The panel “Healing Justice in the Climate Crisis: Restoring Mind, Body, and Spirit” was held on Wednesday, June 25th, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path

The panel “Healing Justice in the Climate Crisis: Restoring Mind, Body, and Spirit” was held on Wednesday, June 25th, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond hosted by Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), June 23-28, 2025.

PANELISTS:
Cara Page, Founder of Changing Frequencies and Co-founder of the Healing Histories Project, Turtle Island/USA
Zainab Salbi, Co-founder, Daughters for Earth, Turtle Island/USA
Dr. Vivian Tatiana Camacho Hinojosa (Quechua), Director of Ancestral Traditional Medicine within the Vice Ministry of Ancestral Traditional Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Bolivia Nina Simons, Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers, Turtle Island/USA
Daiara Tukano (Tukano de Alto Rio Negro), Indigenous activist and artist, Brazil

Find resources shared during this panel and across the entire Assembly here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yoRH8m0kMi9hTQywnoTCHA77BmrMtFf_cvNiR6QdH4A/edit?usp=sharing

Organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond brought together over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders in all their diversity, global advocates, thought leaders, and policymakers representing 50 countries from around the world. During 25 unique panels, speakers showcased a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks, campaigns, and movement strategies with which we can accelerate a bold and transformative path to a healthy and just world.

This global public forum was held virtually from Monday, June 23 to Saturday, June 28, 2025, with interpretation in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

urok and Karuk peoples have been fighting for decades to remove dams on the Klamath River that destroyed riparian ecosystems and decimated salmon populations that underscore traditional lifeways.

urok and Karuk peoples have been fighting for decades to remove dams on the Klamath River that destroyed riparian ecosystems and decimated salmon populations that underscore traditional lifeways. In 2022, the US government finally agreed to remove four dams and engage in the largest river restoration project in US history. Join us to learn the story of this incredible achievement in tribal activism, groundbreaking tribal partnerships with state and federal governments, and culture-based methods for river restoration. Moderated by Cara Romero. With: Samuel Gensaw, Isaac Kinney and Craig Tucker.

This talk was delivered at the 2023 Bioneers Conference.

Learn more at http://www.bioneers.org

#LandBack has become a rallying cry in Indigenous circles and beyond from coast to coast, but what does #Landback really mean, and how can we be a part of this movement? In this panel, leaders in

#LandBack has become a rallying cry in Indigenous circles and beyond from coast to coast, but what does #Landback really mean, and how can we be a part of this movement? In this panel, leaders in the #Landback movement will share different approaches to the return and “rematriation” of ancestral territories. For tribal members, the discussion will include organizational, fundraising, and legal strategies. For non-Natives, panelists will share how to be a good ally for #Landback. Moderated by Cara Romero. With: PennElys Droz; Corrina Gould; Tom Little Bear Nason; Kawenniiosta Jock.

This talk was delivered at the 2023 Bioneers Conference.

Learn more at http://www.bioneers.org

Although colonial systems of oppression have radically damaged relationships between tribal communities and their traditional lands, a new generation of First Nations activists is working to

Although colonial systems of oppression have radically damaged relationships between tribal communities and their traditional lands, a new generation of First Nations activists is working to restore those connections and safeguard Indigenous identity for future generations. They’re protecting traditional territories and sacred sites from harm, and renewing Indigenous land stewardship. With: Eriel Deranger of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Valentin Lopez, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, and Cara Romero, from the Mohave-based Chemehuevi Tribe.