Rise Up for Indigenous Liberation Week!

Join us on Saturday, October 10th for a full day (13:00-21:00) of Indigenous Liberation, Resistance, and Resilience focused arts, film, panel discussions, workshops, and Indigenous youth empowerment activities.
This event is for all ages and families are encouraged to join with their children.

Dinner will be provided for all attendees, prepared by Cafe Gilde.

In addition to our main programming detailed below, "Non-Binary", an Indigenous gender identities art exhibition by Masharu Studios will be on display in the Ventilator Cafe during the event with members of the team.

Full Schedule:
13:00-14:00 - Opening Ceremony & Intergenerational Intercultural Indigenous Panel

13:00-13:15 - Welcome & Opening Remarks

13:15-13:30 - Intercultural Opening Ceremony

13:30-14:00 - Opening Panel with Intergenerational & Intercultural Indigenous

14:00-15:00 - Art as Resistance in Palestine

14:00-14:15 - “Animated in War” compilation: Short Animated Films by Haneen Nofal

14:15-15:00 - "Stitching Our Stories, Weaving Our Resistance” - Tatreez Presentation by Ghenva Alkabra. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity to join a practical workshop with Ghenva in the Ventilator Cafe (open 15:00-17:00). *The practical workshop costs are not included in the tickets for this event, and are paid to Tatreez Language directly.

15:00-15:30 - Break & Refreshments

15:30-17:00 - Workshop: Youth Minecraft: Indigenous World Building through Community Co-Creation

15:30-16:15 - Participatory World Building Activity (all ages welcome to co-create with our Indigenous Youth)

16:15-16:30 - Group Discussion about their World Building Experience & Real-World Applications/Considerations

16:30-17:00 - Youth Led Presentations & Open Discussion about the workshop

17:00-17:30 - Dinner Break 1 (free meals available to all attendees on-site)

17:30-19:00 - Seeking Sovereignty: Indigenous Land Resistance Around the World

17:30-18:00 - Film Screening: “Kintun Nütram” by Likan Manque (Mapuche Youth Filmmaker & Hip-hop Artist)

18:00-18:30 - Discussion Panel on Global Indigenous Environmental Challenges & Resistance

18:30-19:00 - Rise Up against Colonial Industries in Zuid-Oost (Indigenous Youth Presentations)

19:00-19:30 - Dinner Break 2 (free meals available to all attendees on-site)

19:30-21:30 - Continuing Resilience & Resistance for Future Generations

19:30-20:30 - Workshop on Land Grief by Sarah Pardede: How do we grieve the land from ecocide & extraction into a site of liberation — personally and interpersonally?

20:30-20:50 - For the Future Generations: Previews of Indigenous Youth Film, Research, and Other Projects in Development

20:50-21:00 - Closing Ceremony + Call to Action: Join our Indigenous Youth Led Action on Monday 12 October for our Indigenous Liberation Day march against colonial industries in Zuid-Oost! (15:30 start from Bijlmer Station, AMS)

21:00-23:00+ Community Drinks & Discussions in the Ventilator Bar and/or we encourage you to join the Palestine Benefit downstairs in the OT301 Studios (open until 3am)

Suggested Donation: €5-20
*Any profits from this event will go directly towards supporting the Indigenous Liberation Movement’s Indigenous youth empowerment activities in the Netherlands and globally.
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