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<div><b>From:</b> Agrarian Trust <<a href="mailto:severine@agrariantrust.org">severine@agrariantrust.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> October 5, 2016 at 11:28:34 AM MST<br>
<b>To:</b> Mitch McClaran <<a href="mailto:mcclaran@email.arizona.edu">mcclaran@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>OUR LAND 2 SYMPOSIUM Nov 9-17th, New Mexico</b><br>
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Dear Friends,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I’m writing with more details about the fast approaching <strong>OUR LAND 2 Symposium: Tracing the Acequia Commons</strong>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please do spread the word!</p>
<p dir="ltr">The complete program, speakers bios, schedule and locations are all on the website <a href="http://organize.thegreenhorns.net/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agrariantrust.org%2F2016symposium&e=edf3c0807782b877b9719bbc55b86e69&utm_source=greenhorns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ourlandblast&n=1">www.agrariantrust.org/2016symposium</a> (or
scroll down to see the full schedule of events)</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can learn about the work of the speakers at the<a href="http://organize.thegreenhorns.net/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F1561061204201504%2F&e=edf3c0807782b877b9719bbc55b86e69&utm_source=greenhorns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ourlandblast&n=2">
event’s facebook page</a>, where we’ve posted videos, articles, and links.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Speakers include: Mary Wood, Ruth Breach, Rick Prelinger, Kim Stringfellow, Sylvia Rodriguez, Allyson Siwik, Tezozomoc, Eric Holt-Gimenez, Miguel Santiestevan, Devon Pina, Stanley Crawford, and Alex Pino.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Artists include: Sharon Steward, Kim Stringfellow, Emily Volger, Ildi Carlise-Cummings, Kaitlin Bryson, Nancy Dewhurst, Erin Fussell, Bill Gilbert, Andrea Gohl, Ryan Henel, Catherine Harris, Jeanette Hart-Mann, Cecilia McKinnon, Sarah Molina, Hollis
Moore, Hamshya Rajkumar, Kacie Smith, Molly Zimmer, Rachel Zollinger, and more!</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>OUR LAND 2</strong> has a focus on the lessons of the acequia irrigation commons, a 400 year old system that supports dryland agriculture.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here are summaries of the various sessions:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A participatory Acequia walk with elders and youngers along the ditch</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A land-arts projection show</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A powerful vision for public trust lands administration, commoning and accountability with Mary Wood professor of law at University of Oregon, campaigner Ruth Breech from Rainforest Action Network’s Public Lands Campaign, and Allysson Sivik from
the wild and scenic Gila River</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Practical land access strategies and inter-generational knowledge transfer with Ian McSweeney and Miguel Estevan at the Quivira Conference</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A film / multi media presentation night about tragic water enclosures and struggles in other regions- Central Valley California, Owens Valley California, Detroit, Michigan.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Outsider artists, historians and archivists, Rick Prelinger and Kim Stringfellow present their work interpreted work on human- land-relations, Eric Holt Gimenez of Food First brings these relations into a political context</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A land-reform exhibit, bookshop and pop-up library</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A half day long session on acequia culture, tradition, and emergent commons across geographies with speakers from New Mexico, S.Colorado, South Central Los Angeles</p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">Please can you do us the favor of forwarding information about the Symposium to all your peeps in the Southwest/ Inter-montain, Upper Texas and ‘game for traveling’ regions so that everyone who could come, definitely hears about it.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thank you very much, it's going to be really wonderful.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Severine v T Fleming ( Agrarian Trust board president)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">P.S. Our 3rd Edition of the New Farmers Almanac is on track and will be on sale immediately after the Symposium. It's Crunch time! Thanks for your networking help on the promotion of OUR LAND 2. x<br>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>OUR LAND 2 Tracing the Acequia Commons </strong>FULL SCHEDULE of EVENTS:</span><br>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">November 9th, Wednesday</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">REGISTRATION REQUIRED- Register <a href="http://organize.thegreenhorns.net/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fquiviracoalition.org%2F2016_Conference%2FREGISTRATION%2Findex.html&e=edf3c0807782b877b9719bbc55b86e69&utm_source=greenhorns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ourlandblast&n=3">here.</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Talk by Miguel Santiestevan and Ian McSweeney, Russell Foundation</p>
