Mde Maka Ska Community Conversation

This is a virtual event.

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Since 2015, First Universalist Church has been honored and grateful to have been in community conversations with the LaPointe family. Starting in January, Mde Maka Ska Community Conversations will be continuing. Coordinated by First U Climate and Environmental Justice team members, we will engage in conversations to support ongoing pursuits such as Mni Ki Wakan, Indigenous Water Decade, and to deepen our connection with Mother Earth and all her relatives, especially our sacred waters. We engage in conversations as allies with the LaPointe family and all their relatives.

Reflections by Kathy Hollander on the most recent Mde Maka Ska conversations, late summer 2019: “The Mde Maka Ska Community is an encouraging, safe community that fosters intercultural conversations, in order to radically transform our relationship with each other and the natural world, for the betterment of all. We foster a shared understanding of the sacredness of water as a living, breathing entity, the interconnection of all beings within the natural world, and the value of prayer and ceremony. Our history explorations include our own histories, the history of the First people, the history of the place we are in, and a discovery of how that history (and our understanding of it) impacts our hopes for the future. We seek to transform the individual human-centric culture to a holistic one, where the need for fresh, clean water, food and land for all beings is valued. We gather on a regular basis to transform ourselves and others to a new awareness while nurturing relationship and celebrating the unique contributions of each person. Prayer, smudging and water ceremony call us to our center.”

Join together in this Mde Maka Ska Community Conversation and embrace the belief that relationships lead to real community. The LaPointe family will lead dialogue exploring provocative questions through processes of discovery, dream, design, delivery, and reflection. Small group explorations and conversation will be possible via zoom breakout rooms.