Tuesday 22 July 2014

CHICO VIVE: THE LEGACY OF CHICO MENDES AND THE GLOBAL GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/chico-vive-legacy-chico-mendes-and-global-grassroots-environmental-movement


CHICO VIVE: THE LEGACY OF CHICO MENDES AND THE GLOBAL GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
February 05, 2014

Celebrating the legacy of Chico Mendes and the courage of thousands of present-day grassroots activists who follow in his footsteps.

April 4-6, 2014
School of International Service
American University, Washington, D.C.

See full program here.

Meet activists and experts from around the world to discuss and debate global environmental issues that affect all of us.

Brazilian environmental martyr and rural union leader Chico Mendes was killed in 1988. In the past 25 years grassroots activists in many places have mobilized to protect the environment and their communities from destruction. Every month someone like Chico Mendes is killed somewhere in the world as a result of nonviolent advocacy.

Activists and experts will meet at the Chico Vive conference to talk about Mendes’ legacy and their own efforts on the front lines of sustainability. The agenda will include keynote speakers from Brazil and the United States; grassroots panelists from Indonesia, Guatemala, and other countries; cultural performances; and a mini-film festival of documentaries about Chico Mendes and today’s grassroots environmental movements.

Participants include Edwin Cisco (Liberia), Aunty Joan Hendriks (Australia), Norman Jiwan (Indonesia), Chief Liz Logan (Canada), Godfrey Massay (Tanzania), Raimundo Mendes de Barros (Brazil), Cristian Otzin (Guatemala), Cristhian Prado Andrade (Ecuador), Gomercindo Rodrigues (Brazil), Georgina Shanley (USA), Hiparidi Top’tiro (Brazil), Ernesto Tzi (Guatemala), Tek Vannara (Cambodia), Franco Viteri (Ecuador).


For more information contact Rabben@american.edu or Facebook.com/chico.vive, or call 301-270-3003. To pre-register for the conference go to www.chicovive.org.
See full program here.

The Chico Vive conference is cosponsored and funded by 20 nonprofit organizations, and foundations and other donors, including Cultural Survival:
American University Global Environmental Politics program (host), Action Aid, AIUSA Group 297, Amazon Watch, AU Center for Environmental Filmmaking, AU International Development Program Student Association, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Cultural Survival, EcoSense, Ford Foundation, Forest Peoples Programme, Georgetown University Environmental Law Society, Global Witness, Greenpeace, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Oxfam America, Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Foundation, University of Maryland Latin American Studies Center, and International Labor Rights Forum.
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Born 8th May 1977, Mabah village of Dayak Kerambai tribe, West Kalimantan, Borneo island. He was trained at pedagogy and education faculty on English teaching at Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Holding certificates on environmental leadership program, research, journalist, fire prevention, teaching, human rights & indigenous peoples in the international system, sustainable forest management, and sustainable palm oil. Co-author published domestic and international books. Experience speaker and resource person in seminars, conferences, workshops, and symposium both regional and international fora including in Brazil, Cambodia, Finland, France, Japan, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Philippines, United States, and Vietnam. Active member of Executive Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil represents Sawit Watch (2008-2012). Currently he lives in Bogor. Volunteer and activist works with WALHI Kalbar (2002-2004) and Sawit Watch (2004-2012). June 2013-2016, Executive Director of TuK INDONESIA. Consultant for Forest Peoples Programme (2013), MFP-III (2015), and ELSAM (2017).

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