Climate & Global Indigenous Leadership, Take 2

July 17, 2026

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9:00 AM

Land Acknowledgement

• Corrina Gould, Tribal Chair, Confederated Villages of Lisjan & Co Founder, Sogorea Te Land Trust.

9:10 AM

Welcome

• Cheryl Davila, Founder, CEMTF & Former Councilmember, City of Berkeley, Co-host, KPFZ.org “Voices of Resistance” (Tues. 4:30P),

Board member: Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) & Consider The Homeless (CTH), KPFA Local Station Board (LSB)

Speakers

9:20 AM

Beyond Damage - How Do We Rebuild?

• Shreya Chaudhuri, Founder, Project Planet This talk will explore three examples of climate solutions emerging from the ground up, asking what becomes possible when we invest in Indigenous communities, cultures, and knowledge systems. It will also examine the global meanings of “Indigenous,” how the term carries different histories and implications across regions, and what efforts to re-Indigenize can look like in a so-called “post-colonial” world still shaped by capitalism and empire.

Inspired by Eve Tuck’s call to move beyond narratives of tragedy and damage, this talk asks how we can revitalize non-Western ways of knowing, relating, and being. Rather than accepting imperial systems as the only possible reality, it invites us to imagine and rebuild futures rooted in land, culture, reciprocity, and collective liberation. The talk will consider how moving forward requires reconnecting the relationships -- with each other and with the natural world -- that have been severed by capitalism and colonization.

9: 50 AM

Planting Oceania: Pacific Islander Resistance and Dreaming

• Loa Niumeitolu, Co-founder, Planting Oceania, Storyteller, Educator, Poet & Community Farmer Organizer

10:20 AM

Colombia: Country of Megadiversity. Mauricio Zambrano: Guardian of the Territory

• Mauricio Zambrano, Trainer, Bay Area Farmer-To-Farmer Training (BAFFT) & Urban Agricultural Engineer

11:00 AM Break

11:05 AM

From the Mekong Delta to Dignity: Unheard Voices of Khmer-Krom Under Climate Stress

• Moni Mau, Vice President, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF)

11:30 AM

Neidinha Surui, Project Coordinator, Kanindé Ethno-environmental Defense Association--presenting from the real Amazon in Brazil! Neidinha will speak about ongoing efforts to preserve indigenous control over the Amazon, and, in the process, protect the planet.

11:55 AM

Announcements & Closing

• Cheryl Davila

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