California Miwok hosts Elouise Brown, resistance to coal fired power plant on Navajoland
Event Date: Friday March 19, 2010
Location: California Valley Miwok Tribe, 10601 Escondido Pl., Stockton, California 95212
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: California Valley Miwok Tribe, 10601 Escondido Pl., Stockton, California 95212
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Elouise Brown California Speaking Tour:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/03/dooda-desert-rock-california-speaking.html
The California Valley Miwok Tribe proudly presents Ms. Elouise Brown. Ms. Brown’s presentation is in regards to the resistance to coal development on Indigenous land. Ms. Brown will speak in Stockton, CA as a part of her state-wide lecture tour on the current environmental and Native resistance to coal mining initiatives on Indigenous land.
As the Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative controversy continues in Carpinteria CA. Elouise Brown, a Diné (Navajo) Traditionalist and President of the Doodá Desert Rock committee, will speak out about the dangers and the ongoing exploitation of indigenous land and people by energy companies.
This lecture will be held at the Tribal Offices of the California Valley Miwok Tribe 10601 Escondido Pl., Stockton, CA 10:00 am – 1:00 pm on Friday, March 19, 2010
This Event/Lecture is free
BACKGROUND - Doodá Desert Rock - The community of Chaco Rio in the Navajo Nation (SW of Farmington, New Mexico) has been blockading entry to the site of a proposed 1,500 megawatt coal fired power plant since December 2006. Desert Rock would be the third coal plant within a 20-mile radius in a region already suffering from extreme levels of toxic emissions. http://www.doodadesertrock.com/
The California Valley Miwok Tribe proudly presents Ms. Elouise Brown. Ms. Brown’s presentation is in regards to the resistance to coal development on Indigenous land. Ms. Brown will speak in Stockton, CA as a part of her state-wide lecture tour on the current environmental and Native resistance to coal mining initiatives on Indigenous land.
As the Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative controversy continues in Carpinteria CA. Elouise Brown, a Diné (Navajo) Traditionalist and President of the Doodá Desert Rock committee, will speak out about the dangers and the ongoing exploitation of indigenous land and people by energy companies.
This lecture will be held at the Tribal Offices of the California Valley Miwok Tribe 10601 Escondido Pl., Stockton, CA 10:00 am – 1:00 pm on Friday, March 19, 2010
This Event/Lecture is free
BACKGROUND - Doodá Desert Rock - The community of Chaco Rio in the Navajo Nation (SW of Farmington, New Mexico) has been blockading entry to the site of a proposed 1,500 megawatt coal fired power plant since December 2006. Desert Rock would be the third coal plant within a 20-mile radius in a region already suffering from extreme levels of toxic emissions. http://www.doodadesertrock.com/
Ms. Brown will give an update on The Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative, or Measure J. http://www.edcnet.org/
For more information please contact:
Silvia Burley, CVMT Chairperson (209) 931-4567
s.burley@californiavalleymiwoktribe-nsn.gov
For more information please contact:
Silvia Burley, CVMT Chairperson (209) 931-4567
s.burley@californiavalleymiwoktribe-nsn.gov
Dooda Desert Rock California Speaking Tour
Elouise Brown to Visit California on 11-Day Tour, Starting March 17
For over three years, the community of Chaco Rio, New Mexico, in the Diné
(Navajo) Nation, has been blockading entry to the site of a proposed 1,500
megawatt coal-fired power plant. Desert Rock, a project of Sithe Global
and the Diné Power Authority, would be the third coal plant within a
20-mile radius in a region already suffering from extreme levels of toxic
emissions.
Elouise Brown, a Diné (Navajo) traditionalist and president of the Doodo
Desert Rock committee, will embark on an 11-day speaking tour of
California to speak about dangers posed by the coal industry, the
exploitation of indigenous land by energy companies, and the ongoing
struggle to prevent the Desert Rock plant from ever existing. Her
presentation will include three short films.
The tour will visit Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, San Francisco,
Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Aptos, Watsonville, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Funds raised at these events will
support future organizing, maintenance of the Desert Rock resistance camp,
and an upcoming trip to Bolivia for the World Climate Change Conference.
For more information and an up-to-date tour schedule, visit:
http://doodadesertrock.com
For booking and event-related inquiries, email:
www.scsolidarity@riseup.net
Santa Cruz, California
Awaswas Ohlone territory
Elouise Brown to Visit California on 11-Day Tour, Starting March 17
For over three years, the community of Chaco Rio, New Mexico, in the Diné
(Navajo) Nation, has been blockading entry to the site of a proposed 1,500
megawatt coal-fired power plant. Desert Rock, a project of Sithe Global
and the Diné Power Authority, would be the third coal plant within a
20-mile radius in a region already suffering from extreme levels of toxic
emissions.
Elouise Brown, a Diné (Navajo) traditionalist and president of the Doodo
Desert Rock committee, will embark on an 11-day speaking tour of
California to speak about dangers posed by the coal industry, the
exploitation of indigenous land by energy companies, and the ongoing
struggle to prevent the Desert Rock plant from ever existing. Her
presentation will include three short films.
The tour will visit Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, San Francisco,
Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Aptos, Watsonville, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Funds raised at these events will
support future organizing, maintenance of the Desert Rock resistance camp,
and an upcoming trip to Bolivia for the World Climate Change Conference.
For more information and an up-to-date tour schedule, visit:
http://doodadesertrock.com
For booking and event-related inquiries, email:
www.scsolidarity@riseup.net
Santa Cruz, California
Awaswas Ohlone territory
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