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Doing Good…Better: Challenging Assumptions on the Path Towards Accompanying Indigenous People


Doing Good…Better:
Challenging Assumptions on the Path Towards Accompanying Indigenous People

Thursdays: April 4, 11, 18, & 25th
1:30 - 3pm ET online

As Jesus followers, we want to do good and make a difference, especially as it relates to working towards Truth & Reconciliation with Indigenous people. Have you ever experienced that sometimes our intentions to do good haven't always translated into the positive impact or changes we intend?

Through this 4-week series with MCC, we'll unpack what may hinder us from contributing to lasting peace and justice. We’ll examine examples and case studies in approaching the good we intend in our truth & reconciliation efforts to reveal our core assumptions, values and biases toward how transformative change should and does happen.

The goal of this series is to grow curiosity and awareness about how we are approaching truth & reconciliation efforts so that we can all do good…better and be walking a path towards accompanying Indigenous people in Truth & Reconciliation.

Learning Centre sessions are recorded and made available afterwards for those who sign up but cannot attend in person

 

Week 1 (April 4)

Introduction to our 4 weeks together and what’s needed in order to move from reactionary towards transformative responses. Introduction to using the Asset Based Quadrant Model as a tool to move towards transformative responses. Stories and case studies on the “TO” mode of change.

Week 2 (April 11)

Deeper Dive on the “FOR” mode of change with a story and case study.

Week 3 (April 18)

Deeper Dive on the “WITH” mode of change with a story and case study.

Week 4 (April 25)

Deeper Dive on the “BY” mode of change with a story and case study.

 

Presenters

Featured
Laurie Warkentin

Laurie Warkentin is the Education & Engagement Program Associate at MCC Ontario. She is passionate about participatory changemaking – especially across differences and working towards mutuality. Laurie looks to draw from the strengths and synergies of others and holds spaces for listening, curiosity, engagement, and co-creation. Laurie’s skills and background are in life coaching, facilitating team and leadership development, and she holds a Master of Arts in Global Leadership. At MCC Ontario, Laurie’s piloting a project that is practicing ways that MCC can facilitate and support a “listening into action journey” for churches/faith communities, organizations, and partners. The goal is to transform hearts, relationships, and systems as we work together for a just peace.

Scott Morton Ninomiya

Scott Morton Ninomiya is the Indigenous Neighbours Program Coordinator for MCC Ontario. He was born and lives with his family in Waterloo Region; on the Grand River Watershed - the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe and Neutral Peoples. His diverse career has included work and learning in non-profit, academic, provincial and municipal government contexts. He attends St Jacobs Mennonite Church and is pursuing a Ph.D. part-time in the Environment Faculty at the University of Waterloo. Scott is a trained yoga instructor and loves to hike, camp and kayak whenever and wherever he can. Scott is passionate about Indigenous-Settler relations, the connections between Indigenous justice and climate justice, and the role of churches in helping to pursue both.

 

Register

There are two options to access the New Leaf Learning Centre: a monthly subscription or a one-session pass (below). For the monthly subscription, please visit here.

 

The suggested amount is $40 ($10/week); simply choose your amount in the drop-down menu and “sign up now”.

We would like for you to join us, so if you can’t afford the registration at this time, please reach out to us and we will make sure you are able to participate: admin@newleafnetwork.ca

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Earlier Event: March 9
Co-Creating Plausible Futures for the Canadian Church
Later Event: May 9
The Sacred Art of Storytelling