Sustainability
Georgetown Green Film Series: The Condor & The Eagle
Location
VirtualDate & Time
6:00pm CDT October 15, 2020Contact
Veronica JohnsonSustainability Coordinator
johnsonv@southwestern.edu
6:00pm CDT October 15, 2020
Virtual
From the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the oil fields of Texas, to the Ecuadorian Amazon, THE CONDOR & THE EAGLE tells the story of the collective struggle of the Indigenous peoples of North and South America in their fight to preserve their communities and to protect the Earth from climate change. Watch the trailer here.
The schedule of the online event is as follows:
6:00 pm - Film Screening
7:30 pm - Panel Session
You must RSVP to receive the links to watch the film and panel.
Panelists:
- Bryan Parras is a co-founder of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s.) and the Sierra Club of Texas Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign. He is a longtime environmental justice advocate based in Houston, TX. He co-founded the Librotraficante movement, serves as an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund, and sits on the board of the Environmental Support Center. Bryan was recently awarded a Gulf Coast Fellowship and has been working to help organizations use media for education, organizing, and advocacy.
- Casey Camp-Horinek is the Hereditary Drumkeeper of the Women’s’ Scalp Dance Society of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma. She is a longtime activist, environmentalist, actress, and published author. Because of Casey’s work, the Ponca Nation is the first Tribe in the State of Oklahoma to adopt the Rights of Nature Statute and to pass a moratorium on Fracking on Tribal Lands. Casey was also instrumental in the drafting, and adoption of the first-ever International Indigenous Women’s Treaty protecting the Rights of Nature. Casey often collaborates with I.E.N, Movement Rights, and W.E.C.A.N.
The Georgetown Green Film Series was established by the Southwestern University Office of Sustainability to bring awareness to the environmental crisis through the visual arts by presenting films with an environmental focus for free to the Georgetown and neighboring communities. In addition to showing an environmental film, a panel of experts is invited to lead a proactive discussion with the audience about the topic at hand.
This event is sponsored by the Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS), the City of Georgetown Arts & Culture Board, and the Southwestern University Environmental Studies Department.