Panelists Janice Bad Moccasin (Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota), Marian Hassan, Kinshasha Kambui, and Billy Lor will discuss how we carry personal and collective trauma, grief and losses, including those experienced over the last few years. Panelists with share how their cultures, beliefs and community help them remain engaged in life and the transition towards...
UNFORTUNATELY THESE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Anishinaabe poet Gerald Vizenor writes, “Survivance is an act of presence, the continuance of Native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable name. Native survivance stories are a renunciation of dominance, tragedy, and victimry.” In keeping with Vizenor’s survivance, we will conceptualize nurturance as a creative exercise...
Throughout our lives, we grieve many sorrows – a world in crisis, a chronic illness, a loss of a job, a dream, a loved one – and search for the words to tell our stories and find meaning, understanding and healing. In this two-session writing workshop, we will be brave and gentle with ourselves as...
