{"id":4108,"date":"2021-06-23T08:27:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:41:02","slug":"workshop-roots-of-injustice-seeds-of-change-toward-right-relationship-with-native-peoples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=4108","title":{"rendered":"Workshop: Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A two-hour workshop for New England Friends<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday<em>,\u00a0<\/em>July 17, 2021, 4:00 p.m. \u2013 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lu.ma\/seeds-of-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Register here<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;by July 11<sup>th <\/sup>&nbsp;or go to:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/lu.ma\/seeds-of-change\">https:\/\/lu.ma\/seeds-of-change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this 2-hour participatory workshop \u2014 Saturday, July 17, 4-6 PM \u2014&nbsp;we will hear the story of the colonization of this land in the words of Indigenous leaders, Euro-American leaders, and Western historians. We will take part in the story through experiential exercises, and share our responses and reflections in small groups. Together, we will explore steps that we can take to build relationships with Native peoples based on truth, respect, and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop is appropriate for high school students and adults. It will be co-facilitated by Paula Palmer and Gail Melix, see bios below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay as led. Choose the amount (sliding scale) that is right for you, including $0. When discerning the right amount to pay, we offer the following guidance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$30 covers direct costs (suggested fee)<\/li><li>$60 covers your direct costs plus those of a Friend who cannot pay&nbsp;<\/li><li>$15 makes a helpful contribution if budgets are tight<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The last day to register is July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paula Palmer co-directs&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/friendspeaceteams.org\/trr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples<\/a>, a program of Friends Peace Teams. She is a member of Boulder Meeting, Intermountain Yearly Meeting, and lives on Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute land.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Gail Melix is a Manomet Wampanoag and a Quaker. She lives in Cotuit, Ma., the ancestral homeland of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. She is a board member of Native Land Conservancy in Mashpee, Mass., co-clerk of New England Yearly Meeting\u2019s Earthcare Ministry Committee, and clerk of Sandwich Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel. She carries concerns for climate crisis and environmental justice, racism, and right relationship with indigenous peoples.<\/li><li>Annette Brickley and Gretchen Reinhardt will be technical hosts for the workshop.<\/li><li>Andy Grant, a member of Mt Toby MM, serves on the NEYM Right Relationship Resource Group and is the local organizer of this event.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;<em>Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change<\/em>&nbsp;event will help us prepare to acknowledge past harm and offer a sincere apology when&nbsp;we assemble (virtually) for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/neym.org\/sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEYM sessions<\/a> in August&nbsp;and move on <a href=\"https:\/\/neym.org\/right-relationship-indigenous-peoples-resources-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a&nbsp;Letter of Apology to Native Americans<\/a>. Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/neym.org\/speakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sessions speakers page<\/a> for information about the plenary presenters, including&nbsp;gkisedtanamoogk (Mashpee Wampanoag) and Shirley Hager (Winthrop Center, ME, Friends Meeting).<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A two-hour workshop for New England Friends Saturday,\u00a0July 17, 2021, 4:00 p.m. \u2013 6:00 p.m. Register here&nbsp;by July 11th &nbsp;or go to:&nbsp; https:\/\/lu.ma\/seeds-of-change In this 2-hour participatory workshop \u2014 Saturday, July 17, 4-6 PM \u2014&nbsp;we will hear the story of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=4108\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9rLvf-14g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4109,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions\/4109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}