Trauma Awareness Month Panel Discussion
Wed, May 25
|Webinar
Powerless Becoming Powerful: Internalized Colonialism & Lateral Violence in AI/AN Communities


Time & Location
May 25, 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Webinar
About the event
For many Native communities, lateral violence is part of a larger cycle of pain that is rooted in colonization. This panel discussion features AI/AN experts and Native community members from across the country. This is an open and honest discussion from a Native perspective on why the oppressed becomes the oppressor and what can be done on a road towards unity. This event will provide strategies for healing and rebuilding what was once taken.
Event Goals and Topics:
· What it is and what it looks like: Define and give personal examples and explain the negative effects of internalized colonialism and lateral violence/oppression.
· Hurt people hurt people: Discuss why this topic is important for Native people, communities, leaders, and Tribal nations.
· What can be done: How AI/AN people, communities, leaders, and Tribal nations can heal and unite.
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