ASWM Scholar Salon with Dr. Edda Fields-Black, who tells a little-known story of Harriet Tubman's role as a Union spy in her groundbreaking book, "COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War."
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ASWM Scholar Salon with Dr. Barbara Mann, “Of Golf Courses & World Heritage Sites” goes into the details of the Newark Earth Works mounds, their Indigenous meaning, their desecration, and finally their recognition as a treasure from antiquity.
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ASWM Scholar Salon with Guadalupe Urbina, internationally known singer-songwriter and researcher, whose work explores the rich oral tradition and stories of the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. To tell her story of identity and culture, she has ventured into painting, children's books and poetry as extensions of her musicality.
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ASWM Scholar Salon with Jamie Figueroa. "Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico" In her memoir, novelist Jamie Figueroa excavates her roots from her childhood, cutting into them across generations and unearthing them on the island of Puerto Rico, the homeland of her Taíno ancestors.
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“Moving from Lateral Oppression to a Culture of Kindness“ with Sherri Mitchell Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 3pm Eastern Time
Sherri Mitchell by Robert Shetterly
“In this Salon we will look at shifting from lateral violence to lateral kindness as an expression of an emerging cultural paradigm. Lateral kindness is the reclamation of our pre colonial cultures and authentic identities, where care for one another was central to our survival and wellbeing. Respect is a key tenet to all healthy and intact cultures across the world.”
Lateral violence is the direct result of the colonial patriarchy that we have been subjected to for millennia. Shifting away from the embedded patterns of lateral violence and moving toward lateral kindness is the first step in creating a healthier path forward for us all. Replacing competition with community is a good starting point, as we have been consistently pitted against each other for access to opportunities and resources creating fractures and distrust. We must now work to rebuild reciprocal relationships and partnerships where wealth, prosperity, and success are redefined and where resources and opportunities are shared within and between communities.
In the Forest, public domain photo
Sherri Mitchell -Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset, is an Indigenous attorney, activist, and author from the Penobscot Nation. She is an alumna of the American Indian Ambassador Program and the Udall Native American Congressional Internship Program. Sherri is the author of Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change and a contributor to more than a dozen anthologies, including the best-seller All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis and Growing Up Native in America.
Sherri Mitchell -Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset
Sherri is the Executive Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an educational organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of the Indigenous way of life and environmental equity and justice. She has worked with some of the largest NGO’s in the world on decolonizing relationships between Peoples and lands. She currently serves as a Trustee for the American Indian Institute, an Indigenous Advisory Council member for Nia Tero’s Indigenous Land Guardianship Program, and a board member for the Post Carbon Institute. Sherri is the recipient of several human rights and humanitarian awards, and her portrait is featured in the esteemed portrait series, Americans Who Tell the Truth. She is also the convener of the global healing ceremony – Healing the Wounds of Turtle Island, a gathering that has brought together more than fifty-thousand people from six continents to focus on healing our relationships with one another and with our relatives in the natural world.
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Please note: The words on the powerpoint may appear blurred; we will add a clear copy as soon as possible. Sherri’s presentation covers all the important ideas found in the powerpoint. If you are interested in learning more about this topic, check out this article from The Coalition to Stop Violence against Native Women.
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Save these dates for these upcoming ASWM Salons:
Thursday, May 16 , 2024 at 3pm Eastern Daylight Time:
with Jamie Figueroa, “Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico”
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 3pm Eastern Daylight Time
with Guadalupe Urbina, singer-songwriter/poet/artist/activist
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