Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke to Speak at UMC November 5
Winona LaDuke, internationally renowned advocate for environmental, children’s and women’s rights and founder of the Indigenous Women’s Network, will speak at UMC Wednesday, November 5, at 8 p.m. in Kiehle Auditorium. The event is open to the public. Admission is free for UMC students and $2 for others.
Prior to speaking, LaDuke will be the guest at a dinner with students and faculty where she will discuss her college experiences and how she found her “voice for the public good.” Following her 8 p.m. presentation, she will sign copies of her book at a reception in the Kiehle Rotunda.
In addition to her advocacy work, LaDuke was the Green Party’s vice presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000. She has authored the book Last Standing Woman, a novel tracing the lives of seven generations of Anishinaabes and All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life. LaDuke also serves as director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, established to recover the tribal lands that had been seized from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
A graduate of Harvard University, LaDuke went on to earn a master’s degree in rural development from Antioch College. Among many other honors, in 1994 she was named by Time magazine as one of America’s 50 “promising leaders” under the age of 40.
LaDuke’s appearance at UMC is sponsored by the UMC Concerts and Lectures Committee.
Posted 10/23/2003
Contact: Andrew Svec,
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