March News - Annual Gathering - Save the Date
- Join Decolonizing Worship
- Conscience Point Screening & Discussion
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Join our Land Justice Fund Campaign Launch
April Economic Justice Training - Roots of Extractivism and the Moral Call for Transformation
- Oak Flat - Court Case Update
Prayer Project Submission Request - Trail of Death Pilgrimage
MC Canada: South Africa Solidarity Pilgrimage - Making Connections: Goshen College Student Reflection
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Annual Gathering - Save the Date! |
Every year our Coalition hosts an in person gathering for volunteers and organizers. These gatherings are a chance for us to meet in person, recap the past year, and re center on our vision for a world beyond the DoD. This year our gathering will be in Harrisburg PA / Lancaster County PA from July 31st - August 3rd, 2026. Save the date in your calendars and stay tuned for registration information!
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Join Decolonizing Worship TODAY |
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| Friday March 27th at 1pm PT / 4pm ET
Join us: register for the link
You are invited to join our monthly Spiritual Gathering on the last Friday of every month. The Spiritual Care Team plans to engage with the CORE VALUES (sometimes referred to as the "Grandfather Teachings") for the remainder of the year - one each of the next seven months followed by implementing them into the Coalition's engagement in organizing. We will also often refer to Kaitlin Curtice's book, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision of Seeking Wholeness Every Day.
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These Spiritual Gatherings are based upon principles of decolonization so that we are able to take what we are learning back into our diverse faith communities as we seek to change the ways in which we relate to our Mother Earth and the world that continues to oppress Indigenous Peoples today. Once you have registered, save the link into your calendar -- we will use the same link each month.
March: Truth April: Humility
May: Respect June: Love July: Bravery/Courage
August: Honesty September: Wisdom/Intelligence |
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Conscience Point Screening & Discussion |
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Monday March 30th - 6:30-8:30pm EST
Register Here
The Shinnecock working group is hosting an online screening of Conscience Point, a documentary (released in 2019) about the Shinnecock Nation.
This event will be 2 hours long and consist of an introduction to the Shinnecock Nation, watching the documentary, giving an update since this documentary was released, and small group discussions.
*If you cannot attend but your congregation or community is interested in your own screening, email Alicia Maldonado-Zahra at amaldonadozahra@goshen.edu |
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Land Justice Fund Campaign Launch Webinar |
May 4th, 2026 at 4pm PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET
The Land Justice Fund invites you to a webinar celebrating the launch of its newest campaign, which will support buffalo restoration and land rematriation on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming! |
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Hear from Sarah Augustine, founder and Executive Director of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery and Jason Baldes, founder and Executive Director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, about this visionary project. Learn about the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative's vital work of land rematriation and cultural and community revitalization through restoration of the Buffalo to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho peoples. Bring your questions for the Q&A, and come hear how you can support this healing work!
Zoom Registration: tinyurl.com/WindRiverBuffalo |
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Last Chance: April Economic Justice Training |
Registration is now open! The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery will offer our new Economic Justice, Jubilee, and Reenvisioning Security training for an online cohort of ~30 participants, Sunday afternoons in April and early May.
If you’ve been thinking about divestment and alternative economies, join this learning community to reflect together on our participation in unjust capitalist systems and move towards life-sustaining possibilities.
This training will be offered in 4 weekly Sunday afternoon modules, April 12, 19, 26, and May 3. Register by April 3 through our online form. |
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Webinar: Roots of Extractivism and the Moral Call for Transformation |
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Sarah Augustine will be a presenter for a great online program coming up: The Roots of Extractivism and the Moral Call for Transformation, at 7 p.m. ET on April 15th. This will be a space for reflecting on the Doctrine of Discovery and its legacy of increasingly extreme forms of extracting natural resources – and to explore alternatives to this economic paradigm. This would be a great introductory webinar to invite friends and community members to!
Learn more and register here Share the poster |
The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery is co-sponsoring this webinar with Creation Justice Ministries, Sisters of Mercy, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, and the Mennonite Central Committee. |
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Oak Flat - Court Case Update |
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Prayer Project Submission Request |
The Activists Living with Disabilities working group invites any Coalition members to submit any of the following: - Written prayers for the work of the Coalition
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Prayer rituals from your tradition to share (ex: centering prayer, deep breathing etc.)
