Session 3
Land acknowledgement
I would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Massachusett and Wampanoag First Nations on which most of us are learning, working and organizing today. I think it’s important to acknowledge the land because growing up here, I never heard the traditional names of the territories. Indigenous people were talked about in the past tense and all the struggles they faced were in the past tense as well. It is easier to deny Indigenous people their rights if we historicize their struggles and simply pretend they don’t exist. As an activist I would like to take this opportunity to commit myself to the struggle against the systems of oppression that have dispossessed Indigenous people of their lands and denied their rights to self-determination, work that is essential to human rights work across the world.” Taken from :
Look up who owns the land you’re on
NYT Race piece 6:30 (up to 3:12 or 4:48)
Extra Resource on Microaggressions/Homework:
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