Two Evenings of Community-Powered Decolonization
Join us to listen and learn about how to build peace together in our communities with Indigenous thought-leader and justice catalyst, Sarah Augustine. Sarah will inspire and equip us with insights from decades of practical work on peace building and dismantling oppressive systems at the community level.
She will be joined by local advocates:
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Mennonite Action 7-9 pm, September 29 at Conrad Grebel Chapel, Waterloo; and
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Adrian Jacobs of Six Nations 7-9 pm, October 1 at Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden.
Space is limited. REGISTER to join one or both evenings. This event is accessible by wheelchair.
These events are co-organized by local peace-building organizations Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, Coalition to End the Doctrine of Discovery, Mennonite Action, Christian Reformed Church, and Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement.
About the Speakers
Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) descendant, is the co-founder and Executive Director of Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery. She is an Indigenous Anabaptist activist and author and has worked in relationship with vulnerable Indigenous Peoples since 2005. Read: The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery.
Adrian Jacobs, a Cayuga from Six Nations, is Senior Leader for Indigenous Justice at the Christian Reformed Church in North America. He is an educator and visionary of the annual Strawberry Thanksgiving and Communion, which calls churches in to the practical work of Indigenous land justice and relationship repair.
Mennonite Action is a movement of Mennonites, Christians, and friends following in the call of Jesus Christ to live as active peacemakers, standing firmly on the side of the oppressed. They take public action against the occupation of Palestine and for a world where all God’s children are free.