Squaw Valley Institute presents Earth Guardians youth director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, who will speak on Aug. 23 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Olympic Valley Lodge in Olympic Valley.
Martinez (his first name is pronounced ‘Shoe-Tez-Caht’) is an 18-year-old indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist and powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement. At the age of 6, Martinez began speaking around the world, from the United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro to the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York. He has worked to get pesticides out of parks, to contain coal ash, to impose moratoriums on fracking in his state and is currently a plaintiff in a youth-led lawsuit against the federal government for its failure to protect the atmosphere for future generations.
Tickets are $10 for children and students and $15 for general admission. | squawvalleyinstitute.org
