Join the next Living on Earth Book Club event!

Amy Bowers Cordalis will talk to us about her book,The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and A Way of Life.

"Amy Bowers Cordalis proves determination can save a river. The Water Remembers is an important record of how the Klamath became a battleground and a blueprint for action for future generations." Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia

Tuesday, July 14
5:00 PM PDT/ 8:00 PM EDT
Online & free! Register Here!

Join the Living on Earth Bookclub for a conversation with Amy Bowers Cordalis, indigenous activist and author of The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and A Way of Life.

For the members of the Yurok tribe in Northern California, salmon are the lifeblood of the people: a vital source of food, income, and cultural identity. When a catastrophic fish kill devastates the river, Amy Bowers Cordalis is propelled into action, reigniting her family’s 170-year battle against the U.S. government.

In a moving and engrossing blend of memoir and history, Cordalis propels readers through generations of her family’s struggle, where she learns that the fight for survival is not only about fishing. It’s about protecting a way of life and the right of a species and river to exist.

The Water Remembers is a testament to the enduring power of Indigenous knowledge, family legacy, and the determination to ensure that future generations remember what it means to live in balance with the earth.

The Living on Earth Book Club, UMass Boston School for the Environment, Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, Save California Salmon, Save the Redwoods League, and the Cal Poly Humboldt Departments of Environmental Science and Management, Native American Studies, and Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management proudly present this free, live conversation between author Amy Bowers Cordalis and Host Jenni Doering.

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Check out our previous events:

Watch our interview with Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers author Hannah Ritchie:

Bridging Communities with Hope: An Environmental Justice Conference for All

Hosted at UMass Boston by the Center for Climate and Environmental Justice Media, a collaboration between Living on Earth and UMass Boston School for the Environment

Speakers included:

• Dr. Robert (Bob) Bullard, Father of Environmental Justice, Texas Southern University, Environmental Justice Movement advocate and environmental justice scholar

• Nalleli Cobo Uriarte, Environmental Activist and Storyteller Winner of the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize and was named on the 2022 Time 100 Next list.
• Dr. Marccus D. Hendricks, Former Senior Advisor for Climate and Community Resilience at the White House, University of Maryland
• Daniel Blackman, Former EPA Regional Administrator, Founder of Renaissance94 (Ren94)
• David Cash, Former EPA New England regional administrator
• Dr. Ben Chavis, Activist, author, journalist and chemist, President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Serves on the Board of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
• Monique Harden, Former Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
• Crystal Johnson, MA EEA Assistant Secretary of Environmental Justice

Day 1 Livestream Link

Day 2 Livestream Link

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If you are interested in purchasing any of the books above or any of the books we cover on Living on Earth...

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Sponsors for the above events include the UMass Boston School for the Environment, NH Audubon, New Hampshire Public Radio, the New England Aquarium, ProPublica, the UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School, and the Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston.