A lively crowd of around 250 piled into the Steelworkers hall in downtown Toronto on May 7, in an event that brought together Latin American solidarity, first nations, and environmental activists.
The final stop on the Great Lakes Tour!
Great Lakes Need Great Friends
8 CITY TOUR – MAY 2012
Join Maude Barlow and other guests to celebrate the Great Lakes – a common heritage that belongs to the Earth, other species and future generations as well as our own. Hear how we can collectively protect them from private interests and government complacency and restore more democratic control over them. Public events. Admission is FREE (donations encouraged). Arrive early as seating is limited.
This summer, Crissy Swain, a youth leader and mother of three from Grassy Narrows, will be embarking on another walk for the Earth. She will be walking from Grassy Narrows to Ottawa, leaving later this month from Grassy Narrows’ traditional territory north of Kenora, arriving at Parliament Hill in late July. This year’s walk seeks to raise dialogue around the inherent links between the destruction of Mother Earth and the ongoing destruction of Indigenous cultures. She will be stopping in communities across the province to talk about protecting and healing the earth, as well as healing communities and the relationships between them.