Tag: Environmental Justice

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Poems written by Wabanaki youth

Key Discussion Points :
a) Cultural differences in expression
b) Teachers need to understand the differences
c) Wabanki youth write from a different perspective
d) Teachers need to be open to learn other ways of learning and writing

Guests:
Roger Paul, Teacher at Indian Island School and the University of Maine, Malanie Ruark, Teacher at Old Town High School, Students Kahlan Newsom, Sarah Fields

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice, Global effects and effects here in Maine

Key Discussion Points :

a) Global Indigenous resource issues and Environmental Justice issue how they connect

b) How both issues effect the US, Canada and Maine

c) Specific environmental projects here in Maine and their potential effects

d) What we can do to address these issues

Guests:
Sherri Mitchell esq. Penobscot Nation Tribal Member and Director of the Land Peace Foundation
Maria Girouard, Native Rights and Environmental Activist and Penobscot Nation Tribal Member