by Nada Khader | Jun 26, 2020 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Friends of Turtle Island, Frontpage, Movement Building, Racial Justice
Here is the recording of an important webinar with South Dakota State Senator Red Dawn Foster on the work of Return to the Heart Foundation, an Indigenous-led grantmaking organization that empowers women-led initiatives throughout Indian Country....
by Nada Khader | May 31, 2017 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Friends of Turtle Island
Important announcement from Tracy Basile: SUBJECT: WESPAC and the Ramapough Nation — Join us! WESPAC’s Friends of Turtle Island committee is forming stronger bonds with the Ramapough Nation across the Hudson River. We want to show our solidarity with this...
by Nada Khader | Apr 25, 2017 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Friends of Turtle Island
Important statement written by Robin Kimmerer and others. Robin was a featured speaker in Westchester a few years ago upon the invitation of our Friends of Turtle Island solidarity group with Indigenous Peoples:...
by Nada Khader | Sep 8, 2016 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Friends of Turtle Island, Frontpage, Movement Building
What: Solidarity Vigil with Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance When: Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 12pm to 1:30pm Where: The Fountain in Downtown White Plains (Intersection of Main Street and Mamaroneck Ave), White Plains, NY 10601 Solidarity Vigil with Dakota Access...
by Nada Khader | Feb 17, 2015 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Friends of Turtle Island, Movement Building
Tonya Gonnella Frichner, Esq. Gowanahs, Snipe Clan name, a citizen of the Onondaga Nation, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, Haudenosaunee. Ms. Gonnella Frichner, the eldest of eight children of Henry and Maxine Nolan Gonnella. A global indigenous leader and President...