<p dir="ltr">Quivira Coalition Conference, 10am- 11am</p>
<p dir="ltr">Embassy Suites, Albuquerque</p>
<p dir="ltr">This session will focus on land access tactics and inter-generational knowledge transfer in traditional acequia agriculture. We will also learn about practical approaches for conservation and leasing, aimed at helping new and next generation farmers
navigate their way forward.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All of November</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">FREE!</p>
<p dir="ltr">OPEN LAND ARCHIVE + EXHIBIT open for the month of November.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A salon/ learning space for “ Land Questions” with historical materials, videos, audios, books for sale, and space for spontaneous conversations. Free! Fun!</p>
<p dir="ltr">@Saturday Farmers Markets, Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute</p>
<p dir="ltr">@Exhibit space at BetterDay Coffee and between La Montanita Coop, Santa Fe</p>
<p dir="ltr">“The Land Question” - A pop-up reading room</p>
<p dir="ltr">‘The future that might have been’ - Multi-media exhibit and archive/ audio+video projection by Ildi Carlisle-Cummins of Cal Ag Roots/ Institute for Rural Studies</p>
<p dir="ltr">Land Justice Bookstore - presented by Food First Publications</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Acequia” - Photographic Series by Sharon Stewart</p>
<p dir="ltr">Land Art Remix - Projections of projects by UNM Land Art Alumna</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mojave Project - Dispatches from Landscape Interpretation project of Kim Stringfellow</p>
<p dir="ltr">Enchantment - A participatory mapping project</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Field Guide to the Acequia of the Northern Rio Grande” - by Emily Vogler</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">November 13, Sunday</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">FREE, RSVP required: <a href="mailto:events@agrariantrust.org">events@agrariantrust.org</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">1pm Acequia Walk.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Join for an interpreted walk along the working waterways that nourish local agriculture in northern New Mexico and learn about their practical management, their history, and the future of this storied institution. ‘Walking the ditch’ is a big part
of managing this commons, and provides us a chance to discuss, intergenerationally, the tasks we face to keep this tradition alive.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Field trip and inter-generational Acequia walk with:</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Stanley Crawford, author of ‘Mayordomo’</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Basket Bob, Willow harvester and cultural interpreter</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Alex Pino, young farmer and coordinator of the Northern New Mexico Young Farmers Coalition</p>
<p dir="ltr">Attend via coordinated carpools leaving from Santa Fe Depot parking lot.</p>
<p dir="ltr">RSVP: <a href="mailto:events@agrariantrust.org">events@agrariantrust.org</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">November 14, Monday</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">FREE, RSVP required: <a href="mailto:events@agrariantrust.org">events@agrariantrust.org</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">6pm -9pm</p>
<p dir="ltr">“The Commons, Public Trust, Wild and scenic rivers”</p>
<p dir="ltr">Women’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico</p>
<p dir="ltr">Keynote presentations by Nature’s Trust and Public Trust:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mary Wood, University of Oregon Environmental Law, Nature’s Trust</p>
<p dir="ltr">Ruth Breach, Rainforest Action Network, Public Lands Campaign Director</p>
<p dir="ltr">Allyson Siwik, Wild Rivers with GILA River Information Project</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Commons, Public Trust, Wild and scenic rivers:</p>
<p dir="ltr">These are concept and legal definitions that guide public lands policy and underlie planning, stewardship and administration decisions. These concepts and rules impact lands we all own together. There are about 400 million acres of land in public
trust in the US. Decisions about the management of this land are meaningful to the nation and well as for the planet. Come learn from Nature’s Trust author and prominent environmental law professor Mary Wood about her groundbreaking research and work to enable
citizens to hold the US Government accountable to reduce Carbon emissions. From Allyson Siwik learn about the long water-moving legacies of the Bureau of Reclamation, the gains and the losses, and the fight to protect wild rivers. From Ruth Breech learn about
