[Peace] Lakota Harden in-residence at Unit One/Allen Hall

[Haber, Laura]

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Lakota Harden will be a Guest-in-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall 2/9-2/12.
She will be speaking, leading workshops, facilitating discussions, and doing
other events every evening of her residency. All programs take place in the
south rec room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana and are open to the
public. Call 244-2317 for more information. Parking is available across the
street in the parking garage. See below for the full schedule of her events.

About Lakota Harden:
Lakota Harden is an orator, activist, community organizer, facilitator,
dancer, and poet. She has dedicated her life, as the daughter of seven
generations of devoted Lakota leaders, to liberation and justice. Harden was
involved in the early American Indian Movement's "We Will Remember" Survival
School on the Pine Ridge reservation, established out of the 1973 Wounded
Knee occupation. Over the years she has been active with the International
Indian Treaty Council, Women of All Red Nations (WARN), and the Black Hills
Alliance. She conducts trainings nationwide for adults who work with youth
across lines of gender, race, and age to stop violence. Recently, Harden was
the Program Coordinator for South Dakota's Indigenous Women's Network (IWN):
Lakota Traditional Birthing Project focusing on women's health, traditional
cultural teachings, and women's empowerment. Currently Harden is working
with OYATE, a Native organization working to see that Native Americans'
lives and histories are portrayed honestly through books. Harden's visit is
co-sponsored by the Chancellor's Brown v Board of Education Commemoration
Committee.

Monday, February 9
7:00pm - Opening Program: Native American Liberation and the Struggle for
Peace and Diversity
9:00pm - The Effects of Genocide in Contemporary Society - Discussion

Tuesday, February 10
7:00pm - Native American Women: traditions, modern roles, and contemporary
issues
9:00pm - Writing Workshop - bring your pen and paper, all experience levels
welcome

Wednesday, February 11
7:00pm - Unlearning Oppression: Interactive Workshop. Building relationships
or alliances across lines of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, age
and the like. How to build personal and organizational capacities to create
more inclusive institutions, and by extension, a just and equitable society.
9:00pm - Follow Me Home - A Cinematic Exploration of Race & Identity
followed by discussion.  Peter Bratt, of South American Indian ancestry,
wrote and directed "Follow Me Home," a defiant, humorous, poetic tale
exploring race and identity. Weaving together traditions of Native, African
and Latin cultures, the film tells the story of four artists and their
journey across the American landscape. The film, called "a work of genius"
by Alice Walker, earned Bratt the Best Director award at the 1996 American
Indian Film Festival and the Best Feature Film Audience Award at the 1996
San Francisco International Film Festival. It was also an Official Selection
in the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. 

Thursday, February 12
7:00pm - Images of Native Americans - Textbooks, Movies, and Mascots.
Lakota works with OYATE, a Native organization working to see that their
lives and histories are portrayed honestly through books. This includes
evaluation of texts, resource materials and fiction by and about Native
peoples; conducting of teacher workshops, in which participants learn to
evaluate children's material for anti-Indian biases; administration of a
small resource center and library; and distribution of children's, young
adult, and teacher books and materials.
9:00pm - Traditional Native American Prayer songs

Laura Haber
Assistant Program Director of Unit One
University of Illinois
68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
lhaber at uiuc.edu