Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Brazil Initiative

Sonia Guajajara — Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Activism: The Battle for Environmental Justice in the Amazon

Thursday, February 13, 2020

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Smith College, Conference Center, Paradise Room, 49 College Lane, Northampton, MA 01060

Co-sponsored by: Five Colleges Native American and Indigenous Studies Certificate Program, Department of American Studies, Environmental Science and Policy Department, Department of Latin American & Latino/a Studies, Meridians, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Program for the Study of Women & Gender, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Department of Anthropology, UMass Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies, Five Colleges Latin American, Caribbean and Latina/o Studies Program, Lewis Global Studies Center, and the Year on Climate Change.

Sônia Bone Guajajara is an indigenous environmentalist and political activist who advocates for indigenous rights in Brazil and is a leading voice for progressive change.