John,

The seventh installment in our Campaign for the Culture conversation series happens next week. Join us for Native Communities vs. Big Tobacco: How an Industry Commercializes, Exploits and Misrepresents Traditional Practices for Profits.

This free, virtual event will take place on Wednesday, November 2nd at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. And I'm excited to share that these distinguished advocates will be joining the panel:

 – Moderator –
CoCo Villaluz
(Hidatsa/Assiniboine/Chamorro)
American Indian Cancer Foundation
Health Equity Manager

Hershel Walker Clark
(Navajo Nation)
Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project
Program Manager

Lou Moerner 
Northern California Indian Development Council
Community Consultant & Advocate

Suzanne Nash
(Ojibwe)
Indigenous Peoples Task Force
First Medicines Program Manager

Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson
(Navajo Nation)
Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
Vice President

Nalia Segura
(Ojibwe)
Youth Advocate

...and more!

In yet another display of Big Tobacco’s predatory practices, the concept of traditional tobacco – a sacred symbol of peace and healing in many Native communities – was appropriated and commercialized for the industry’s financial gain. Now, American Indian and Alaska Native communities have the highest prevalence of commercial tobacco use compared to any other population group in the United States. Our panel of community leaders, health experts and tobacco control advocates will explore the difference between traditional and commercial tobacco and celebrate the leadership of Indigenous communities working to take down Big Tobacco.

Learn more and RSVP today >>

Sincerely,

Caroline Goncalves Jones
Director of Advocacy and Outreach

 

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