Resist Genocide & Ecocide: Build Democratic Socialism

Start: 2025-07-20 13:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)

End: 2025-07-20 14:30:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)

A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP

Join Caracol DSA for an educational panel and discussion on resisting ecocide and genocide.

Panelists include:

  • Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian scientist and author who is the founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University, where he also teaches.
  • Francois Kamate, a young climate and human rights defender from North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. He is a co-founding member of Amani Institute ASBL and Extinction Rebellion Rutshuru and is active with various aligned groups and campaigns such as Save Virunga, LUCHACongo.org, and Notre Terre Sans Pétrole
  • Anna Libey, an ecosocialist organizer and member of Caracol from Denver DSA and Sunrise Movement. Anna is a systems scientist, environmental engineer, and activist interested in coalition building between environmental, economic, and racial justice movements.
  • Gina Cortés Valderrama, a Colombian activist who advocates for climate, racial, economic and gender justice at the intersections of feminism, decoloniality and degrowth. She co-coordinates the Just Transition Thematic Group part of the UNFCCC’s Women and Gender Constituency.

After the panel presentations there will be an interactive session for discussion and generating organizing.

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