CreativeMornings Tucson: Sanctuary with Mercedes Garcia
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Jan 27, 2023 8:30am - 10am
Location
FORGE at Roy Place
44 N Stone Ave
Details
Admission is FREE!
Register in advance at https://creativemornings.com/talks/sanctuary-with-mercedes-garcia.
*Doors open at 8:30am*
8:30am-9:00am - Check in, Coffee, Social
9:00am-10:00am - Lecture & Q+A
Location: FORGE at Roy Place, 44 N Stone Avenue, Downtown Tucson
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mercedes Garcia is a citizen of the Pascua Yaqui tribe and grew up in Continental, Arizona. She was raised by community and grassroots organizing, which continue to ground and drive her work and advocacy efforts today. She earned her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
She is a recent entrepreneur, formulating her own company to uplift and empower Native peoples, communities, and organizations. With these communities, she continues to lead out the call for action to law & policymakers that she formulated during her work with the BIA to change laws & policies that continue to leave Native peoples behind across every well-being aspect from physical, social, and emotional well-being to economic mobility.
Mercedes was raised by a single mother in a multi-generational household to whom she credits her own tenacity, humor, grit, and unfettering belief that we can do anything to which we set our minds.
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ABOUT THE VENUE
FORGE (Finding Opportunities and Resources to Grow Entrepreneurs)(http://forge.arizona.edu) is a unique entrepreneurial community that combines startup acceleration alongside experiential student and community venture education. Our flagship location in downtown Tucson, FORGE at Roy Place, hosts complimentary co-working and drop-in mentorship on Thursday mornings and is available, by request, for community events.
PARKING
Metered street parking is available as are the following downtown parking garages. Prices vary.
Pennington Street Garage, 110 E. Pennington
Pueblo Parking Systems, 33 W. Congress St
