Elaine Alexie's Bio

My YES! Jams
2001 World Jam

Location: Fort McPherson

Bio:

Elaine is a representative working from the Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board. She participates actively in slide show tours and lobbying efforts to the lower USA to help save and protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. The Arctic Refuge is the calving ground to the Porcupine caribou herd. Her people highly subsist and depend on this caribou herd for their cultural survival. She also works back home with Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society where she helps bring awareness to conserve and protect endangered areas in Canada’s Northern Arctic.

"I am a changed person. The Jam has opened up a lot of doors and opportunities for me and for my work. I think that events such as the Jam are essential for young activists to help them identify their main goals and for them to deepen their insight about their work. I feel so much stronger and more knowledgeable, and this came from just one week."