Sarah Hauer

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Activist, economist and author Winona LaDuke will speak at Marquette University Thursday.

A two-time vice presidential candidate for the Green Party with Ralph Nader, LaDuke lives and works on northern Minnesota's White Earth reservation, analyzing topics such as sustainable development, indigenous economics and climate change. She has authored six books about environmental and human rights and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.

Her lecture, "Creating a Multi-Cultural Democracy: Religion, Culture, and Identity in America" starts at 6 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium, 1506 W. Wisconsin Ave. The lecture is free.