SUMMER 2022

Welcome! This is where you will find all the information and resources you need for our week of learning. Please review the materials below and give yourself ample time to complete the required reading (we recommend two weeks).

What to do before the acaDEMY:

• Read the six-day schedule.

• Read our Covid Protocols and sign this waiver.

• Read required readings (these are listed on the six-day schedule linked above).

• As a filmmaking and education collaborative, we are often filming and photographing our events and we would be grateful for your participation in these representations of Upstander Academy. If you are willing to appear in photos, videos, and audio from Upstander Academy please complete this release form.

  
  

during the academy:

• Upstander Academy will be held at First Parish of Watertown located at 35 Church St, Watertown, MA 02472. There is free street parking available nearby on Spring and Summer Streets. If you are driving a car and planning to park at the church, please send your license plate number to Laura@upstanderproject.org so we can more easily keep track of who is parked in the lot. Please see THIS document for information about public transportation from Boston to Watertown and nearby hotels.

• For Day 1: Bring an item from the natural world and a paper plate with a value written on it in large letters using a dark-colored marker. This value (one or two words only, please!) is something you want the Upstander Academy to embrace. You will present this on Day 1 of the Academy when you introduce yourself.

• Packing list: water bottle, travel mug, notebook, laptop or tablet, charging cords.

• There will be coffee, tea, and snacks provided each day. Please see the schedule for a list of meals that will be provided each day.

  
  

contact information:

• If you need assistance, please email Laura at laura@upstanderproject.org or text her at 215-430-2223.

• Participant and faculty contact info can be found by clicking the “Group Contact Information” button below (find password in any recent Upstander Academy email).

  
  

other important resources:

• End of day Plus/Delta padlets to help us assess how we are doing (links to these padlets can be found in the six-day schedule)

• Circle Reflection Sheet

• Bounty Teacher’s Guide Comparative Analysis Activity handout

• During the Academy we will be sharing free copies of You Are On Indigenous Land posters tailored to the lands in Maine and around Boston. If you would like posters tailored to the land on which you live and/or work, please let us know! We are happy to make and ship those posters to you

• Group Agreements Handout

• Bounty Inquiry Activity Handout

• Day 4 Field Trip Resources: tool for Deconstructing activity, optional dining map, smart-phone based mapping tool, shared StoryMap

• Additional resources from Olivia Dreier: Karuna Center’s resource page with training guides, a documentary Olivia mentioned about the Kogi (a wonderful window in to an indigenous worldview- 1 hour and 25 mins), and a recent 5 minute video of the Kogi for a brief view in

Daily Presentation Slides:

• Day 1 - Welcome and Community Building (endawnis + Mishy)

• Day 1 - Genocide and Why We Teach About It (Mishy)

• Day 2 - Introduction to the Indigenous Lens (gkisedtanamoogk + Linda)

• Day 2 - Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Settler Colonialism, and Environmental Justice (Dina)

• Day 2 - Understanding the Roles of Race and Gender in the Settler System, Land Rematriation, Indigenous Food and Healing Systems (Alivia)

• Day 2 - Decolonizing Contributions (Claudia)

• Day 2 - Screening of Bounty and Discussion of Research and Future Plans (Elizabeth, Chris, Adam, Kristine, and Mishy)

• Day 3 - Dialogue Across Differences (Olivia)

• Day 3 - Dawnland Film Festival and Teacher Resources (Adam, Chris, and Mishy)

• Day 3 - Reciprocity Project Season 1 Film Festival

• Day 4 - Deconstruction in Practice Resources

• Day 5 - Curricular Planning for Culturally-Attuned Teaching and Learning (Sarah)

• Day 5 - Indigenous Languages Are More Than Just Words (Roger)

• Day 5 - Thirteen Foundational Concepts and How to Integrate Indigenous Ways of Teaching and Learning into Lessons (Mishy, endawnis, Sarah, Margaret and Jason from Wakefield)

• Day 6 - 13FC In Practice in the Museum/Park (Elisabeth and endawnis) - example tree visual

• Day 6 - Closing Circle (endawnis and Mishy)

Interesting events in Boston during the week:

• Commonwealth Shakespeare Company performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” for free on the Common