Educational Events

Catalyst hosts a number of educations events. Below you will find videos of various panels we’ve held over the years.

Black Liberation Across Geographies

“Black Liberation across Geographies” was our second Open Session panel from the 2018 Anne Braden Program. We heard from Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director of Highlander Center, Pierre Labossiere, co-founder of Haiti Action Committee, and Kamau Walton, Communications Associate at the Transgender, Gender-variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP). They had a dynamic conversation about the many forms and strategies of the Black freedom struggle.

 

Colonization and Resistance Panel

The Colonization and Resistance Panel featured three visionary community leaders spoke about the ongoing colonization of their homelands, and the politics and strategies of indigenous resistance. It was also part of the 2018 Anne Braden Program. The speakers were Alicia Rodríguez, a former political prisoner who has been part of the Puerto Rican independence movement for the last 40 years, Corrina Gould, Ohlone leader currently leading the fight to save the West Berkeley Shellmound and return sacred land to native stewardship, and Lara Kiswani, Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center.

This video is part 1 of 6. For the full series, please click the video and follow the link to YouTube.

 

Living On Ohlone Land

Living On Ohlone Land was co-organized by Catalyst along with other Bay Area organizers. This panel explored opportunities for all people in Ohlone and neighboring territories to work together to re-envision the Bay Area community and what it means to live on Ohlone land.

This is the livestream of Living on Ohlone Land. This panel is gathering to create opportunities for all people in Ohlone and neighboring territories to work together to re-envision the Bay Area community and what it means to live on Ohlone land. Out of respect, prayers and rituals may not be captured by this livestream. If consent isn't given to capture prayer and ritual, screen will go black and sound will be blocked as best as possible. Interested in supporting local indigenous organizing? Consider throwing funds to the following three campaigns: 1) Sogorea Te through the Shuumi Land Tax: http://sogoreate-landtrust.com/shuumi-land-tax2) The West Berkeley Shellmound through the crowdrise campaign: https://www.crowdrise.com/save-the-west-berkeley-shellmound3) The Run For Salmon: http://www.run4salmon.org/donations/15944) Indian Canyon: http://www.indiancanyonlife.orgHUGE shout out to Kubo for running this livestream and Cynthia Fong for all the live commentary and answering questions!!

Posted by Dylan V Cooke on Sunday, August 6, 2017