Chico Peace and Justice Center

August 28, 2007
Chico Peace and Justice Center

Two seasoned activist gave a presentation covering the speakers' insights and experiences working in solidarity with grassroots communities living under threat of violence and its constant repercussions.

Noah Dillard is a seasoned activist who has spent the last two years working in solidarity with rural, indigenous communities of Colombia caught between an ongoing civil war and the violent hand of current US foreign policy. Previously he spent 6 months living in the Gaza Strip and working with the International Solidarity Movement to end the illegal occupation of Palestine.

Meghan Keeler is a permaculturalist and earth-based activist who has spent a portion of her time as a supporter on the Black Mesa Reservation where the people have faced a systematic, forced dislocation from their ancestral lands over the last several decades - a history that impacts the quality of life, land and survival on the reservation today.