Save the date: Coalition's Annual Gathering |
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Location: Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul, Minnesota
Date: June 28 - July 1, 2024 |
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Maya-Mennonite Solidarity Share Back |
The Maya-Mennonite Solidarity Working Group will be hosting a share back about our recent delegation to Maya ancestral territory, Monday, Jan. 29 from 7-8pm CT (5-6pm PT / 8-9pm ET). After 5 years of partnership, members of our working group spent about a month in Campeche, Mexico, listening to and learning from members of Colectivo In Laak Le Ixiimó (CILLI), a collective of native seed guardians, as well as Mennonite farming families who have settled nearby.
Join us for a conversation about what we're learning, where the work is going from here, and how you can be involved. (Seed parties, anyone?) Find more information and sign up for the 1/29 Zoom conversation here. |
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Suriname Indigenous Health Fund Confronting Institutional Oppression |
For 20 years, SIHF has systematically addressed the social determinants responsible for the death, disease, disability and suicide that occurs among Indigenous populations being displaced by international investment in regions rich in natural resources. SIHF dedicated itself to the search for a solution to an example of this injustice by focusing on a population health crisis affecting the people in the Wayana Language Territory (WLT) between Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil. SIHF assumed the lessons learned in the WLT would serve as a case study that would apply elsewhere in the world.
In the beginning we benefited from our anonymity and were disregarded as insignificant. Over time, our dedication to the Wayana people project and our efforts to equip them with the tools to participate in the research they needed to advocate for themselves has, over time, led to sanctions by government officials at the national and international and supranational level who believe that these activities are the sole domain of government sanctioned experts. This bulletin communicates the latest encounter with censorship and SIHF's efforts to use socially, morally, ethically and technically feasible methods to circumvent and overcome health justice obstacles. I welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions.
Sarah Augustine
Dan Peplow |
Also: Learn about SIHF's new app launch "Victim's Voice" in partnership with Engage by Cell (a mobile service provider). The app allows individuals to self-submit health issues (such as mercury poisoning, trafficking, malnutrition, and mental health concerns) through their personal phones. This data is then collected and made public to attract attention from international entities such as the World Bank, United Nations, World Health Organization, the governments of Suriname, France, and Brazil, and many others.
Dr. Daniel Peplow, Co-Director of SIHFund says, "Access to cell phone technology has been the single most influential factor facilitating indigenous people's ability to advocate for their rights."
Read Engage by Cell's press release |
This month's Prayer and Action hour is focused on our repair partner Suriname Indigenous Health Fund (SIHF). Join us in prayer today,
January 26th, from 1-2pm PST to learn more and pray for our partners among the Wayana people. Get the zoom link |
Oak Flat and Mt. Graham Zoom Call |
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The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery is hosting a Zoom call on Tuesday, January 30 at 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET for two committees that are supporting Apache Stronghold's work. These are the
Oak Flat and the Mount Graham committees (learn more about Mount Graham here). Each working group will provide updates on current work as well as goals for the coming months. In the first hour participants are invited to make soup at home as they are led in singing and prayer to open our time together, and in the second hour we will hear updates from each group. Participants are welcome to come for only the first or second hour if you cannot stay the entire time. RSVP for the link ---->
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Sign onto Amicus Brief for Oak Flat
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Get your church/organization to sign onto an Amicus brief: Email Leigh Brown at Becket (LBrown@BecketLaw.org) and let her know your organization is interested in filing or joining an amicus brief. Please also copy carolarose77@gmail.com in that email so that we can support your process going forward. More information about signing onto an Amicus brief will be provided at the Oak Flat and Mt. Graham Zoom call.
Other ways to support Oak Flat: 1. Continue praying for Oak Flat
2. Sign the "I Support the Sacred" petition and share it with your community. There are currently 860 signatures! 3. Contact your representatives using the tips from the Save Oak Flat Toolkit 4. Save the date for the 10th Annual Oak Flat March/Run from
Feb 15-18 (learn more about past runs on the Apache Stronghold website) |
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The ReMembering Informational Webinar |
Join us for the Info session on January 27, 2024, from 3 pm to 4:15 pm ET to learn more about our foundational ReMembering Course; to re-originate climate change into the Doctrine of Discovery, linking social and environmental justice.
Find out about why this course is so critical for restorative practitioners and others and about what you and your community can get out of your participation in the course. We are joined by Kristine Hill from the Tuscarora nation who will share some of what she got out of participating in this course several years ago and why she encourages people to participate in it. |
Christians Against Genocide Mass Call |
Join Christians across the United States for a mass call on Thursday, February 15th, from 8-9:30pm EST (5-6:30pm PST) to learn about our plan for direct action against the US-funded genocide in Palestine, and the manipulation of Christianity by Christian Zionists.
Our goal is to get 1000 Christians on this call! Sign up today. |
Next Prayer and Action Hour |
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| The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery hosts public Prayer and Action Hour Zoom calls through our Repair Network. In February we will be learning and praying about the
war on the homeless in Rapid City, South Dakota. To learn more read these two Coalition blog posts from December and January. Date for Feb. Prayer and Action Hour: Friday, Feb 23rd from 1-2 p.m. PST/ 4-5 p.m. EST. |
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As we begin this New Year, we welcome your prayer requests or ideas for calls to action! Please use this form to share your prayer and action ideas with us. |
Indigenous Justice Curriculum |
The Land is Not Our Own: Seeking Repair Alongside Indigenous Communities
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In 2023 the Coalition partnered with Just Faith Ministries to release a new, self-guided curriculum on Indigenous justice.
The intention behind the partnership was to develop an educational tool that Coalition and Repair Network members could use to inspire, mobilize, and equip their own churches or networks to dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery.
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Consider becoming a facilitator for learners in your own community, or help us share the program with new congregations of learners.
Read more or register now |
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Looking for how to plug-in? Join the New Volunteer Orientation on Feb 15th from 4-5:30 PST/5-6:30 MST/6-7:30 CST/7-8:30 EST. Register below for the zoom link! |
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Our next Coffee Hour is Wednesday, Feb.28th at 9:00 am PST / 10:00 am MST / 11:00 am CST / 12:00 pm EST. A member of our staff will be available to answer questions and spend time in community together. Register at the link below. |
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Resource Corner -
Learn about SIHF's new app launch "Victim's Voice" in partnership with Engage by Cell (a mobile service provider). Read Engage by Cell's press release
- Returning to the Land: A 4-part Narrative from Indigenous Eyes
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This program, presented by Dr. Nia To Go There (Cree) and co-sponsored by Friends Peace Teams and Decolonizing Quakers, is offered online on four dates in January (13th & 27th) and February (10th & 24th). You can sign up for just one or all four modules. The program voices a clarion call for us to change how we see ourselves within and in relationship with the Living Earth and other life-forms.
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Here is a summary of the program, with a link to registration and more detailed information.
- The Coalition is
selling t-shirts! Check out available colors and sizes, and how to order yours on our website
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