Winona LaDuke, Derrick Jensen, Vandana Shiva: Oct. 12-14, 2007
Good People Gather, Charlene M Tanner Speaker Series
The series will present lectures on our societal and environmental global crisis and the urgent need for justice. The three day conference at Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA is free and open to the public!
Winona LaDuke October 12, 7PM - Taylor Little Theatre
Derrick Jensen October 13, 7PM - Taylor Little Theatre
Vandana Shiva October 14, 1PM Lecture and 3PM Panel Discussion with Derrick Jensen -Performing Arts Center
The event will include primitive skills, scenic hikes, art, earth and reflection workshops as well as an atlatl competition (see event schedule below)!
Hostel Available. Use contact below for reservations.
For more information contact: (814)824-2578 or cathy.pedler@gmail.com
And Listen to: http://www.spiritmorphstudio.com/radioroxanne10-01-07.htm
This event is being gifted in memory of Charlene M. Tanner by her loving partner, Doris Cipolla. Because of their shared interests in social justice, peace, and the environment, it is hoped that this program will inspire others to help create a healing environment for the world.
October 12th Winona LaDuke
7PM LECTURE Taylor Little TheaterNative American activist, environmentalist, economist and writer Winona LaDuke's talk, "Recovering the Sacred," will examine the connections between sacred sites, sacred objects and the sacred bodies of her people, focusing closely on the conditions under which traditional beliefs can be best practiced.
Winona LaDuke served as Ralph Nader's running mate for the Green Party in the 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns. A 1982 graduate of Harvard University, she currently lives on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota and works on restoring the local land base and culture. In 1988, she received the Reebok Human Rights Award. In 1994, Time named her one of America's 50 most promising leaders under 40 years of age. She is the author of several books, including Last Standing Woman.
October 13th and 14th Derrick Jensen
7PM LECTURE Taylor Little Theater3PM PANEL DISCUSSION with Vandana Shiva -Performing Arts Center
Author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen's talk, "End Game," will describe how industrial civilization is unsustainable and will guide us toward living on a healthy Earth whose forests, rivers and oceans are not under the constant threat of being destroyed.
Derrick Jensen is one of our most important public intellectuals and the internationally acclaimed author of A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, Listening to the Land, Strangely Like War, Welcome to the Machine, and Walking on Water. Described by Howard Zinn as "a rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world," he writes for The New York Times Magazine, Audubon and The Sun, among many others.
October 14th Vandana Shiva
1PM LECTURE Performing Arts Center3PM PANEL DISCUSSION with Derrick Jensen-Performing Arts Center
World-renowned physicist and activist Vandana Shiva's talk, "Earth Democracy," will outline the bedrock principles for building living economies, living cultures and living democracies.
Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., is a physicist, ecologist and activist. In India she established Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity, conservation and farmers' rights. She is ecology adviser to the Third World Network, which aims to bring a fair and ecologically sustainable distribution of world resources. For her contribution to environmentalism and women, she won the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, known as "the alternative Nobel Prize," in 1993. She is the author of 11 books, including Water Wars and Biopiracy.
Mercyhurst Map
- Mercyhurst Map
- Campus Map with event building locations referenced in event schedule below.
Event Schedule
Event Information and Tabling: Student Union, Map building #34
FRIDAY OCTOBER 12
8:00AM Panel Discussion: Native American Issues, Citizenship and Social Change, Zurn Hall Room 214, Map Building #24. Map Parking #P8
10:00AM Presque Isle Hike (see google map below) Meet at Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8 to carpool to the Presque Isle Lighthouse or meet at Lighthouse at 10:30AM
11AM-4PM Farmers Market: Student Union, Map building #34
4:30PM Film: Land of Our Ancestors, Documentary on the forced removal of the Allegheny Seneca Community during the construction of the Kinzua dam and reservoir. Taylor Little Theater, Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4.
7PM WINONA LADUKE LECTURE, Taylor Little Theater, Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4.
8:15 PM Allegany River Dancers, Iroquois Social Dance Presentation, Student Union, Map Building #34
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13
10:00AM Wintergreen Gorge: Chi Gung Exercise, Meditation, and Hike, Meet at Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8 to carpool to Gorge.
11AM-4PM Farmers Market: Student Union, Map building #34
1PM-4PM Atlatl Tournament, Mercyhurst Prep Soccer Field, south of Tullio Field along mercy walkway
3:00PM Film: "What a Way to Go. Life at the End of an Empire" Taylor Little Theater Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4. (http://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/)
7PM DERRICK JENSEN LECTURE, Taylor Little Theater, Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4.
9PM Films: Seeds of Change. Taylor Little Theater Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4. (http://www.dharmadogpictures.com)
SUNDAY OCTOBER 14
10:00AM Seed Saving Workshop Student Union, Map building #34
11AM-1PM Farmers Market: Student Union, Map building #34
1:00PM DR.VANDANA SHIVA LECTURE, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8, P9, P10.
2:30PM Refreshments, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center Lobby (Fossil Exhibit open in Cummings Art Gallery, 2PM-5PM)
3:00PM Panel Discussion with Vanda Shiva and Derrick Jensen, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8, P9, P10.
4PM Book-Signing, Reception, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8, P9, P10.
MONDAY OCTOBER 15 to WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17
Camping and Primitive Skills in the Allegheny National Forest, near Sugar Bay in the proposed Chestnut Ridge Wilderness Area (Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl, http://www.thunderbirdatlatl.com/)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 12
8:00AM Panel Discussion: Native American Issues, Citizenship and Social Change, Zurn Hall Room 214, Map Building #24. Map Parking #P8
10:00AM Presque Isle Hike (see google map below) Meet at Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8 to carpool to the Presque Isle Lighthouse or meet at Lighthouse at 10:30AM
11AM-4PM Farmers Market: Student Union, Map building #34
4:30PM Film: Land of Our Ancestors, Documentary on the forced removal of the Allegheny Seneca Community during the construction of the Kinzua dam and reservoir. Taylor Little Theater, Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4.
