[Yhjusticenet] Invite to Presbyteries to Unsettling Dialogues

[Athabasca United Church]

Reminder to people in congregations, outreach committees, clergy,
administrators, secretaries 
  _____  


A WORKSHOP

 

Unsettling Dialogues of History and Hope: Transforming 

Indigenous/Non-Indigenous Relations

 

Ever ask yourself these questions?

 

*	Why are relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
often problematic? 

 

*	How do our attempts to work together get bogged down in
recriminations, denial, distrust and guilt? 

 

*	What can we do to change this destructive dynamic in ourselves, our
work, and our communities? 

 

*	What if we were to embrace the unsettling stories of our shared and
living history as powerful teachings that can help us to transform
Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships so that we can work together
respectfully with vision and critical hope? 

 

Do you want to discuss such questions in depth, 

openly and honestly, from the heart, to build right relations?

 

Then join the Alberta and Northwest Conference Adhoc Justice and
Reconciliation Committee, 

and

Co-facilitators Dr. Paulette Regan & Brenda Ireland, MA

for a Day of Dialogue:

 

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:00 to 4:30 

Southminster-Steinhauer United Church

10740-19 Avenue SW, Edmonton

 

                                        next page for  more info &
registration

 

 

THE DAY OF DIALOGUE WILL BE SHAPED LIKE THIS:

 




Morning Focus: Colonial Legacies and 


                            Decolonization   


 

9:00   Welcome, Introductions 

          Indigenous/Settler Values at Contact 

          Health Break

          History and Truth-telling: 

                         Colonial Legacies

          Denying the Past: Indigenous &              

                        Settler Coping Strategies:

 

 


12:00  Lunch Included


 


Afternoon Focus: Unsettling the Settler   


      Within: Transformative Pathways to


      Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation


 

1:00   Unsettling the Settler Within:   

                    Overcoming Denial, Guilt &   

                    Resistance

          Stories as Testimony: Truth-telling,   

                     Witnessing & Apology  

          Health Break

          Reframing Reconciliation as a 

                     Transformative Place

          Evaluation & Closing Circle




ABOUT THE CO-FACILITATORS

 

Paulette Regan, PhD (Eurocanadian) & Brenda Ireland, M.A. (Anishnabe) have
worked together and individually in the fields of Indigenous history,
education, research, community and relationship-building for the past 20
years. 

 

Dr. Regan is the author of Unsettling the Settler Within: Transformative
Pathways to Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation (forthcoming publication).
She was also one of Canada's representatives to the Alternate Dispute
Resolution Pilot Project carried out in Hazelton with the United Church and
27 former students of the Edmonton Residential School. As part of the
settlement, she co-hosted a Gitxsan Apology Feast with the United Church.

 

Ms. Ireland is the former Coordinator of Aboriginal Programs and Services,
BCIT, trained intercultural facilitator, and runs a consulting practice -
First Light Initiatives.   

 

WHAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

 

"The facilitators (and other participants) set a wonderfully respectful and
safe tone."

"I think every Canadian should want to hear and learn the things we heard
and learned today."

"A very powerful and inspiring workshop.  Thank you."

 

REGISTRATION

 

Maximum 25 participants: places are reserved for Justice and Reconciliation
Committee, and Residential Schools Steering Committee.

About 10 places remain:  FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE; Will keep waiting list 

(Depending on evaluation and demand, the same workshop may be offered again
soon)

 

Register with Kathy at ANW Conference Office: email: kjackson at anwconf.com

FEE:  Send cheque for $25 made payable to "Alberta and Northwest Conference"


         to:  9911 - 48 Ave., Edmonton, AB   T6E 5V6

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