/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - AFN Holds Climate Gathering in Whitehorse, YT from March 3-4/

OTTAWA, March 2, 2020 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is hosting a National Climate Gathering on March 3-4, 2020, at the Coast High Country Inn, in Whitehorse, Yukon. The Gathering will bring together First Nations experts, leadership, youth, women, knowledge keepers and other professionals to work on the most urgent crisis of our time - climate change.

DATE:	March 3-4, 2020
TIME:	The Gathering begins each morning at 9:00 a.m. (local time)
LOCATION:	Coast High Country Inn
	Whitehorse, Yukon

The National Climate Gathering will be an important event in advancing First Nations climate-leadership. The Gathering aims to facilitate information sharing on ideas, perspectives and actions to inform the development of a new approach to addressing the climate crisis, one that positions climate and the environment as inseparable from the daily experience of First Nations.

More information and a provisional agenda are available at: https://www.afn.ca/assembly-of-first-nations-national-climate-gathering/

The Assembly of First Nation is the national organization representing First Nation citizens in Canada. Follow AFN on Twitter @AFN_Updates.

SOURCE Assembly of First Nations

Michael Hutchinson, Senior Communication Advisor, Assembly of First Nations, 613-241-6789 ext. 244, 613-859-6831 (cell), [email protected]

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