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Hey there community, Iana here,

and I wanted to share a few updates

before we open up to our conversation with Leah Pena.

First, if you're down in the LA area on April 21st,

join us for our Dear Earth event.

We'll be screening when old growth ends, our short experimental film about

Old Growth Logging in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, and we'll also be recording

a podcast live with Jade Begay from Indigenous Rising on public

land protection and what it means to stand for land that isn't one's ancestral birthright. The location of the event is pretty spectacular. It's the

right ranch overlooking Mama Pacific, so bring your picnic or there'll be

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