Please join us at the Children’s Diversity & Justice Library on Sunday November 5 for three opportunities to thoughtfully engage with Thanksgiving.
At 1pm in the CDJL we will share at least three stories written by Native authors and / or centering the voices of Native Nations and Indigenous Peoples to help us rethink what we’ve been told and taught about Thanksgiving.
Storytime starts at 1:00pm and runs for approximately 30 minutes. After storytime you will have the chance to participate in some activities such as exploring the Native Land Digital interactive online map to learn about who's land we are inhabiting, decorating land acknowledgement table tents for your Thanksgiving table and creating thank you notes for anyone who has helped you. Additional activities to work on or take home may include coloring pages from one of our books and a Spirit Plate activity described in Keepunumuk. Following the activities, childcare will be available until 3pm.
Starting at 2pm, adults may participate in a forum “Parenting & Educating for Justice at Thanksgiving”. How can we help children understand the real history and harm that undergirds the “traditional” celebration of Thanksgiving, while also holding onto meaningful family rituals of giving thanks? What do we do to counter misinformation about the history of the United States and the lived experience of Native Americans that our kids learn at school and from others? How do we figure out how and when to have these conversations with our kids? Join us as we ask big questions, do some learning, share some resources, and offer a space to discuss the challenges of parenting for justice at Thanksgiving (and throughout the year). Facilitated by Catherine Farmer Loya in the Lizzie Crozier Room at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church at 2pm.
