Join a hands-on community action event to make visible our support for defenders of Indigenous lands, water, forests, air and a healthy environment. In times of climate crisis, these defenders are a beacon of hope. Yet they are under increasing vicious attack because their efforts challenge the profits of powerful companies and their backers.

Come hear the inspiring words of defenders from across our hemisphere and help us unveil a new tree that honours a call made to us by our partners at the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras (COPINH), the organization founded by murdered Lenca Indigenous rights and river defender Berta Cáceres.

Together with community artist Claudia Salguero, we will paint stones to create a vibrant, eye-catching Living River of Solidarity that flows out from the tree to engage passersby.

There will also be music, refreshments and lots of opportunities to make your voice count by signing petitions in support of threatened defenders in Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala.

When: Saturday September 24 between 2 and 6 pm – drop by any time and join the action!

Where: Outside Amnesty’s Ottawa office, 312 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa, ON K1N 1H9

This event is free! This event is child friendly! This event needs many hands! So bring your friends and together we’ll create a collective public art installation for Indigenous rights and a healthy environment.