Northwest Forest Plan Just Futures Collaborative
EUGENE, OR (2025)
- Northwest Forest Plan Just Futures Symposium: Amplifying Tribal Sovereignty and Environmental Justice, Organizer.
- Brought plenary and panel speakers in Tribal sovereignty, fire stewardship, labor, and environmental justice to campus to speak to faculty, staff, students, local NGOs, and community members.
- Distributed “Recommendations for Tribal Sovereignty and Environmental Justice in the Northwest Forest Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement,” White Paper (community reviewed), primary authors: Sarah D. Wald, Meredith Jacobson, and Tim Ingalsbee.
- Local Media: KEZI television , KMTR television, and Coast Range Radio
- Received UO Sustainability Award for Graduate Student Leadership
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Bark Community Confluence Conference: Tools for Change
PORTLAND, OR (2024)
- “Environmental Justice on Shared Lands,” Invited Panelist.
- Roundtable-style event speaking to community members, environmental organizations, and environmental practitioners about Tribal sovereignty and environmental justice in forest policy.
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Environmental Studies Joint Campus Conference
EUGENE, OR (2023)
- Theme: Celebrating Environmental Knowledges, Organizer and Moderator.
- Annual joint interdisciplinary conference between environmental studies graduate students at the University of Oregon, Portland State University, and Oregon State University
- Brought scholar Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) to campus as keynote speaker through cooperation between the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) department and the Environmental Studies program
- Connected the PNW Tribal Climate Change Network with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and provided Zoom access for the network to attend the keynote address.