In Person Workshop: Witness to Injustice1:00PM-4:30PM April 22nd, 2026
Join the South Central Regional Library Council and the Central New York Library Resources Council at Center For The Arts of Homer on Wednesday, April 22 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. to participate in the interactive Witness to Injustice program. The workshop itself is three hours and we’ll leave time at the end for discussion on how to bring this workshop to your patrons.
Workshop Description:
The Witness to Injustice Exercise is a unique three-hour interactive group teaching tool. It uses participatory education to share the disturbing history of what Indigenous Peoples have experienced through colonization. The program seeks to foster truth, understanding, and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the part of the world now known as the United States; especially in the territory stewarded by people of the Onondaga Nation and other Haudenosaunee peoples.
Through the use of meaningful quotes and blankets that represent part of Turtle Island (the Western Hemisphere), we explore this shared history that non-native people rarely learn in school or other settings. The Exercise helps participants deepen their understanding about the European colonization of Turtle Island, learning through the eyes of our Indigenous neighbors. It details the denial of Indigenous peoples’ nationhood throughout U.S. history up to the present time. After the Witness to Injustice Exercise, participants have the opportunity to share with the group what they learned, felt, etc., and, resources are shared by facilitators to help participants continue to learn more.
We hope this program stimulates deep discussion and reflection, and points the way toward ongoing steps to address the grievous wrongs which have been done to Indigenous Peoples. Join Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) and Haudenosaunee facilitators as we participate in learning and dialogue through this exercise.
Registration is limited to 40 attendees and will close on April 19, 2026.
Please email Jessica Philippe at jphilippe@scrlc.org with any questions or concerns.
