Decolonising Activism Wkshp July 6/7/8
July 6, 7, & 8 - @ SF HUB
Please buy a ticket and/or support CLICK HERE!
EVENT GOALS:
*Authentic alliance building that reflects indigenous-led organizing and strategies
*Prepare participants for volunteer opportunities at Native community events
*How to support Native activism rather than perpetuating colonial systems of oppression
*Honor indigenous traditions without appropriating their cultures
*Make new on-going friendships, build relationships, enjoy good food together!
THE SCHEDULE:
There are 3 events. Come to one or all!
FRIDAY: "Fragile No More" (is a stand-alone day)
Explains how white fragility can come up in activism. And gives hard skills and practice space to test out what it feels like to step-in, in integrity, and say the right thing when you witness harm being perpetuated.
SATURDAY: "Decolonizing our Activism, Day 1"
- The real local history of colonization
- Healing Historical Trauma
SUNDAY: "Decolonizing our Activism, Day 2"
- Spiritual Activism
- working with Natives toward common goals
- letting go of unconscious racism and privilege
- taking the lead from indigenous activists and community leaders
- making real relationships with real people, face-to-face in real-time. At dinner and beyond! And what it looks like to do this in integrity with Native peoples. What would it take to have done enough Work on yourself and your institutionalized-racism & patriarchy to be trusted by Native people?
EVENT FACILITATOR:
Sweetwater Nannauck (Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian)
Director of Idle No More Washington
She conducts workshops in a respectful way that are both healing and empowering.
Please buy a ticket and/or support CLICK HERE!
Discount codes for free admission available to POC, indigenous folks, & press via Empowerment Works. Work-trade also available HERE.
