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Sharing the River of Life: A Teach-In
Friday, April 25, 6 – 9:30 pm and Saturday, April 26, 9 am – 6 pm
Brooklyn Friends School 375 Pearl St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, and Brooklyn Friends Meetinghouse 110 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
The teach-in is a follow-up to the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, an educational and advocacy effort to Honor Treaties with Native Nations and work together to Protect the Earth.
Friday evening will feature an Opening Thanksgiving Address, dinner, and a keynote presentation on Haudenosaunee values: gifts to our contemporary world by Freida Jacques, Onondaga Nation Clanmother and educator. This will be followed by Haudenosaunee Social Dancing in which all are invited to join. No Charge
Saturday will include a keynote talk, presentations, panels and workshops, throughout the day with a focus on environmental issues such as hydrofracking, fossil fuels and alternative energy options, and on Native sovereignty, treaties, land rights and Native culture. A voluntary $25 donation is requested; but no one will be turned away because of inability to pay. Morning bagels, coffee and lunch included in the day.
The full program is being developed, for more information, see: Teach-In online
For more information, or to offer to assist in some way, contact Aya Yamamoto or Tom Rothschild.
During the day on Friday, a variety of events and presentations will be scheduled for students at the Brooklyn Friends School.
Co-sponsored by the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, Brooklyn Friends School and Brooklyn Friends Meeting
Source: http://honorthetworow.org/sharing-the-river-of-life-a-teach-in/
