at Saratoga Friends Meeting house; Co-sponsored by Easton Friends Meeting 

10 am – 12 pm    Introduction, program, post-discussion

12 – 12:30 pm    Lunch set up and information tables

12:30-1:30 pm    Lunch - potluck

1:30-3:00 pm     Follow up workshop - optional

*Originated by Toward Right Relationship project of Boulder Friends Meeting, project director Paula Palmer

Appropriate for 8th grade thru adult  - This workshop is offered in response to calls from Indigenous leaders and the World Council of Churches. The 2-hour exercise traces the historic and ongoing impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery, the 15th century justification for European subjugation of non-Christian peoples. Our goal is to raise our level of knowledge and concern about these impacts, recognize them in ourselves and our institutions and explore how we can begin to take actions toward “right relationship”.

In the Doctrine of Discovery, we find roots of injustice. In the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples we find seeds of change. How can we nurture these seeds to bring forth the fruits of right relationship among all peoples?

Facilitators Buffy Curtis and Liseli Haines, members of NYYM Indian affairs committee and Kay Olan, Mohawk storyteller

Information/RSVP to Ruth at 518.863.4041 j_ralston@roadrunner.com