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Ofelia Rivas: Tohono O’odham Nation
“There is a word for our way of life: Himdag,” says Ofelia Rivas, leader in the O’odham Solidarity Project. “Our way of life is based on the land and living in harmony with the land. All of this has been violated and there has been a tremendous imbalance even within our own people.”

Enie Begaye, Dine & Tohono O'odham Nations
Enei Begaye of the Dine (Navajo) & Tohono O'odham nations, is currently the Executive Director of the Black Mesa Water Coalition. She is a speaker, writer and organizer around issues of environment, youth, and indigenous rights.

Lori Riddle: Akimel O’Otham Nation
Gila River Indian Community tribal members, led by Lori Riddle, launched a campaign to evict the incinerator from tribal lands in 2002 after learning about the toxic emissions from the facility. Located at the tribe's Lone Butte Industrial Park on the reservation near Chandler, Arizona, the incinerator emitted dioxin, mercury and many other toxic chemicals.

Julie Fischel: Western Shoshone Nation
Julie Fischel, attorney for the Western Shoshone Defense Project questions whether the real impetus for the U.S. government's raids on the Danns is because the area from which the animals were removed "sits atop one of the largest gold finds in the history of the United States."

Lori Goodman: Dine Nation
Dine Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Dine CARE) was founded in 1988 to resist the construction of a toxic waste site in the southwest corner of the Navajo Nation. Lori Goodman has been an integral part of Dine CARE since its inception. This first campaign was a success: through community organizing, education, and protest, Dine CARE warded off the proposed site. A similar victory was attained in 1991, when the organization prevented the construction of an asbestos dump on Navajo land in New Mexico.

Veronica Eady: Brooklyn, NY
Veronica is a Senior Staff Attorney for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, serving as project manager for the Environmental Justice and Community Development Project.

Deeohn Ferris: Washington, DC
Deeohn Ferris is President/CEO of the Sustainable Community Development Group, Inc. a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to metropolitan sustainability, environmental health, smart growth and regional equity. Ferris is an environmental attorney whose interdisciplinary career spans government, industry and public interest.

Davida Finger: New Orleans
Davida Finger, a New Orleans native, is working as the Louisiana State Coordinator for Oxfam America's Gulf Coast Emergency Response. She is leading policy and advocacy efforts throughout hurricane affected areas in southern Louisiana.

Megan Walline, Washington DC
Megan is a water law attorney at the Department of the Interior, where she works on issues related to western water rights, water allocation, and agency compliance with the ESA and the Clean Water Act. In addition to litigation responsibilities, she advises agencies on water-related projects to benefit listed species. She currently is working on a project that will remove Chiloquin Dam in Oregon to improve habitat for endangered fish species in the Klamath Basin.

Elouise Brown, a leader in DDR, believes that economic development must not come at the expense of the health of our children, the air we breathe, our sacred land and water, and our way of life. With her work she aims to protect and preserve the natural state of Harmony and Beauty against corporate intrusion and environmental injustices.

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