Coca talks - Futuro coca

Where? SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG United Kingdom

When? Friday, 17 October 2025. 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT+1)

Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coca-talks-tickets-1747837702619

Organised by Futuro Coca in association with the Colombian Embassy, SOAS, and the International Coalition for Drug Policy Reform & Environmental Justice, this event will explore the coca plant’s critical intersections: with Indigenous knowledge systems, drug policy frameworks, and environmental justice.

Coca Talks includes presentations and discussions by leading experts:

• Ati Viviam Villafaña, Indigenous Arhuaco activist and environmental land defender
• Diego Lugo Vivas, Indigenous- Campesino Professor of Environmental Studies & Critical Geography and Colombian Lead for the Coalition
• Anthony Henman, Anthropologist and author of Mama Coca
• Jenna Rose Astwood, Indigenous Māori, Environmental and Indigenous Rights Advocacy
• Clemmie James, Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer for Health Poverty Action & Co-ordinator for The International Coalition for Drug Policy Reform & Environmental Justice
• Steve Rolles, Drug Policy Analyst at Transform: Drug Policy Foundation
• Diego Aretz, Colombian journalist and filmmaker with a deep focus in peace, reconciliation and ancestral indigenous visions.
• Jenny Pearce, SOAS and LSE inequalities and public policy professor