decolonization – The Convergence

Place Justice with City Repair Project

Convergence Program — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:57:38 +0000

We will explore case studies of placemaking work we are doing with marginalized communities.

City Repair has over 20 years of experience with grassroots, community-initiated placemaking in Portland, Oregon. Our model for building place-based empowerment is inspiring communities across the nation and even globally from countries like Canada, the UK and even Australia. Here in Oregon, however, our biggest learning edge is integrating a social justice lens to ensure that the people and the places that we are working with provide benefit to some of the most vulnerable groups in our community. For us it has meant working with People of Color in one of the most ethnically Caucasian cities and also with folks experiencing houselessness. We will share stories of placemaking with these communities and how they contribute to what we are calling Place Justice.

Presented By: Ridhi DCruz

Decolonizing Feminism

Convergence Program — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:30:45 +0000

How the Feminist movement disregards Racism, Slavery and Colonialism as sources that contribute to the oppression of Women of Color

Envisioning a Decolonized Feminist Movement.
Where we decolonize knowledge and build an anti-capitalist society.
For all of us to have Equity in order to be FREE.

Presented By: Pilar Mejia

Healing Ancestral Trauma

Convergence Program — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 03:43:47 +0000

Connect with the knowledge of your body, which connects you with Mother Earth and your Ancestors.

Chief Arvol Looking Horse Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe (Lakota) stated that

” The effort to protect Mother Earth is all of humanity’s responsibility, not just aboriginal people. Every human being has Ancestors in their lineage that understood their umbilical cord to the Earth and to always protect and thank Her. Therefore, all humanity has to re-connect to the Indigenous Roots of their lineage – to heal their connection and responsibility to Mother Earth.”

Our Ancestors reside within all of us through our DNA, and we are being influenced by this in our daily lived experience through the web of life and their consciousness. Our Ancestors had their programming, patterns, beliefs, attitudes, and this created karmic imprinting for us.

They play a huge role in our circumstances in our present lived experience, even if we are unaware of this. Their traumas affect us, through their karmic imprinting. If this imprinting is negative and it’s not resolved, it will continue to get passed down through our lineage.

We need to heal the memories from our bones & blood, where we store all our memories & hidden codes that connect us with Mother Earth.

Presented By: Pilar Mejia

International Permaculture Relationships – Delcolonizing the Western Mind, reflections and interactive discussion about IPC India 2017

Convergence Program — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 23:07:37 +0000

Westerners and non Westerners think and behave differently about many things, who can we become more aware when relating to others of a different culture? Reflections from IPC India 2017.

What is a colonial mindset? What sorts of things happen when we think from a colonial perspective? Permaculturists working in international settings come with the best of intentions. What are the blind spots that need to be addressed? What does it mean to be a white ally? Interactive dialogue facilitated by the Permaculture Design Coordinator of the site of IPC India 2017.

Presented By: Raya Cole