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Time (PST)/Date | Wednesday May 1, 2024 | Thursday May 2, 2024 | Friday May 3, 2024 | |
Session 1 | 9:00-10:30 | Opening Session Presenters: Marnie Atkins (College of the Redwoods), David Cobb (US Solidarity Network), Tony Silvaggio (Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Sociology), Native Roots Network | Democratizing the Economy Presenters: Neil McInroy, Trinity Tran, Lydia Lopez Moderated by Emily Kawano | Art and Activism Presenters: Michelle Hernandez, Sakura Saunders (Beehive Collective), Chris O’Moore, Kwame Braxon (Cooperation Jackson), Dana Lyons |
Session 2 | 11:00-12:30 | Framing Panel: What is Meant by Decolonization? Moderated by Native Roots Network | People’s Network for Land & Liberation Presenters: Kali Akuno, Edget Betru, Blair Evans, Michelle Eddleman McCormick | Decolonization and the Law Presenters: Lauren Van Schiflegarde, Anthony Cook, Mele Moniz, Mohit Mookim |
Session 3 | 1:00-2:30 | Solidarity Economy 101 Presenter: Emily Kawano | Decolonizing Restoration & TEK/Traditional Ecological Knowledge Presenters: Ali Meders-Knight, Mel Figueroa, Phil Albers (Save California Salmon), Brook Thompson | Making Land Back Real Presenters: David Cobb, Michele Vassel |
Session 4 | 3:00-4:30 | Civil Liberties Defense Center Session Presenter: Lauren Regan | Role of Media in Decolonizing Presenters: Tom Llewellyn, Joseph Orozco, Levi Rickert (Native News Online), Laura Flanders (American Public Television), Mark Winston Griffith | Rou Dalagurr: Food Sovereignty & Food Justice Projects Presenters: Karley Rojas, Julia Dunn, Chelsea Ríos Gómez, and Delaney Schroeder-Echavarria |
Session 5 | 5:00-6:30 | Decolonizing Finance Presenters: David Cobb, Ruben Hernandez, Elizabeth Garlow, Steph McHenry | Unions are the Mycelial Network of the Environmental Movement Presenters: Erica Panther, Mireille Bejjani, CJ Garcia-Linz, Rae Lee, Danny Noonan | What Is To Be Done? Presenters: Nick Cortez, Kali Akuno, Mary Hooks, Joe Guinan (The Democracy Collaborative) |