Fossil Fuels, Health, and Frontline Indigenous Communities | Virtual Event
Indigenous communities have a long history of living with and learning from the environment, but the extraction and transportation of fossil fuels near their communities, along with unjust policies, have put their health, the climate, and in some cases, tribal sovereignty at risk.
On April 14th from 12-1pm ET, join the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE), Harvard University’s FXB Center on Health and Human Rights, Harvard University Native American Program and The Native American Alumni of Harvard University for a discussion on fossil fuels, health, and frontline Indigenous communities. Hear from Indigenous leaders Lisa DeVille, who has witnessed firsthand the effects of oil extraction on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota; Kandi White, who has been a leading advocate against fracking and pipeline projects; and Harvard faculty on how we can uplift Indigenous voices and curb the impacts of climate change on frontline communities. The discussion will be moderated by Katherine Todrys, author of “Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice.”