Women in Conversation

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Women in Conversation creates a strong voice surrounding topics of interest to women of all ages, building a community of women who support and motivate each other and engage in important conversations. 4:30 to 6:30 PM – Mix, mingle, and graze 6:30 to 8:30 PM – Program Winona LaDuke, internationally renowned Native American activist and author of To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers Winona LaDuke is a Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, grandmother, and a two-time former Green Party Vice President candidate with Ralph Nader. LaDuke specializes in rural development, economic, food, and energy sovereignty and environmental justice. Living and working on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, she leads several organizations including Honor the Earth (co-founded with The Indigo Girls 28 years ago), Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute, Akiing, and Winona’s Hemp. She has written seven books including, Recovering the Sacred, All Our Relations, Last Standing Woman, The Winona LaDuke Chronicles, and her newest work, To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigo Slayers. Jamie Margolin, co-founder of the international youth climate justice movement, Zero Hour, and author of Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It Jamie Margolin is a 19-year-old Jewish Colombian-American organizer, activist, author, public speaker, and filmmaker. She is co-founder of the international youth climate justice movement called Zero Hour that led the official "Youth Climate Marches" in Washington, DC and 25+ cities around the world during the summer of 2018. Zero Hour has over 200+ chapters worldwide and has been a leading organization in the climate movement. Jamie’s the author of a book called "Youth To Power: Your Voice and How to Use It,” which has been translated in many languages and sold all over the world. The book serves as a guide to organizing and activism. Find out more at socowomenevents.com.