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The Syracuse University Study Council and the Intergroup Dialogue Program invite educators of color in CNY to participate in the development of a supportive online community facilitated by Dr. Courtney Mauldin and Easton Davis. Dialogue sessions will be held via Zoom on select Mondays starting January 24 through May 16. Limited space is available. Applications are requested by December 15, 2021.

Mondays 2022 via Zoom:

Jan. 24, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Feb. 7, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Feb. 28, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Mar. 7, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Mar. 21, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Apr. 4, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

May 2, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

May 16, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Participants will receive a welcome kit and mentor text on behalf of the Syracuse University Study Council and Intergroup Dialogue program.

Tan’si (greetings) –

Please join us in a Fall 2021 outdoor journaling series as part of Syracuse University Intergroup Dialogue Program’s Dialogue with the Land, Dialogue with Each Other facilitated by Ionah Scully (Cree-Métis/Irish, Michel First Nation), Ph.D. Student in Cultural Foundations of Education. A space and opportunity for Black and Indigenous people with other people of color to be in community in the land, this is a 3-session series to offer healing, community, and a reclamation of our relationships to land and other-than-human kin. In the series, registrants will engage in meditation, light hiking, and dance/movement activities according to their desire and abilities and be given journaling prompts to help them make deeper meaning from these experiences. A brief discussion will follow.

Each registrant will be given a free journal at the start of the series and, upon completion of all sessions, an additional gift of a hiking backpack and a book, Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future edited by Melissa K. Nelson to thank them for being a part of building this community together. Registration is open to adults age 18+ who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or other people of color. This program is made possible by a grant from the New York Public Humanities and sponsorship with the Intergroup Dialogue program. It is also supported by the Resilient Indigenous Action Collective.

When: Saturdays

Oct. 2 | Oct. 23 | Nov. 13

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Where: Thornden Park’s Rose Garden meeting place for 1st session | group will decide the location for subsequent 2 sessions

For more information, please email Ionah at mescully@syr.edu Fall Journaling Session 2021 flyer 

Kinanâskomitin (thank you)

Join the Cultural Foundations of Education Spring 2021 Colloquium and the Intergroup Dialogue Program for book Q&A:

Friday March 19 4-6:30 pm online

The Activist Academic: Engaged Scholarship for Resistance, Hope, and Social Change

Colette Cann, Ph.D. is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of San Francisco with research interests including critical race theory, race and K-12 and higher education, whiteness and education, intergroup dialogue, and collaborations with teachers, students, and community organizations.

Eric DeMeulenaere, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Clark University with research interests including urban education, teacher inquiry, organizational cultures, critical and liberatory pedagogies, and participatory action research.

Register here to receive the Zoom link

The registration form includes the opportunity for participants to sign up for a socially distanced pick-up of a baked good (from Sweet Praxis) on campus the day of the event.

The form also includes space to indicate access needs or accommodations. Auto-caption option will be available.

Email with any questions: edavis13@syr.edu

Tan’si (greetings) –

You are invited to participate in an interactive Dialogue with the Land, Dialogue with Each Other workshop facilitated by Ionah Scully (Cree-Métis, Michel First Nation), PhD Student – Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University and participants of the 2020 Dialogue with the Land, Dialogue with Each other series.

This workshop is designed as a healing, restorative space for us to begin to engage in activities that help us reflect more deeply on our relationships with the land (including waters, sky, etc.) and in turn how those relationships impact or reflect our relationships with one another as human beings. Unlike some other traditional Zoom workshops, we will also engage in virtual land-based activities as well as dance/movement activities with accessibility options provided. We hope to see you there to celebrate the Goose Moon and the Spring Equinox!

When: Wednesday, March 24 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm EST.

Where: Zoom link sent to follow registration.
Captioning will be provided through Zoom.

The first ten (10) people to register and attend the workshop will be gifted a Contigo water bottle and a decal with the Dialogue with the Land logo on it for pick up at the Intergroup Dialogue/Native Student Program House at 113 Euclid Avenue in Syracuse. You can arrange for pickup on the registration form linked below. Buttons with the logo are also available for pickup at the same location for all registrants.

To register, please click on this link: (register here) 

We thank the Intergroup Dialogue Program, the Native Student Program, and the Resilient Indigenous Action Collective for their sponsorship of this event.

We look forward to dialoguing with you and the land together and you may email mescully@syr.edu with any questions.