Introduction to Land Acknowledgments

Do you have questions about what territory acknowledgements are and how and when to share them? This interactive panel discussion will be facilitated by Andrea Medley (Haida Nation) our IH-IDARE Committee Co-Chair, and will feature two other JHU staff, Lisa Martin (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) and Angie Forsberg as well as special guest Troi Madison Newman (Piscataway Conoy Tribe). The panelists will provide an overview and there will be time for Q & A from the audience.

Hosted by the IH-IDARE Committee.

Speakers
 

Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin, MPH is a member of the Ojibwe Nation and enrolled in the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Lisa is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Indigenous Health. Her current role is to support Family Spirit home visitation curriculum content development and research projects associated with Family Spirit implementation.

Angie Forsberg

Angie is a descendant of white settlers from Finland. She has 20+ years of experience in the development and coordination of NIH funded human subject research and since 2012 has worked as a Research Program Coordinator of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, Great Lakes Hub

Troi Madison Newman

Troi Madison Newman (she/her), a Black-Indigenous enrolled member of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland, is a third-year law student at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in the Indigenous Peoples & Policy Law Program (IPLP) certificate. Troi has a strong interest in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, as well as, Environmental & Water Law, specifically focusing on racial discrimination in environmental policy-making that deliberately targets Black and Indigenous communities.

Troi earned her B.S. from Frostburg State University and her M.P.S. from George Washington University. She is also a 2022 graduate of the Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) for American Indians & Alaska Natives at the American Indian Law Center.

In her public speaking advocacy, Troi has taken on a prominent role, focusing on the representation and sovereignty of her tribe, the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. She has recently delivered powerful speeches emphasizing their rightful stewardship of unceded lands in the DMV area. Outside of her public speaking, Troi has long-term aspirations to serve in the United States Congress and is actively involved in politics. Notably, she contributed as a Content Creator to the 2024 Harris-Walz Campaign.

Troi currently served as the Western Regional Chair of the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) and as the Area 5 Representative for the National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA) for 2024-2025 term.

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