June 27th - Seattle, WA - 6pm-8pm
St. Mark’s Cathedral
1245 10th Ave E.

This is a FREE event, but please let us know you are coming: 

What is it?

The Seven Sisters Campaign empowers and elevates the leadership of Indigenous women whose work confronts the intertwined crises of biodiversity loss, climate disruption, and environmental injustice. By centering Indigenous knowledge, relational responsibility, and long-term stewardship, the campaign mobilizes communities toward collective action, ecological restoration, and a renewed commitment to caring for future generations.

Evening Agenda

5:30  Doors Open

6:00 Welcome Song (Chenoa Egawa, S’Klallam/Lummi Nations )
Sisters and Witnesses Proceed to the Stage Wrapping the Witnesses

6:10 Words from an Ancestral Future (Alyssa Macy, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)

6:20  Honoring All Our Relations

• • • Raynell Morris, Lummi Nation
    • Kayeloni Scott, Spokane Tribe

6:45  Ancestral Futures in the Present-Past (Alyssa Macy))

6:55  Empathy of Deep Relationalities (Fiorella De La O, Quechua of Peru and Chenoa Egawa)

7:10 Sisters in a HerStory Telling Round

• • • Cyaltsa Finkbonner, Lummi Nation
    • Robin Lovelace, Tlingit and Tagish

7:30  Ancestral Futures in the Present-Past (Alyssa Macy)

7:40 Witnesses (Lynda Mapes and Anna Johnson)

7:55  Hysh’qe Si’iem Song (Chenoa Egawa and the Sisters)

8:00 End

The Sisters

Alyssa Macy (Wasco/Dine/Hopi and citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) is the CEO of Washington Conservation Action, the state’s leading environmental organization. Her foundational work began with the International Indian Treaty Council in 2003, and she has devoted her life to protecting Indigenous rights, traditional cultures, and sacred lands, and ensuring we honor our collective treaties. She is the recipient of the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Award, a foster parent, and is a cancer survivor.

Raynell Morris, “Squil-le-he-le,” (Lummi Nation), is a revered Lummi matriarch and global leader at the intersection of tribal sovereignty and environmental advocacy. Her leadership as Lummi Chief of Staff includes successfully blocking the Gateway Pacific coal terminal at Cherry Point to protect treaty rights. She is globally recognized for advocating for the return home of Lummi’s relative, the orca Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (Tokitae).

Kayeloni Scott (Spokane/ Nez Perce) served as Communications Manager for the Nez Perce Tribe for five years before working at American Rivers as the Communications Director for the Northwest Region. She continued her work with theNez Perce Tribe, providing communications consulting on Lower Snake River. She is a co-producer for the film, Covenant of the Salmon People and currently serves as Executive Director for the Columbia/Snake River Campaign.

Robin Lovelace, “Shuwátinée,” (Tlingit and Tagish), also known as Kitchkashi, is a transboundary Tlingit artist of the Wolf Moiety, Yanyedi Clan of the Taku River, and a grandchild of Deisheetaan with roots extending from Angoon, Alaska to the interior. Born and raised in the North with ancestral relations across Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory, she serves as a cultural archivist, researcher, and counselor for her First Nation.

Cyaltsa Finkbonner  (Lummi Nation) is a multimedia artist, welder by trade, an experienced fisherman, a partner of Northwest Artists Against Extinction, and serves on the Board of Directors for Se’Si’Le. She is a lifelong advocate for our Mother Earth, the Salish Sea and our cultural ways of connection and expression.

Chenoa Egawa (S’Klallam/Lummi Nations) comes from a long line of caretakers of Mother Earth. She is a ceremonial leader, medicine carrier, singer, speaker, published author, artist and nature photographer. She has traveled throughout North and South America working with Indigenous communities to protect their cultural and spiritual lifeways. She is also an accomplished Senior Level Qigong Instructor.

Fiorella De La O (Quechua of the Andes and the Amazon) is an environmental conservationist and artist who has supported the care of land, water, and wildlife from a young age. She is known for her deep care for animals and the natural world, and for the way she connects with both. Her work continues through science and art, supporting Indigenous-led efforts and helping others reconnect with the natural world.

The Witnesses

Anna Johnson is a Program Manager of Laudato Si Movement

Lynda Mapes, Journalist, Nature Writer, Author