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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Webinar date/time:
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Monday, March 8, 2021; 10am
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">What will you learn?</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">In Canada and the United States, there are approximately 4.9 million Indigenous women. They are central in their cultures and societies as leaders and knowledge
holders. Indigenous women’s leadership in fields including policy, law, medicine, food systems, research, land stewardship, nutritional health and food sovereignty are setting the course for current and future generations. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">On
International Women’s Day, join the FAO Liaison Office for North America and the Indigenous Peoples Unit for a webinar honoring Indigenous women of North America as change-makers in their work to achieve zero hunger and end malnutrition for their communities
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Remarks</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></b><br>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Rose High Bear Founder and Board Member, Wisdom of the Elderberry Farm, Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Vimlendra Sharan, Director, FAO North America</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Rep. Deb Haaland, Congresswoman [NM-1]; Nominee for US Department of Interior,</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pueblo of Laguna (Video message)</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">High-level Remarks</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
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<li><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Heather Dawn Thompson, Director of Office of Tribal Relations, USDA, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Keynote Address</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Dr. Priscilla Settee Professor of Indigenous Studies, University of Saskatchewan; Cumberland House Swampy Cree First Nations</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Featured Panelists</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Beth Roach Co-Founder Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, Nottoway Tribe</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Elisa Levi, Advisor, Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund, Anishinaabe, Chippewas of Nawash</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Mariana Estrada, Programme Manager and Indigenous Women’s Knowledge Specialist, FAO</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Co-Moderators</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Tara Maudrie MSPH Human Nutrition Candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sault Ste Marie Ojibwe</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Mikaila Way, Indigenous Peoples’ Liaison for North America, FAO</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></li></ul>
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