Building Solidarity with Indigenous Communities

2026 Cohort 

Join a community of change makers working to heal Mother Earth! We need more and more alliances, more and more collaborations. With so much at stake, Native Nations have oceans of ecological and social solutions to offer the world. We need people to learn from and join our struggles to protect Life on Earth.

But first, we can de-program the ways we are consciously and unconsciously trained to approach Native Nations in the wrong way (e.g. extractivism, tokenization, romanticization, and co-optation).

Through this course you will attain the basic training needed to approach Native communities in a good way, establishing kinship-based relationships of meaningful solidarity, and maintaining them in a joyful and successful way.

In this introductory course, we will: 

• Become confident approaching Indigenous Peoples and communities in a kinship-minded way

• Learn how to maintain relationships with Native Nations in a lifelong process of solidarity/mutuality

• Unlearn common mistakes and replace with proper protocols on how to connect with Indigenous communities

• Receive readings, videos, and podcasts if you want to further your study

• Explore and reconnect with our own Indigenous roots and identity to approach Indigenous communities with deeper knowledge of self

• Gain inspiring kinship with like-minded instructors and peers to kickstart our solidarity efforts

Course Logistics

• Classes will take place via Zoom on August 16, 23, & 30

• Classes take place 9-11am Pacific Time (time zone converter)

• Recordings are available for days you miss!

• Recordings, resources, and access to our international Community are all available after registration

• Beginners are welcome—as well as alumni who wish to repeat the course and deepen their learning

Pay what you can

This course is available to all on a sliding scale basis from $1 - ∞. We suggest a $40-$60 donation for this course, but no one is turned away for lack of funds!