MCC Presents: Honoring Femme Indigenous Energy

MCC Lounge

Guest Speakers: Dr. Amrah Salomón J., Maria Elena Lopez, Luther Richmond, McKinley McPherson, and Vivian LaPena

Please join us in honoring femme Indigenous energy in collaboration with the American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource Center. May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness Month and May 5 is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Awareness Day. MMIWR is a crisis that disproportionately affects Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans, and Two-Spirit Relatives. During this event, we will engage in a teach-in led by Amrah Salomón, honoring those who have passed and gone missing.

Guest Bio: Amrah Salomón J. is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of California Santa Barbara. She is an activist, educator, and writer of mixed ancestry (O’odham, Mexican, and European). Dr. Salomón directs the Regeneración Lab and is a member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice. She is a current Advisory Board member of the UCSB Environmental & Climate Justice Hub (EJ/CJ Hub) and the UCSB Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, & Public Life.

Co-Sponsors: American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource Center