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WEA advocates take a stand for water and sacred sites
This evening, the Flagstaff City Council’s Water Commission will hold a public hearing to decide whether to sell municipal drinking water to Arizona Snowbowl, the ski resort on the San Francisco Peaks, instead of or as well as reclaimed wastewater. WEA Delegates from our May 2010 Advocacy Delegation, Defending Sacred Places in the Southwest,…
We Are Together: WEA’s 2010 Gala
“I had to take a second and recognize your team and your admiring supporters for an amazing program last night. Not only am I sure it was successful for WEA, but I hope that you realize you inspired us all and showed us what’s possible in our own endeavors…Thank you for demonstrating what it…
In the blogosphere: Simple Tools, Big Impact
The facilitator for the 2010 West African Women and Water Training, Maame Yelbert-Obeng, has written a beautiful piece about that training for the Global Fund for Women. Read her story here. Learn more about what happened in February in Ghana – and prepare to dance – by clicking here.
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In the blogosphere: WEA on Care2
Read WEA’s Call for Action on Mother’s Day, which was posted on Care2. Read it online here. And we invite you to join our mailing list! Click here.
What is Sacred?
The following article has been written by Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. What is sacred? What does the law recognize as sacred? These were the questions that haunted me yesterday, the third full day of the delegation’s trip to Nevada and Arizona to join with indigenous people to protect…
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‘We are in the business of door opening, and it is really exciting.’
Below is the lively conversation among WEA Co-Directors, Amira and Melinda. Pass this along to others for a dose of inspiration! Britt Bravo, a blogger and consultant, interviewed Melinda and Amira for her Big Vision podcast series. She posted the interview to her blog and to BlogHer. Click here to listen.
The Price of Gold
The following article has been written by Sarah Diefendorf, Executive Director of the Environmental Finance Center at Dominican University and member of the Women’s Earth Alliance delegation to threatened Native American sacred spaces in Nevada and Arizona. So what is gold worth to you? Have you ever stopped to think about where that shining emblem…
How do we defend sacred places?
The WEA Advocacy Delegation traveled from Elko, NV to Flagstaff, AZ. We spent a remarkable and deeply moving day with Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone elder and long-time land rights activist, as well as Julie Cavanaugh-Bill, the trailblazing attorney for the Western Shoshone Defense Project. Carrie, along with her nephew and Julie’s husband Larson, brought us…
Protecting the San Francisco Peaks
On the outskirts of Flagstaff, Arizona lies a sacred mountain called the San Francisco Peaks. It is a place of profound spiritual significance to Dine, Hopi, Apache, Havasupai and others, who consider it one of the four sacred mountains of this region of the Southwest. Native people from around the region come to the mountain…
Defending Sacred Places, Day One: Coming Together
The journey has begun! Five incredible women stepped off the plane this morning in Elko, Nevada, welcomed by a blue sky, expansive landscape and the snowcapped Ruby Mountain range. Each of these women is a dynamic leader in environmental law, policy and business – ranging from years of dedicated environmental litigation practice, to visionary policy…