Monday, April 8, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
James E. Rogers College of Law, Room 156
1201 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721
Join the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program to meet, learn from, and network with some of IPLP’s most distinguished and professionally accomplished alumni.
Every right that we hold is tied to a set of corresponding responsibilities. In order to maintain the rights that we claim for ourselves, we must establish a foundation for those rights to stand on. We do this by taking responsibility for ensuring the rights of all living beings. IPLP graduate Sherri Mitchell (JD, ’11), will explore how we anchor our rights to a foundation of moral, cultural, and environmental responsibilities.
*All IPLP speaker series events are free and open to the public and take place at the James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to law-iplp@email.arizona.edu.
Speaker Bio
Sherri (Penobscot Nation) is the founding director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life.
Prior to forming the Land Peace Foundation, Sherri served as a law clerk to the Solicitor of the United States Department of Interior, as an Associate with Fredericks, Peebles and Morgan Law Firm, as a civil rights educator for the Maine Attorney General’s Office, and as the Staff Attorney for the Native American Unit of Pine Tree Legal.
Born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek), she speaks and teaches around the world on issues of indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change. Her broad base of knowledge allows her to synthesize many subjects into a cohesive whole, weaving together a multitude of complex issues and articulating them in a way that both satisfies the mind and heals the heart.