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Xiye Bastida is a Mexican-Chilean climate activist and member of the Mexican Otomi-Toltec nation. She is one of the major organizers of Fridays for Future, New York City and has been a leading voice for Indigenous and immigrant visibility in climate activism. Her new venture, Re-Earth Initiative, focuses on radical inclusivity, diversity, and accountability in climate change activism.
Ellen Bass is a poet, author, and co-author of The Courage to Heal. Among her awards are Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and The California Arts Council, The Lambda Literary Award, and three Pushcart Prizes. A Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Bass founded poetry workshops at Salinas Valley State Prison and the Santa Cruz, California jails. She teaches in the MFA writing program at Pacific University.
Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset is an Indigenous rights activist, spiritual teacher, and change maker. Mitchell was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian Reservation (Penawahpskek). Mitchell is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights as well as the preservation of the Indigenous way of life. She has been actively involved with Indigenous rights and environmental justice work for more than 25 years.
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