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SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, SEPT 29th

8:30 – Registration and coffee
9:00 – Invocation by Penobscot Nation Member
        -- Welcome by John Banks Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation
        -- Overview of the Summit Program and brief introduction of the steering committee 
9:30 – Tara Houska of Couchiching First Nation
10:30 – Table Talk on “Water Security”
11:00 – Lightning Talks on Water Challenges in Maine

  • Nestle water mining and export -- Nickie Sekera

  • Juniper Ridge Mega-Landfill -- Ed Spencer

  • Industrial Salmon Farming -- Ellie Daniels

  • East/West (Utility) Corridor -- Jim Freeman

  • Fish passage on Maine rivers – Landis Hudson

  • Toxics spraying in the Maine Woods – Hilton Hafford

  • Mercury contamination of the Penobscot -- 

12:00 – Lunch 
1:00 -- Breakout groups lead by Lightning Talk speakers
1:45 -- Michelle Sandborn  Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund New Hampshire Organizer
2:30 – Sherri Mitchell Penobscot native rights attorney, activist, and author
3:15 – Panel of Keynote speakers on Solutions and Next Steps
4:00 – Closing and evaluations

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PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN
REUSABLE WATER CONTAINER FOR REFILLING
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