The women of WVE — Women’s Voices of the Earth — passed on this information from their partners at the Indigenous Environmental Network, Northern Rockies Rising Tide, National Wildlife Federation, Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club, UM Climate Action Now, and the No Shipments Network. Here’s what they have to share for people interested in environmental justice:
What: Film viewing and tar sands discussion
When: Wednesday, June 2nd, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Av, Missoula, MT
The Alberta Tar Sands constitute the largest portion of U.S. imported oil. They have also been called out in the international community as the most destructive industrial project on the face of the planet. This fall, Missoula could play host to the creation of an industrial shipping corridor that would serve Tar Sands mines for decades to come. Come learn from people with first-hand experience with the Tar Sands operations and their effects on the local communities of northern Alberta. There are many reasons to oppose the proposed corridor, and to be informed of issues across the border is to be more powerful in our fight at home.
Marty Cobenias is a longtime native activist with the Indigenous Environmental Network and currently works out of Minnesota on IEN’s campaign opposing proposed Tar Sands pipelines.
Fort Chipewyan resides just downstream of the Tar Sands mines. The residents of the community, mostly Cree First Nations, Dene First Nations, and Metis people suffer from exceedingly high rates of rare cancers, and have taken a strong stand against the up-river mines.
H2Oil is the internationally acclaimed documentary on the devastating effects of Tar Sands mining on the land and the people, and specifically the challenges that Canada’s First Nations people face in trying to find justice in their struggle against the mines.
For more information, call 406-493-5333.
Jodi Rave