EP 13: Supersede Special Update -- Native American Heritage Month

Welcome to Episode 13 of Supersede! 
This month, we’re excited to bring you a special episode to honor Native American Heritage Month. 

We’ve compiled some highlights from three of our wonderful Indigenous guests discussing land, body, and community sovereignty. This episode uplifts the wisdom of Seeding Sovereignty Board Members Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone, and our Community Care Coordinator Serpentina Sanchez.

We are so lucky to be able to celebrate uplift and amplify their work and voices. These guests show how Indigenous communities are driving conversations and change around the issues that matter most – from how we grow the food that sustains us, to how we make space for grief and trauma, to how we create sustainable and resilient energy grids and energy sovereignty.

BIOS
Melina: Melina Laboucan-Massimo is Lubicon Cree from Northern Alberta. Melina is the Founder of Sacred Earth Solar and Co-Founder and Senior Director at Indigenous Climate Action. Melina is the inaugural fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation where her research focused on Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge and Renewable Energy. She is the host of a TV docu series called Power to the People which profiles renewable energy in Indigenous communities across the country. Melina holds a Master's degree in Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria with a focus on Renewable Energy. As a part of her master's thesis Melina implemented a 20.8 kW solar project in her home community of Little Buffalo which powers the health centre in the heart of the tar sands.

Jordan: Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, is a fourth generation runner, athlete advocate, community organizer, project manager, filmmaker, founder of Rising Hearts and a new mom. Since the 2019 Boston Marathon, she uses her platform - #RunningForJustice, to help raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives by dedicating the miles she runs to a missing or murdered Indigenous person - their families, survivors and advocates. Jordan is committed to helping make the running and community spaces a more equitable, safe, visible, supportive, diverse, inclusive, affordable and accessible place for people today and the next generations. 

Serpentina: Serpentina (IG @flora.pacha) is a Queer Herbalist + Farmer, Gender Non Conforming, South American Migrant, zine maker, writer, full spectrum companion, seed-saver, and gardener. They are also a podcaster at Wild Weeds Podcast (IG @wildweedspodcast) and the co-founder of Bloom + Change a Queer Land Project in so-called New Mexico. You can find Serpentina online, in their farm or traveling around facilitating workshops in community groups and universities!

ACTION ITEMS:
Sign up for Jordan’s Truthsgiving 4 Miler!
https://events.elitefeats.com/23truthsgiving 

Learn more about Sacred Earth Solar through their Just Transition Guide!
https://sacredearth.solar/just-transition-guide