Greenpeace's Fire Drill Fridays
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Los Angeles, CA 90001
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT. Pacific Time.
For Mother’s Day this year, Jane Fonda and Greenpeace are hosting a very special Fire Drill Friday virtual rally to honor the profound gifts, wisdom, and responsibilities of motherhood. An incredible lineup of speakers will share, in words and song, the beautiful complexities of stewardship and why climate action can not wait.
Join Jane Fonda, Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard; Climate Justice Liaison of Environmental Defense Fund and Senior Advisor of Moms Clean Air Heather Mcteer Toney; Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network Miya Yoshitani; professor, scientist, and author Robin Wall Kimmerer; and Ellen Dorsey of the Wallace Global Fund; and musical guests Indigo Girls and Cheryl L’Hirondelle.
Register HERE. Free and all are welcome.
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of essays Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Robin Wall Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons.