7:30 pm
The Coming of Age of the American Politic with Winona LaDuke
Kentucky International Convention Center
221 South Fourth Street
Free and open to the public
Winona LaDuke is an Ojibwe community organizer, economist and author who lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota. She was the Green Party's Vice-presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000.
Join us in this frank discussion exploring the view that the precepts of America are largely founded on the notion of conquest, and of a frontier. Neither of these notions is sustainable, and at the same time America has reached the end of its frontiers — economically, in terms of natural wealth, and in terms of a consciousness of empire.
LaDuke will explore the notion of empire, the naming of America, and sacred lands while also providing examples of grassroots, indigenous and rural reclamation of relationship to place and to the future.
This event is part of the 13th Annual Festival of Faiths. For more information about the entire Festival of Faiths line-up, including regsitration details go to www.interfaithrelations.org or pick up a complete event catalog at any Carmichaels Bookstore or Heine Brothers Coffee location (or call 502- 583-3100 to have a catalog mailed to you).