International Women’s Week 2026: Ecofeminism Workshop with Alexia Lizarraga Quintero (Amos Trust)

Please note, this workshop is being rescheduled to later in the academic year. A new date will shared and this page updated as soon as possible. In the meantime, please join us for the afternoon symposium on 4th March and meet the Mexican land defenders from Amos Trust’s Climate Fellowship via Zoom live-link!

Women Land Defenders – Imagining New Worlds

This workshop invites participants to explore the stories of women land defenders from Mexico and Central America, connecting their experiences to the climate crisis, neo-colonialism and capitalism. Through interactive activities, participants will reflect on the interconnection between body and land, discovering new ways of caring for the Earth, resisting oppression, and imagining alternative futures within the world we share.

Date: Wednesday 4th March

Time: 11:00am to 12:30pm (1.5 hrs)

Location: De Grey, room 016 (DG/016), York St John University

Facilitator: Alexia Lizarraga Quintero, Partnerships and Climate Fellowship Manager at Amos Trust

Participants: This workshop is open to all York St John University staff and students. Please email Lucy Potter (l.potter@yorksj.ac.uk) if you’d like to take part or have any questions!

Workshop outline:

11.00: Welcome and introduction

• Welcome, introductions and collective care agreements
• Group discussion about connection between climate change and colonialism

11.20: Learning from Land Defenders

• Reading the stories of women land defenders and discussing in small groups
• Sharing and discussion with whole group

11.50: Body-territory mapping activity

• Guided Body–Land Meditation
• Mapping the Body
• Sharing Circle

12.20: Returning to the Land Defenders

12.25: Returning to the Body–Territory

12.30: Thank you and close 

Booking information:

Bookings are not required, but please email Lucy Potter (l.potter@yorksj.ac.uk) if you would like to participate and receive the calendar invite/placeholder. Please also get in touch if you have any questions or accessibility requirements that you’d like to discuss ahead of the workshop.

Please note, this workshop is internal-only but precedes and feeds into the public-facing International Women’s Week symposium taking place from 1pm until 7.30pm the same day (4th March).

Find out more and book your place at the symposium via Eventbrite.