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INDIGENOUS VOICES FOR PEACE & RESPECT
If you are an indigenous person who has experienced or witnessed violence and would like to talk with other indigenous people about what is needed in our community to promote healthy relationships with ourselves and the larger community, we would like to talk to you. 
If you are a person who has indigenous ancestry but have not been able to connect with your roots or community because of cultural violence or interpersonal violence, we would like to talk with you. 
NELCWIT is seeking to have conversations with native peoples about the needs of the indigenous community as part of a grant from the Department of Public Health.  
Email Strong Oak or call (413) 772-0871 x104.

VISIONING BEAR CIRCLE

The Visioning Bear Circle is a safe place to tell your story and follow native traditions that lead to healthy lives and a healthy community.  Be part of a vibrant community of indigenous men, women, and young people working, drumming, and dreaming a safe environment to pass on our culture, wisdom, and traditions.

We meet the second and last Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Drumming, crafting, pot luck feast, and community education.

OUR GOALS: 

• To establish a highly visible and viable approach to sexual violence prevention throughout the social fabric of our intertribal community of Franklin County and the North Quabbin.
• To promote open conversations about gender-based violence that examine the role of tradition and the role of internalized oppression in the indigenous community.
• Elders mentor young people about living in harmony with all our relations.
• Establish a restorative justice approach that ensures accountability for behavior by intertribal members.

What can we do to promote these goals in our lives, families, and community?

• Talk with children in our lives about what healthy relationships are.
• Be critical of negative media images.
• Challenge language that degrades.
• Let us know your ideas! 

Email Strong Oak or call (413) 772-0871 x104.

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