BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:DC Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:DC Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:794283d0-04ae-4ae0-9be5-44acb58bfb03 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260804T055103Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T193000 SUMMARY:Ecology Book Club LOCATION:Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library\nCleveland Park Neighborhood Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cleveland Park Neighborhoo d Library;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library:ge o:38.9338614,-77.0579754 GEO:38.9338614;-77.0579754 DESCRIPTION:This adult book club discusses books on human ecology\, sustai nable living\, environmental justice and post-fossil fuel futures. Books c an be nonfiction\, fiction or poetry..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/even t/15063944 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This month we will be discussing \;We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson.

"From a fear less\, internationally acclaimed activist comes an impassioned memoir abou t an indigenous childhood\, a clash of cultures\, and the fight to save th e Amazon rainforest.

We Will Be Jaguars& nbsp\;is an astonishing memoir by an equally astonishing woman. Nenquimo i s a winner of \;TIME \;magazine&rsquo\;s Earth Award\, and \;M S. \;magazine named this book among the Most Anticipated Feminist Book s of 2024.

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador&rsq uo\;s Amazon rainforest&mdash\;one of the last to be contacted by missiona ries in the 1950s&mdash\;Nemonte Nenquimo had a singular upbringing.< /p>\n

She was taught about plant medicines\, foraging\, oral storyte lling\, and shamanism by her elders. At age fourteen\, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the c ity. Eventually\, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams\, pleading w ith her to return and embrace her own culture. She listened.

Two decades later\, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful vo ices in climate change activism. She has spearheaded the alliance of indig enous nations across the Upper Amazon and led her people to a landmark vic tory against Big Oil\, protecting over a half million acres of primary rai nforest. Her message is as sharp as a spear&mdash\;honed by her experience s battling loggers\, miners\, oil companies and missionaries.

In \;We Will Be Jaguars\, she partners with her husband\, Mitch A nderson\, founder of Amazon Frontlines\, digging into generations of oral history\, uprooting centuries of conquest\, hacking away at racist notions of indigenous peoples\, and ultimately revealing a life story as rich\, h arsh\, and vital as the Amazon rainforest herself."

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For help finding a copy of \;We Will Be Jaguars. You can also ask for a copy at the front desk o f Cleveland Park Library &mdash\; a few extra copies are available for boo k club participants. (This is the best way to obtain a copy in time to rea d it beforehand.)
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