By Christian Ciobanu | Project Leader
Dear Donors,
Many thanks for supporting Reverse the Trend! Since our last update, we traveled to Springdale, AR to spend time with the Marshallese community and MEI. We have also tremendously grown as evident in both the number of new advisors and interns. Three more activists, including Esther Yazzie-Lewis, Dr. Vincent Intondi, and David Newman, have joined our advisory board and we are so grateful for their support.
Additionally, this summer we have interns from Japan, Australia, Canada, the U.S., and France.
Our interns are forming RTT chapters throughout the world, including RTT Pacific, RTT Japan, RTT Korea, RTT Canada, and RTT Francophone.
RTT Pacific organized its first youth committee meeting that included students from the University of the South Pacific. They discussed the urgent need to address Japan's decision to release contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.
Moreover, our two French interns, Mathilde and Donatella, are organizing and moderating a Francophone conference on the legacy of French nuclear testing in Algeria. This event will take place at 2pm EST on 27 July. The speakers are:
The registration link is https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIld-GrrjMiHNMtJCZ_ba7OtWA1nRHqOrLe.
We are also building RTT Canada. RTT Canada will be hosting an informational session on 3 August. Registration info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdOmsrD0uGdPAPJs5ORVgTTvEf8BeaWkE
Later this summer, we will begin outreach to Korean organizations to form RTT Korea.
We will also be hosting an exchange between Japanese and American youth in mid-August
We are looking forward to more youth events!
While we are creating these chapters, our interns are also contacting both social justice, Indigenous, and First Nations groups about working with us!
We are excited about our work and would like to thank you for supporting us.
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