We’re kicking off this new RAVEN program with an evening of stories, poetry and dialogue with some of the country’s leading Indigenous scholars, poets and visionaries!

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JOIN US VIA LIVESTREAM!: 
Watch at home via computer, phone or tablet! By donation: sliding scale from $0 to $20. Tickets & details are here: 
https://streamofconsciousness.ca/event/2020-vision-raven-trust/

With case after case being won by Indigenous Nations in the courts, a new generation of scholars, legal experts and grassroots leaders are leading a quiet revolution in Canadian history. If law is something that is constituted through our relationships — with one another, with the living world and with our non-human relations — how can settlers and allies put reconciliation into action to realize rights that belong not only to the first peoples of this land but to the Earth itself?

We are inviting Indigenous peoples, allies, and organizations working in the human rights, social justice, and environmental fields to join in a livestream on September 27th where we kick off what we intend to be the first of many Courageous Conversations.

SPEAKERS:

SUSAN SMITTEN
Founding Executive Director, RAVEN Trust
https://raventrust.com/

KRIS ARCHIE
Secwepemc te gelmucw and seme7 Nations, Executive Director of the Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
http://www.philanthropyandaboriginalpeoples.ca/

JOHN BORROWS
Anishnabe, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at University of Victoria
https://www.uvic.ca/law/facultystaff/facultydirectory/borrows.php

ADAM OLSEN (Moderator)
Green Party MLA for Saanich Gulf Islands
http://adamolsen.bcgreencaucus.ca/

ABOUT COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS

With Courageous Conversations, RAVEN aims to build a network 
of reconciliation ambassadors who commit to learn, share knowledge, and host courageous conversations about Indigenous rights where they live, work and play. 

The program will kick off with a live-streamed event, open to everyone and viewable on the internet.

Rather than looking backwards to the injustices of the past, Courageous Conversation has a goal of building a kinder, more understanding and more prosperous society where the caretaker values of Aboriginal Peoples inform the decisions and visions of the country as a whole. Loosely based upon the 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Courageous Conversations are about fostering “Lateral Kindness” by offering people teaching and learning tools that are inclusive, accessible and compelling. 

ABOUT THE 2020 VISION PROJECT:
20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months.1 gift.

2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria.

"We are gifting 20 live broadcast events, over 20 months, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people, scale their message, capture some beautiful video, host an event, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful, just, compassionate, balanced and sustainable world."