October 2022

Decolonizing Healthcare Education and Practice (nonprofitquarterly.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/22/2211:42 AM

Anna Tarazevich on pexels.com Author: To read Sonia Sarkar's article, please click here. In their new book, Inflamed , doctors Rupa Marya and Raj Patel explore how colonialism makes us sick while also shaping our core beliefs about how healthcare providers should make us better. For example, Lakota elders in the book describe the forces that led to widespread prevalence of diabetes in their communities: colonizers arrived and dammed a river that traditionally fertilized a rich river valley...

What Is Healing Justice? (nonprofitquarterly.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/15/2211:02 AM

Author: To read Ninueequa Blanding's article, please click here. What strategies will enable us to understand our interconnectedness, leverage our shared power, and heal from the trauma caused by structural racism? A movement is underway to create spaces that allow for an exploration of practices to transform oppression—within our bodies, our communities, and the systems that perpetuate it. Even longtime freedom activist and scholar Angela Davis—who has more than 50 years of experience...

Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you (npr.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/11/225:31 PM

A screenshot of a portion of the interactive map from Native Land Digital shows which Native territories have inhabited different regions of the Americas, based on a variety of historical and Indigenous sources. Native Land Digital/Screenshot by NPR Author: To read Rachel Treisman's article, please click here. President Biden became the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021, and did so again this year. It falls on the same day as Columbus Day, which was...

Indigenous Peoples' Day – October 10, 2022 (nationaltoday.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/10/222:17 PM

Read the National Today post HERE. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October, on October 10 this year, to honor the cultures and histories of the Native American people. The day is centered around reflecting on their tribal roots and the tragic stories that hurt but strengthened their communities. HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY The first seed of Indigenous Peoples’ Day was planted at a U.N. international conference on discrimination in 1977. The first state to...

In Recognition of Indigenous People's Day (action.farmsanctuary.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/10/228:41 AM

Read more HERE. Farm Sanctuary recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a day honoring the first inhabitants and stewards of the land now known as the United States; their histories and cultures; and their ongoing fight for sovereignty, recognition, and the return of their ancestral homelands taken through broken treaties and acts of violence and genocide. Indigenous-led communities, organizations, and movements are consistently taking action to defend Indigenous rights while countering climate...

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