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Follow Up Discussion! RE: Dr. June Lorenzo on Community Peace & Justice – Talk
October 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free
Follow Up Discussion Regarding Last Week’s Talk:
Dr. June Lorenzo on
Community Peace & Justice
Tuesday, October 8th 12-1pm
Hello Friends,
Thanks to the many of you for coming to hear Dr. Lorenzo’s fine talk on the DOD and on uranium mining on her home Dine–Navajo–reservation.
There was a lot of discussion during and after the talk about the Doctrine of Discovery and American Law. I suggest that we come together again next Tuesday, October 8, for a full-on discussion of the DOD. Here’s a quote to whet your appetite (you will recall Dr. L:orenzo referring to this case.)
“In the US Supreme Court in the 1823 case Johnson v. McIntosh, Chief Justice John Marshall’s opinion in the unanimous decision held ‘that the principle of discovery gave European nations an absolute right to New World lands.’ In essence, American Indians had only a right of occupancy, which could be abolished.”
Tell your friends. You do not have to have attended yesterday’s talk to engage in this one! And church people, please pass on the word to people who are probably not on my email list.
Thanks–and see you here!
Rich
Please note June will not be in attendance. We are continuing the discussion!
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Peacemaker Dr. June Lorenzo , a member of the Laguna Pueblo and Diné (Navajo Nation), is an attorney, consultant and human rights advocate who holds both a JD and a PhD. She practices law in New Mexico and has advocated for the rights of Indigenous People before the United Nations and the Organization of American States. June has served as a Judge for 6 Native Nations in New Mexico and has served as legal counsel for both Laguna Pueblo and Navajo Nation, for the US Senate and US House of Representative committees, and for the US Department of Justice (Voting Rights). She is also engaged in advocacy on uranium legacy issues, which are related to the protection of sacred areas.
Dr. Lorenzo has served on a number of PC(USA) committees and task forces at the Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly level. She is a member and clerk of session at Laguna United Presbyterian Church (Pueblo of Laguna), the only Native American congregation in the Presbytery of Santa Fe.
This is a program promoted by Steve Kliewer of the Presbyterian Church in Lostine.
Free and open to the public!