July 4, 2023
Online at 1 pm EDT
With Rev. Sara Jolena Wolcott, Dr. Montgomery Hill, and Kristine Marie Hill
How do we engage with Independence Day? Can we possibly honor this holiday without deepening into the roots of the expressed values of independence, freedom, and happiness… which were very much inspired by the European settlers' indigenous neighbors? The roots of the democratic governance system itself largely come from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. In this webinar, we pick up threads of conversation that were happening in the 1600s and 1700s and have largely been lost to how we remember and engage in history differently. This is a cross-cultural dialogue where we will get into some of what actually happened, some of the structures and governance and symbols, and collaboratively think about re-narrating this important history.
Hosted by Sequoia Samanvaya