LINKS & RESOURCES

Below please find helpful links and resources that were shared during the WECAN Climate Justice Forum event  on September 22, “Women Leading Solutions for a Healthy and Just Planet”.  

Many thanks to the amazing speakers: Roishetta Ozane, Community Organizer for Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas, Healthy Gulf; Gaagigeyaashiik - Dawn Goodwin (Ojibwe/White Earth), Representative at Indigenous Environmental Network and Co-founder of R.I.S.E. Coalition, 1855 Treaty; Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota; Leila Salazar-López, Executive Director, Amazon Watch; Jodie Evans, Co-founder, CODEPINK; and Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director.

Roishetta Ozane | Founder of the Vessel Project, and Community Organizer for Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas, Healthy Gulf

• Follow Roishetta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mzozane
• Podcast on Overcoming Environmental Injustice on the Gulf Coast: https://fb.watch/fvH8lO3nYR/
• Learn more about the Vessel Project here: https://www.vesselprojectoflouisiana.com/ 
• Learn more about Healthy Gulf https://healthygulf.org/

Gaagigeyaashiik - Dawn Goodwin, Ojibwe/White Earth | and co-founder of R.I.S.E. Coalition, and Representative/Indigenous Environmental Network ; 1855 Treaty

• Learn about her work to Stop Line 5 and protect Indigenous lands and water: https://www.wecaninternational.org/PressReleases/Indigenous-Women-Leaders-%26-over-200-Groups-Urge-the-Army-Corps-to-Stop-the-Line-5-Pipeline-Expansion
• Watch the video about her work at the traditional Manoomin Protector Camp for healing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUfIk8-iC-4
• Learn more about RISE Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/RISEandEngage/
• Hear more about Dawn’s  story: https://www.ourclimatevoices.org/2019/gaagigeyaashiik

Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni | MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine

• Follow Dr. Surapaneni on Twitter: https://twitter.com/laalimd
• Read the Cradle to Grave report here: https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Cradle-To-Grave-Fossil-Fuels-Brief.pdf
• Learn more about Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate: https://hpforhc.org/ 
• Learn more about Physicians for Social Responsibility:  https://psr.org/
• Watch the video of climate stories with Dr. Surapaneni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmQMGoFYYgg

 Leila Salazar-López | Executive Director, Amazon Watch

• Follow Leila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leilasalazar10?lang=en
• Learn more about Amazon Watch: https://amazonwatch.org/
• Read Amazon Watch’s newest report, Blood Gold: Complicity in Destruction V: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2022/0919-blood-gold-complicity-in-destruction-v 
• Read Amazon Watch’s recent report on Petroperu: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2022/0919-the-risks-of-investing-in-petroperu
• Take Action here: https://amazonwatch.org/take-action 

Jodie Evans | Co-founder, CODEPINK

• Learn more about the CODEPINK campaign to cut the pentagon: http://codepink.org/cutthepentagon 
• Stay connected and Follow Jodie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/msjodieevans 
• Learn more about CODEPINK’s work to stop the US Arms Trade: https://www.codepink.org/calltodisarm 
• More info on Red Hill here: https://www.codepink.org/red_hill_follow_up_next_steps 

Osprey Orielle Lake | Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

• Read WECAN’s Call to Action for Governments and Financial Institutions: https://bit.ly/CTA_ClimateWeek22 
• Read the WECAN Divestment Report on the Gendered and Racial Impacts of the fossil fuel Industry: https://www.wecaninternational.org/divestment-report 

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