Fighting for climate justice with Youth Verdict

Monday, 12 December 2022 - 8:30am to 9:00am
A photograph of Murrawah Johnson and Monique Jeffs in front of a wall painted with a colourful environment-themed mural which includes a large Aboriginal flag. Murrawah is on the left, squatting with hands clasped in front of her, and wears a long-sleeved black shirt, black pants and white sneakers. Monique sits on a protruding feature of the wall on the right, also with their hands clasped in front of them, wearing a floral shirt, torn light blue jeans, and white sneakers. Both have serious expressions.

In this episode, we're joined by two of the co-directors of Youth Verdict, a youth-led climate activist group that just defeated Clive Palmer’s planned Waratah Coal mine, to talk about their victory and the importance of centring First Nations cultural rights and human rights in climate justice work. Murrawah Johnson is a Wirdi woman, co-director and First Nations program lead at Youth Verdict. Monique Jeffs is a white settler based in Meanjin, and is one of Youth Verdict’s original founders. You can keep up to date with Youth Verdict’s work on FacebookInstagram and Twitter.

 

Note: The podcast features an extended version of our on-air conversation with Murrawah and Monique, with an extra 10 minutes of discussion about the importance of First Nations-led climate action!

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

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Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

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