UNPFII Seventeenth Session: Side Events outside UNHQ

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Webinar: Indigenous Voices: Using Video for Advocacy & Evidence (Co-sponsored with Witness and Sandra Creamer Consultancy)
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Tickets / Registration: https://witness.org/indigenous-voices-using-video-for-advocacy-evidence/
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)

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Training & Technical Assistance Convening: Our Rights & Responsibilities – An Indigenous Peoples’ Capacity Building in International Advocacy & Diplomacy (Co-sponsored/Coordinated with the Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus)
Time: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Friday, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Saturday
Location: 2^nd floor, 777 UN Plaza (44^th and 1^st Avenue) Church Center Building, New York
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)
Interpretation: Spanish, English, French
Breakfast & Lunch each day

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The 3^rd International Indigenous Women’s Symposium on Environment and Reproductive Health.  Focus: Advancing research and assessing impacts of Environmental Violence on Indigenous Women and Girls
Co-organized by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples’ Rights program) at Columbia University, International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and the Fondo Indígena, and co-sponsored by MADRE and Alaska Community Action on Toxics; and, on Columbia’s side, by the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, the Native American Law Students Association, and If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, Columbia Law School; the Center for the Study of Social Difference and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
For further information on the Symposium and pre-registration, please consult ISHR’s website: www.humanrightscolumbia.org
Flyer

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Expert Panel – Side Event: Mandate of the Indigenous Peoples  (Special Event with Tonatierra)
Time: 1:15 – 2:45 PM
Location: 2^nd floor, 777 UN Plaza (44^th and 1^st Avenue) Church Center Building, New York
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)
Interpretation: Spanish, English

Skill-sharing on Grant-making – Hosted by Ford Foundation – coordinated by Amazon Watch
Time: 3:30 – 6:00 PM
Location: Ford Foundation, 1440 Broadway, NY (enter on 40^th Street between Broadway and 6^th Avenue) Times Square Room, 19^th Floor
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)

Expert Panel – Side Event: Indigenous Peoples’ Sacred Relationships to Lands and Territories, and a Reception celebrating Seventh Generation Fund’s ECOSOC Status
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: 2^nd floor, 777 UN Plaza (44^th and 1^st Avenue) Church Center Building, New York
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)
Interpretation: Spanish, English
Reception, Refreshments

Indigenous Child Welfare
Time: 6:15 - 7:30 PM
Location: Canadian Permanent Mission, 885 2nd Avenue , 14th Floor
Organizers: Canadian Permanent Mission
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Indigenous Youth Involvement
Time: 8:30 - 9:45 AM
Location: Canadian Permanent Mission, 885 2nd Avenue , 14th Floor
Organizers: Canadian Permanent Mission
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Co-Management of the Arctic
Time: 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Location: Canadian Permanent Mission, 885 2nd Avenue , 14th Floor
Organizers: Canadian Permanent Mission
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Denial of Justice: Colten Boushie & the Failure of the Canadian Justice System
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: The Church Centre for the UN, 777 UN Plaza, 10th Floor Conference Room
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Title: Spiritual connection and land stewardship
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Episcopal Church Center, 815 2nd Avenue – Room 301. Between 43rd and 44th St.
Organizers: Mining Working Group; NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Congregation of the Mission; VIVAT International; Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Caritas International; Dominican Leadership Conference; Franciscans International; Pan-Amazon Ecclesial network REPAM; CIMI.
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World Bank Group Side Events:
(Location: One UN Hotel, Manhattan Room, One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017)

Indigenous Fair
The Indigenous Fair will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd  Floor of the Church Center for the UN (777 UN Plaza, corner of 44th Street and 1st Avenue). For more information please contact Ms. Esmeralda Brown at esmeraldabrown@aol.com

Expert Panel – Side Event:Indigenous Voices: Alternative Strategies to deal with Human Rights Violations (Special Event: co-sponsored with Witness and Sandra Creamer Consultancy)
Time: 1:15 – 2:45 PM
Location: to be determined
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)

