Distinguished Native American leader, Chief Oren Lyons, will be offering the first keynote speech at our online FORUM2020 this year. Chief Oren Lyons, is Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan and Member Chief of the Onondaga Council of Chiefs and the Grand Council of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Peoples. Chief Lyons is a leading voice at the UN Permanent Forum on Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples, he serves on the Executive Committee of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders for Human Survival, and he is Chairman of the Board for both the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and Plantagon, a world leader in GreenHouse Innovation.
Please join us on Friday October 16 from 10am-1pm EST, for the free event focusing on the climate emergency. Watch a 3 min clip of our Temple of Understanding interview with Chief Oren Lyons on the climate emergency below. For the full length interview, please click here.