Upcoming in AZ: Jaguar Rising

(Photo credit Lauren Strohacker)

A celebratory activism experience to raise awareness about the impacts of the border wall on wildlife.

Join a community-led celebration of the incredible wildlife of the borderlands with artists, activists, and community members from across the region. There will be a panel discussion with jaguar experts, a procession to the border wall with animal masks and art, postcard writing, and a dynamic wildlife-themed installation projected on the wall.

Jaguar Rising in Five Acts
Saturday, May 11
5 – 9 p.m.
Suggested donation $12

Wittner Museum, 204 N Morley Ave, Nogales, AZ
Will Clipman – Percussionist, poet, mask maker
Virginia Maria Romero – Artist, poet, master santera
Gary Paul Nabhan – Author, ecologist, ethnobotanist
Panel discussion – Jaguars and the border wall

Procession to the wall

Wildlife projections on the wall
Lauren Strohacker – Eco-political artist

Reception at La Linea Art Studio, 32 N Morley Ave

Jaguar Rising is a volunteer-run, grassroots campaign with more than 20 environmental and humanitarian sponsoring organizations.

Megan "Turtle" Southern

Before joining The Rewilding Institute, Turtle was the coordinator of the Northern Jaguar Project, where she provided programmatic, fundraising, and administrative leadership. During her 15 years with NJP, she helped to establish and grow the 58,000-acre Northern Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, Mexico, organized scientific research projects and conservation education among youth, and worked extensively with ranchers to promote coexistence with felines and other wildlife.