Rowen White, Mohawk Seedkeeper, Monday, October 23

The George Link Jr. Environmental Awareness Lecture/Food Day Keynote Address

Rowen White, Mohawk Seedkeeper
"Seeds of Resilience: The Cultural Dimension of Plant Biodiversity"

Monday, October 23
4:00 pm
Steele 006

Join Mohawk Seedkeeper Rowen White as she shares stories from the Indigenous Land and Seed Sovereignty movement, which embodies the vision of sustainable relational agriculture and shares the depth of the cultural dimension of plant biodiversity in North America. She will share the collective vision of intercultural healing that emerges when we center Indigenous leadership, ecological knowledge, cultural memory, and sovereignty of living in relationship with the cultural inheritance of land, seeds, and other non-human kin.  Her uplifting stories from her work at the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network will paint an uplifting picture of cultural and climate sanity for the regenerative land stewardship movement in these times of great transformation.

Bio: Rowen White is a Seedkeeper/farmer and author from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is the Educational Director and lead mentor of Sierra Seeds, an innovative Indigenous seed bank and land-based educational organization located in Nevada City, CA. Rowen is the Founder of the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network, which is committed to restoring the Indigenous Seed Commons, and currently serves as a Cooperative Seed Hub Coordinator.

Sponsored by Dartmouth Dining Services, the Department of Environmental Studies, the Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies, and the Office of Sustainability.

This is an in person talk, but if you prefer to attend virtually, you may join via Zoom using the link below.

Zoom Link
https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/99528694902?pwd=TmJjTEpGajFTTkVvLzluRlY2RnRJZz09
Meeting ID: 995 2869 4902
Passcode: 723892