- Kinesthetic prayer practices, such as folding paper cranes for peace or string knotting
We would like to compile these into a multi-sensory prayer resource for everyone, with an inclusive understanding of what prayer is to different people. Please upload any submissions to this Google Drive, or you can email them to Doe Hoyer (doe@dismantlediscovery.org)
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Activists Living with Disabilities - Meeting Reminder 4/8/26
Activists Living with Disabilities have gifts to offer the movement for repair and seeking justice alongside Indigenous relatives. Together, we will explore these gifts and how we can effect change towards disability justice and increased accessibility within the movement. Anyone living with any kind of disability or chronic illness is encouraged to join our monthly drop-in calls. We meet monthly on the second Wednesdays.
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 8 from 3-4pm PST / 5-6pm CST / 6-7pm EST. You can register here to receive the Zoom link. This month, we will continue our discussion on activism as part of a life of resistance.
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Trail of Death: Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) Pilgrimage |
The Trail of Death pilgrimage remembers the 1838 forced removal of about 850 Potawatomi people from their ancestral homelands in northern Indiana by state and federal militias.
Participants in the pilgrimage will enter into a journey of lament over and truth-telling about the violence caused by White settler colonization. Dates: May 11-21, 2026, this intensive AMBS course is limited to 15 participants.
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2026
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Mennonite Church Canada: South Africa Solidarity Learning Pilgrimage
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Land, Faith, and Identity - Healing the Colonial Wound October 5-18, 2026
Participants will explore the long history and legacy of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa, which was a political social engineering project based on racial segregation that continues to define South African society. See MC Canada's website for more details.
For whom: up to 20 participants from Mennonite Church Canada congregations
When: October 5-18, 2026 Cost: $4000 plus the cost of airfare to and from South Africa.
Registration Deadline: July 31, 2026
Have questions? Want to sign up? Email Tany Warkentin (MC Canada’s Liaison to Ministry in Africa. Tany will accompany the group.)
Discounts available for participants experienced in communications, willing to share about the experience through photos and/or written stories for MC Canada. |
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Making Connections: Goshen College Student Reflection |
A reflection from Goshen College student Caroline Lamb ('26) on her 'Transforming Conflict and Violence' class taught by Scholar-Activist Alicia Maldonado-Zahra:
"The most important aspect of this course by far to me personally was learning how decolonization works. As an environmental science major, I am familiar with the injustices done to animal species, or the scientific processes behind the nitrogen cycle, but I was less familiar with how these issues connect back to human health, safety, and justice until I took this class.
When we started by learning about the residential schools for Native Americans this helped me to understand how indigenous knowledge has disappeared in the U.S.. European settlers came to this country, and used the doctrine of discovery to justify the murdering and silencing of the indigenous people already living and thriving here. I could identify how historically as we have strayed further and further from indigenous knowledge of the land, we also have strayed further from a healthy environment that provides for us in return.
Learning about how decolonization gives indigenous wisdom a seat at the table to make decisions for our future made me feel hopeful that we can apply this. I intend on taking this approach into my future career." |
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Resource Corner - The Coalition Blog:
- In 100 years - a poem and reflection from the Coalition's leadership summit
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A Lenten Reflection - Lessons from Lent in dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
- Decolonization & Organizing for Systems Change in April:
- Sarah and Sheri's Substack: Read the latest chapter from Sarah's young adult novel, “Peacekeepers/Truthbringers”:
- Joe Hubbard's Substack: Confessions of a Basic White Guy (in Clericals)
- The Eternal Song Film Series: The Coalition is an affiliate partner and receives 50% commission when you pay to stream these films using the links below
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All check donations to the Coalition should be sent to the following address: Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery 3258 Thompson Ave. Alameda, CA 94501 Checks should still be made out to our fiscal sponsor, Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference. If the check is for the salary campaign or another special fund, that should also be mentioned in the memo line. |
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