 and 124), and West Science Building, Mead Auditorium, Marquette, MI, 12-4 pm and 6-8 pm (See Details Below)
Workshop Speakers Include, Saturday 12-4 pm, Whitman Building, Whitman Commons, Rooms 122 and 124:
Lorraine Rekmans: Serpent River First Nation (Uranium Mining)
Al Gedicks: University of LaCrosse WI, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Author and Filmmaker (WI Grassroots Multicultural Movements)
Laura Furtman: Author (Pollution at Kennecott’s Flambeau Mine, WI)
Stuart Kirsch: Anthropologist, University of MI (Indigenous Movements, Papua New Guinea)
Eric Hansen: Writer and Traveler (The Upper Peninsula, A Spiritual Homeland)
Lee Sprague: Sierra Club Clean Energy Campaign Manager and Former Ogemaw of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Mike Collins: Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition
Tim DeChristopher: University of Utah student, Oil and Gas Drilling
Music 12-4pm Throughout Workshops and 15 Minute Breaks, Whitman Building, Whitman Commons Room:
Victor McManemy: Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, Musician
Skip Jones: Wisconsin Folksinger, Educator and Social Activist
Music and Dance:Whitman Commons, 6-7:30pm
Megan Tucker: Anishinaabe Fancy Shawl and Hoop Dancer
Bobby “Bullet” St. Germaine: Ojibwe Folksinger
Movie demo: Mead Auditorium, New Science Facility NMU: 7:40-8:00pm
“Yoopers vs. Giant Mining Corporation”, NMU Mead Auditorium, Right Across from the Whitman Building, 7:30-8 pm
Sunday August 2nd
Walk to Eagle Rock (2 miles): Meet and Park at the Clowry Trail, Follow the Signs from County Rd. 510, 10:30 am
Bring your blueberry pails! (Rides will be provided back to your vehicles, and if you cannot walk the two miles please meet at Eagle Rock for lunch and speakers at 12pm) (Also, see directions below)
Lunch,Speakers,Ceremony: Eagle Rock, 12-2pm
Fred Ackley, Fran Van Zile, Jerry Burnett: Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa
Jessica Koski: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Sacred Sites)
Lee Sprague: Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Al Gedicks: WI Resources Protection Council
Eric Hansen: Traveler, Author
Lorraine Rekmans: Serpent River
Bobby “Bullet” St. Germaine: Lac du Flambeau
Kenn Pitawanakwat: Manitoulin Island
Tom Williams: Lac Vieux Desert
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