Peoria Area World Affairs Council will host Defending Life & Land: Indigenous Rights, the Amazon, and Environmental Justice at Westlake Hall Room 116 at Bradley University (located at N. Glenwood Avenue and Tobias Lane in Peoria) beginning with dinner at 5:30 pm. Speaker Carlos Salinas
will examine how Indigenous leadership, human rights law, and global accountability intersect, and what international environmental justice looks like in practice today. Tickets range from free for students to $45 for the general public including reception, film and discussion and are available at
https://peoria-area-world-affairs-council.square.site
| Carlos Salinas is the former Acting Director of Government Relations at Amnesty International USA and a longtime partner of the Kofan (A’i) Indigenous people of the Colombian Amazon. This event explores how Indigenous communities defend their land, culture, and autonomy in the face of environmental destruction and political pressure. |
