Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

Michele Noble/2018/23 min/Energy, Water, Social Justice, Health, People & Cultures

FILM DESCRIPTION: In 2016, Indigenous youth unite the Native Nations and rise up in spiritual solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline. These young Native Leaders honor their destiny by leading a peaceful movement of resistance which awakens the world.

This film will follow “District 15.

Both films will be preceded by the 3-minute film "Fighting for Environmental Justice: The Health Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border" by Ilan Jinich, winner of the Sally Stovall Award for Activism in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest.

Sunday, March 14, 3 to 5:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time

Tickets available to U.S. viewers only.

Please stay for a post-film discussion with:

Facilitator Kyra Woods, Clean Energy Organizer + Ready for 100 Chicago Coordinator, Sierra Club

Panelists:

  • Anjali Nayar, Director, District 15

  • Michele Noble, Director, Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

  • Angela Tovar, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago

  • Naomi Davis, Founder and President, Blacks in Green

This event is sponsored by:

Environmentalists of Color

Race Conscious Dialogues

Garfield Park Conservatory

Senate President Don Harmon

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