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Indian Boarding Schools and Multigenerational Trauma with Jerilyn DeCoteau

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

Jerilyn DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) offers this slide presentation about the federal government’s policy of family separation and forced assimilation of Native children and the ongoing impacts on her family and on American Indian* communities and tribes today. Jerilyn is co-founder of Right Relationship Boulder and spent her career with the Native American Rights Fund.

Henrietta Mann & the Legacy of Sand Creek

University of Colorado Boulder 0Boulder, CO, United States

We are honored to present an evening with renowned Cheyenne educator and advocate, Dr. Henrietta Mann. A descendant of survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre, Dr. Mann will reflect on the lasting effects of this tragic event on Cheyenne women. She will share ideas for how best to educate young people and the general public about this dark history, as well as discuss current efforts to acknowledge the massacre. Join us to listen, reflect, and discuss how we collectively reckon with the past in the present, and for generations to come.

Rock The Shelter: Leading the way Home

eTown Hall 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder

All Roads, which operates Boulder's emergency shelter and provides permanent housing solutions to homeless adults in our community, is putting on a show! Come to eTown on October 17 for live music and fun, and support us as we address the homelessness crisis in Boulder. Help us lead the way home for our most vulnerable neighbors.

Saving Walden’s World Film Screening

eTown Hall 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder

THE FILM EXPLORES: 

How land reform, literacy and universal higher education dramatically increase well-being 

How family planning, child care and public health programs yielded results similar to advanced European social democracies in "poor" societies 

How many of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals were achieved by empowered women 

GreenLatinos & Protégete Present: Summit & Celebración

Re:Vision - Art & Cultural Center Morrison Road, Denver, Colorado, United States

Join GreenLatinos & Protégete for a day of discussions and connection ~ Acompañe a GreenLatinos y Protégete en un día de debates y conexión

Why the Gaza Conflict is now a Regional and soon to be Global Conflict

Virtual

Dr. Mazin Butros Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist and author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University where he teaches. Over the course of his career, he has published well over 150 scientific papers on topics ranging from cultural heritage to biodiversity. He has authored several books including Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle.

Mindful Campus Speaker Series with Anthony Ray Hinton

Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) 1725 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

The Crown Institute invites you to a stirring keynote lecture by The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. When asked if he felt anger toward those who wrongly imprisoned him, Mr. Hinton replied, “I chose to stay vigilant to any signs of anger or hate in my heart. They took thirty years of my life. If I couldn’t forgive, if I couldn’t feel joy, that would be like giving them the rest of my life.”

“What Was Ours” Film Screening and Talk-Back about Repatriation with Jordan Dresser

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

“What Was Ours” is the story of how a young journalist, Jordan Dresser, and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, traveled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future. Join Jordan for a talk-back after the film.

The Final Countdown: Preparing for the Election

Virtual

With just a few days left until the most pivotal election in our lifetimes, many of us are asking: What’s going to happen? How long will it take to declare a winner? What are the most impactful things each of us can do to defend democracy and defeat Trump? 

The Power of the Indigenous Vote: Legal History and Modern Advocacy

Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

Honor Native American Heritage month and prepare for the nearing election by joining us for a lecture and discussion on the history of Native American's access to the polls and the tremendous power of the Indigenous vote.