Expert Panel and Dialogue Event: Haudenosaunee Influence on the Women’s Rights Movement – Then & Now (Special Fundraising Event: American Indian Law Alliance)
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: Jerome Green Hall, Room 106, Columbia University, 435 West 116th St, New York
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)
Tickets: https://aila.ngo/buy-tickets
Cost: $20 purchase tickets

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Indigenous Gathering: From Youth to Defenders, our Land is our Right!
Time: 2:00 - 6:00PM
Location: Cervantes Institute, 211 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017
Organizers: Indigenous Peoples Major Group, Indigenous Youth Caucus, International Land Coalition (ILC), International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Land Rights Now Campaign

A gathering in where Indigenous Peoples and partner organisations will present their experiences on successful strategies and actions towards UNDRIP implementation, recommending concrete opportunities in the coming years: what needs to be done to scale-up support for this cause?

Presentations:

• Indigenous Peoples major Group for SDGs (IMPG), presenting the report on land rights and SDGs
• International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), presenting the report “Indigenous World” with specific focus on indigenous land and territorial rights in 2018.
• Indigenous Youth Caucus, roles of Youth in advancing the land rights recognition.
• Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), ongoing campaigns and initiatives on indigenous human rights defenders

Refreshments to follow, together with an indigenous traditional performance and share fair.

Interpretation: Spanish and French
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Nation of Hawai’i talk at Fordham University School of Law
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Location: 150 West 62nd Street, New York, NY, 10023, Room 3-03
Speakers: Brandon Maka’awa’awa, Deputy Head of State, Nation of Hawai’i and Lindsay Kukona Pakele, Senior Executive Advisor, Nation of Hawai’i
The talk is sponsored by Fordham University’s American Studies Program, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Department of Political Science, and the Chief Diversity Officer, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity. See flyer.

Mother Tongues Book Fair
Time: 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Revson Plaza in Columbia University
Join the Runasimi Outreach Committee at NYU and La Zenka Sunqu Newspaper in celebrating written works by indigenous authors. Works from authors will be on display and available for purchase. For more information please visit https://wp.nyu.edu/mtbookfair/ or contact Ms. Jennifer Zelmer at jzelmer@unicef.org

An Expert Panel – Side Event: Indigenous Peoples’ Collective Rights, Lands & Territories (Discussion co-sponsored with the Parliament of World Religions)
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: 2^nd floor, 777 UN Plaza (44^th and 1^st Avenue) Church Center Building, New York
Contact: Tia Oros Peters (tia@7genfund.org)
Interpretation: Spanish, English
Dinner Buffet

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Global Justice for Indigenous Languages: A Symposium
The Symposium is co-organized by the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and co-sponsored by other Columbia departments as well as SPFII and other actors outside Columbia It is part of the Sawyer Seminar on Global Language Justice funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
For more information as the dates approach, including pre-registration, please consult ISHR’s website: www.humanrightscolumbia.org
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CLACPI Indigenous Film Showcase at New York University
NYU Libraries is collaborating with the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Native Studies Forum, the Native American and Indigenous Student Group and the Runasimi Outreach Committee to host the CLACPI (Coordinator of Latin American Cinema and Communication of Indigenous Peoples) Indigenous Film Showcase at the King Juan Carlos Center on Saturday, April 21st from 10 am to 7 pm.  English/Spanish interpreters will be available. The films are in Indigenous and Spanish languages with English subtitles. This event is free and open to the public, please RSVP at: wp.nyu.edu/clacpi.
For more information please contact Ms. Sandy Enriquez (se1278@nyu.edu)

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A Mile in Our Moccasins: HIV education and awareness through lived experiences and an Indigenous lens
Format: Screening of the film; a moderated interactive and participatory event; panel discussion
Co-hosts: Vancouver Island PWA Society; PrEPahHontoz; Australia; Canada; UNFPA; UN Women.
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
Location: 605 Third Ave (39th & 40th street), Orange Cafe, UNFPA
Lunch served from 1:00 pm
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