NYC: An Evening with AIM Member Lenny Foster
Lenny Foster of the Diné Nation is the Director of the Navajo Nation Corrections Project and the Spiritual Advisor for 1,500 Native American inmates in many state and federal prisons in the Western U.S. He has co-authored legislation in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado that allows Native American spiritual and religious practice in prison and results in significant reductions in prison returns.
Lenny will speak on Native American Spirituality, the Prison System, Environmental Issues Affecting Native Lands and Native American Prisoner of War Leonard Peltier
Friday, May 11, 2012
Casa de las Américas
182 E. 111th St.
(btwn. Lex. Ave. and 3rd Ave.)
Take the 6 train to E. 110th St.
Lenny is a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council, a sun dancer and member of the Native American Church. He has been with the American Indian Movement since 1969 and has participated in actions including Alcatraz, Black Mesa, the Trail of Broken Treaties, Wounded Knee 1973, the Menominee Monastery Occupation, Shiprock Fairchild Occupation, the Longest Walk and the Big Mountain land struggle. He was a 1993 recipient of the City of Phoenix Dr. Martin Luther King Human Rights Award.
Lenny will speak on five Native American issues: the illegal imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, land and resources taken from Native peoples by the U.S. government, stripmining, uranium mining and the pollution of the land, air and water, Native American freedom of religion and the demand to honor Native treaty rights.
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THanks for posting the Lenny Foster event. The evening will start with a reception featuring light refreshments from 6-7 p.m. Then Lenny will speak. This is a rare opportunity — don’t miss it!
Greetings! My name is Ron Gibbs and I am a member of the All-African People’s revolutionary Party. Our organization was founded by our comrad in struggle Kwame Ture – aka Stokley Carmichael. We are organizing a celebration of African Liberation day on May 26 and we would like to have Lenny Foster or another member of Aim to come and give a presentation on the current struggle of indiginous peoples. I(f you have a ny contact number to give us we would appreciate it. Thank you so much for your assistance. Ron Gibbs
Lenny is a great friend of mine! I hope that many people will show up for this event!