How Leadership is Evolving: Leading from the Round, from Love and from Underground
The hierarchical, dominator, winner-take-all forms of leadership that brought us colonialism, patriarchy, white supremacy and capitalism have led us to the brink of global ecological, economic and social collapse. No surprise, then, that research shows significant improvements in most social and ecological systems and in addressing the climate crisis when the status, education, reproductive rights and leadership of women increase. Come hear from a remarkable group of women approaching leadership from diverse backgrounds and angles, as they share what they see as emergent directions in movement-building, healing and transformative change. With: Osprey Orielle Lake, founder/Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); Shilpa Jain, Executive Director, YESworld; Leila Salazar-Lopez, Executive Director, Amazon Watch; Nina Simons, co-founder, Bioneers.
Bay Room
May 13th | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Leila Salazar-López
Executive Director
Amazon Watch
Leila Salazar-López, the Executive Director of Amazon Watch, has worked for 20+ years to defend the world’s rainforests, human rights, and the climate through grassroots organizing and international advocacy campaigns at Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, and Green Corps. She is also a Greenpeace Voting Member and a Global Fund for Women Advisor for Latin America.
Osprey Orielle Lake
Founder and Executive Director
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
Osprey Orielle Lake, founder and Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, works with grassroots and Indigenous leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a democratized energy future. She also serves on the Executive Committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and is the author of the award-winning book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature.
Shilpa Jain
Executive Director
YES!
Shilpa Jain, Executive Director of YES!, has facilitated dozens of transformative leadership gatherings around the world with hundreds of young leaders from over 80 countries. Her previous roles include: founding coordinator of the Global Youth Leadership Collaborative; Education and Outreach Coordinator of Other Worlds; learning activist with Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development in Udaipur, India; and coordinator of the Swapathgami Network. Shilpa has also written numerous articles and books, including: A Poet’s Challenge to Schooling, Reclaiming the Gift Culture, Other Worlds of Power, Paths of Unlearning, and Unfolding Learning Societies. Today, she sees her work as contributing to the deep healing of internal, interpersonal and systemic breakdown and helping people live in greater alignment with their hearts and deepest values, their local communities, and nature.
Nina Simons
Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Strategist
Bioneers
Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and its Chief Relationship Strategist is also co-founder of Women Bridging Worlds and Connecting Women Leading Change. She co-edited the anthology book, Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and most recently wrote Nature, Culture & The Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. An award-winning social entrepreneur, Nina teaches and speaks internationally, and previously served as President of Seeds of Change and Director of Strategic Marketing for Odwalla. (ninasimons.com)
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