GMC Represented at Climate Justice Workshop

GMC was well represented at the “Deep Change for Climate Justice” conference held October 15-16 in White River Junction, Vt. The conference was dedicated to “creative dialogue, learning the story of this emerging movement, understanding our role in this story, and moving towards networking, collaboration, and action.” The keynote speaker was Sherri Mitchell who was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation in Maine and who brings an important perspective to climate justice issues. Sherri is a practicing attorney and the founding director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life. GMC students Ellen Sanders ’19, Elizabeth Martrirosian ‘20 and Truman Cressey ’18 joined chaplain Shirley Oskamp participating in the conference and joining discussions focused on transformational activism.