the new Rainforest Action Network’s campaign to stop mining permits on public lands, in the name of public health and mitigating catastrophic climate change. Each in their own way invokes the public trust, and the sacred right to protect the commons we all
share, for the next generation.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">FREE</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">November 15, Tuesday</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Water Commons film night at CCA Cinema</p>
<p dir="ltr">7pm- 10pm</p>
<p dir="ltr">1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico</p>
<p dir="ltr">FREE movie screening of “Paya” about water loss in the Owens Valley, California</p>
<p dir="ltr">FREE movie screening of “Flint” about privatization of municipal water supplies, Michigan</p>
<p dir="ltr">Live Performance by Illdi Carlisle Cummins of her Cal-AgRoots oral history/ audio/ video presentation about “ Land for People” a land reform effort in the 1970’s.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Screening 2 compelling new documentary films that address enclosure of water commons in other parts of the country, drawing lessons for the Southwest region that still maintains local and democratic control of water resources.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">November 16th, Wednesday</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Farmers Market Institute, Santa Fe Depot, Santa Fe NM</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Land relations: Conflict, subsistence, extraction, compromise and utopia of our domesticated nature.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">This evening’s session will fuse culture and politics, challenging us to squint through the translucent curtains of our shared landscape, to the relations and systems both political and cultural-- which shape it. Eric Holt Gimenez situates the
struggle for local control of land in the broader movement for justice. Rick Prelinger, famed archivist of subaltern histories traces sentiments and aspirations within “ the family farm”, through collected and curated home-videos. Kim Stringfellow traces the
lineage and relics of utopian land experiments and boom-towns in the Mojave. Join for an engaging evening of landscape interpretation and food politics as artists, archivists, activists reflect on the circumstance and agencies of landcare. </p>
<p dir="ltr">5.00 Introduction Severine v T Fleming, Agrarian Trust, Founder</p>
<p dir="ltr">5.30 Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archive, “ Farms Lost and Found”</p>
<p dir="ltr">6.30 Eric Holt Gimenez, Food First “ Social questions in Land Reform”</p>
<p dir="ltr">Snacks+ Drinks</p>
<p dir="ltr">7.30 Kim Stringfellow, The Mojave Project “ Greetings from the Salton Sea”</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rsvp required: <a href="mailto:events@agrariantrust.org">events@agrariantrust.org</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">November 17th, Thursday</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Half-day workshop at Biodynamic Conference</p>
<p dir="ltr">Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Separate Registration required:<a href="http://organize.thegreenhorns.net/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biodynamics.com%2F2016-biodynamic-conference%2Fevent%2Fland-commons&e=edf3c0807782b877b9719bbc55b86e69&utm_source=greenhorns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ourlandblast&n=4">Link
here.</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Speakers: Devon Pena, Tezozomoc, and Sylvia Rodriguez.</p>
<p dir="ltr">What do the Acequias teach us?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Practical and political considerations for administration of a commons. This half-day session gives us ample time to explore issues surrounding the acequias-systems in the desert Southwest-- bridging geography, ecology, exploring the social architecture
of direct resources control, learning lessons about evolutionary design and conflict management that is relevant far beyond this region.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Our Land Partners:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The Whitehead Foundation, Biodynamics Association, Quivira Coalition, Northern New Mexico Young Farmers Coalition, Rio Grande Young Farmers Alliance, Food First, Bioneers, Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, Food First.</p>
<p dir="ltr">More information here:<a href="http://organize.thegreenhorns.net/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agrariantrust.org%2F2016Symposium&e=edf3c0807782b877b9719bbc55b86e69&utm_source=greenhorns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ourlandblast&n=5">www.agrariantrust.org/2016Symposium</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://organize.thegreenhorns.net/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agrariantrust.org%2F2016Symposium&e=edf3c0807782b877b9719bbc55b86e69&utm_source=greenhorns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ourlandblast&n=6">Thank you so much for all those who have
made this symposium possible, and for supporting the work of Agrarian Trust. </a>
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