This webinar presents testimony and perspectives from the Caribbean on the impact of extractivism on human rights and climate change, with a focus on the economic, social, cultural and environmental rights of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendent and rural communities. This is the second webinar in Freedom Imaginaries’ webinar and blog series, Beyond Extractivism.

SPEAKERS

Immaculata Casimero, Guyana

Founder, Wapichan Women’s Movement

John Mussington, Antigua and Barbuda

Environmental Advocate and Educator

Esther Figueroa, Jamaica

Environmental Activist and Filmmaker

Kirk Murray, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas

Fire Chief

Janette Bulkan, Guyana

Environmental Advocate and Academic

Germain Clerveau, Haiti

Jesuit Priest and Environmental Advocate

Hugo Jabini, Suriname

Saramaka Environmental Leader

Gary Aboud, Trinidad and Tobago

Founding Member and Corporate Secretary, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea

MODERATOR

Malene Alleyne, Jamaica

Human Rights Lawyer and Founder, Freedom Imaginaries

FEATURED ARTIST

Earth and the Fullness

Band that performs roots music with soul live from Kingston, Jamaica.