7PM WINONA LADUKE LECTURE, Taylor Little Theater, Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4.
8:15 PM Allegany River Dancers, Iroquois Social Dance Presentation, Student Union, Map Building #34
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13
10:00AM Wintergreen Gorge: Chi Gung Exercise, Meditation, and Hike, Meet at Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8 to carpool to Gorge.
11AM-4PM Farmers Market: Student Union, Map building #34
1PM-4PM Atlatl Tournament, Mercyhurst Prep Soccer Field, south of Tullio Field along mercy walkway
3:00PM Film: "What a Way to Go. Life at the End of an Empire" Taylor Little Theater Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4. (http://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/)
7PM DERRICK JENSEN LECTURE, Taylor Little Theater, Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4.
9PM Films: Seeds of Change. Taylor Little Theater Map building #10. Map Parking Lot # P1, P12, P4. (http://www.dharmadogpictures.com)
SUNDAY OCTOBER 14
10:00AM Seed Saving Workshop Student Union, Map building #34
11AM-1PM Farmers Market: Student Union, Map building #34
1:00PM DR.VANDANA SHIVA LECTURE, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8, P9, P10.
2:30PM Refreshments, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center Lobby (Fossil Exhibit open in Cummings Art Gallery, 2PM-5PM)
3:00PM Panel Discussion with Vanda Shiva and Derrick Jensen, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8, P9, P10.
4PM Book-Signing, Reception, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Map building #23. Parking: Map Parking Lot # P8, P9, P10.
MONDAY OCTOBER 15 to WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17
Camping and Primitive Skills in the Allegheny National Forest, near Sugar Bay in the proposed Chestnut Ridge Wilderness Area (Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl, http://www.thunderbirdatlatl.com/)
Map: MERCYHURST COLLEGE, Event Hostel, Hikes
Directions
Information and Hostel Reservations Contact: (814)824-2578
Map: Bus Station, Train Station, Airport
Map: Places to Camp Before or After Good People Gather
Sponsor and Participant Links
- Mercyhurst College
- Event Sponsor
- Mercyhurst Office of Sustainability and Green Team
- Event Sponsor
- Gaia Defense League
- Event Co-Sponsor
- Gaia Defense League on Squidoo
- Gaia Lens
- Allegheny Front WYEP
- Environmental Radio For Western Pennsylvania
- All Things Erie WQLN
- Do you want the story behind the headlines? Do you appreciate spirited conversation and a free exchange of ideas? If the answer is yes then join Kim Young for All Things Erie. It's a fresh perspective on the events and people that shape our lives.
- Radio Roxanne
- "Radio Roxanne, where radio ROX the planet"
- Dharma Dog Pictures
- Seeds of Change
Speaker and Event Links
- White Earth Recovery Project
- Winona LaDuke is the founding director of the White Earth Recovery Project
- Allegany River Dancers
- The Allegany River Indian Dancers specializes in Iroquois Social Dance Presentations. These are the dances from Northeastern Woodland tribes of the Iroquois. One of the highlights of their program is the "Smoke Dance".
The group is also well known for their repertoire of Intertribal "Pow wow" style dances. This presentation features the hoop dance done by Bill Crouse. This dance involves 30 wooden hoops used to make various formations or designs representing things from nature. - Film: What A Way To Go
- Described by Jan Lundberg at www.CultureChange.org as "perhaps the most important media message of our time", What a Way to Go, features interviews with Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Jerry Mander, Richard Heinberg, William Catton, Paul Roberts, Chellis Glendinning, Thomas Berry, Richard Manning and Ran Prieur. It looks head on at our present global predicament, as oil depletion, climate change, species extinction and population overshoot converge in a "perfect storm" of cataclysmic dimensions.
- Thunderbird Atlatl
- The atlatl is an ancient spear-throwing weapon that has been gaining in popularity in the last decade. The atlatl is used today for sports ranging from target shooting, to hunting, to fishing. Thunderbird Atlatl is the world's largest atlatl manufacturer.
- World Atlatl Association
- If you have an interest in primitive skills and want to link up with a terrific and friendly group of atlatl fans who share your interest and enthusiasm for this fascinating stone age/space age dart throwing device, call or write WAA today!
- Derrick Jensen
- Derrick Jensen's web site
- Dharma Dog Pictures
- Seeds of Change
- Navdanya
- Dr. Vandana Shiva is the founder of Navdanya, a biodiversity conservation project
YouTube
LaDuke, Jensen, Shiva
Atlatl Competition, October 13th
1PM Mercyhurst Prep Soccer FieldAtlatls are ancient weapons that preceded the bow and arrow in most parts of the world and are one of humankind's first mechanical inventions. The word atlatl (pronounced at-latal or atal-atal) comes from the Nahuatl language of the Aztec, who were still using them when encountered by the Spanish in the 1500s. Other words include spear-thrower, estolica (Spanish), propulseur (French), speerschleuder (German) and woomera or miru (English versions of the most common Australian terms).
An atlatl is essentially a stick with a handle on one end and a hook or socket that engages a light spear or "dart" on the other. The flipping motion of the atlatl propels a light spear much faster and farther than it could be thrown by hand alone.
source: http://www.worldatlatl.org/WhatisAtlatl.html
picture: http://atlatls-n-more.com/AtlatlDigest/
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