Please join us as we continue to develop strategies in centering Indigenous Art and Design pedagogy, and in direct partnership with Indigenous knowledge keepers Trinity Poolaw & Andy Jacobs, members of the Lenni Lenapexkweyok Collective.
Part public program, and part visioning workshop, we see this symposium and future offshoots as challenging the status quo, improving our support structures for our Indigenous colleagues and student body, and strengthening our own research practices in service to a wider college-wide initiative around decolonizing design. With an Indigenous speaker/facilitator line-up, we are ensuring an important step towards decolonization: the centering of Indigenous people and their lived experiences.
A closed visioning workshop with New School stakeholders will be held in the afternoon to develop actionable and comprehensive strategies for scaffolding, developing, and supporting Indigenous ways of knowing and being into our community.
(NOTE: While we do not expect to keep time strictly, we offer this schedule for your guidance.)
Schedule:Â Â
9:30AM - 10:00AM -Â Arrival & check-in
10:00AM - 10:45AM - Welcome & framing remarks, Trinity Poolaw & Andy Jacobs, Lenni Lenapexkweyok Collective.
11:00AM - 12:00PM -Â Conversation facilitated by Trinity Poolaw & Andy Jacobs
12:00PM - 1:00PM -Â Lunch (provided) & Mingling
+++++++ Afternoon sessions are open only to members of The New School community (students, alumni, faculty, and staff) +++++++
1:00PM - 3:00PM -Â Thematic breakout conversations (rotating every 30 minutes)
3:30PM - 4:45PM -Â Visioning Session
4:45PM-5:00PM - Closing Remarks
Presented by Trinity Poolaw & Andy Jacobs, members of the Lenni Lanapexkweyok Collective; Sariah Park, Luke Alan Davis, Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo, & Leila Kelleher, with support from The New School's Provost Praxis Fund; Parsons School of Design Strategies' Stephan Weiss Lecture Series, made possible by an endowment established by the Karan-Weiss Foundation, Donna Karan, Gabrielle Karan, Corey Weiss, & Lisa Weiss; Parsons School of Art & Design History & Theory; and Parsons Cross School Funding.
Trinity Poolaw is a member of the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma. She is Turtle clan from the Anadarko community. She also descends from the Caddo, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Wyandotte, and Ottawa people. She grew up with deep ties to her community where she was taught Lenape tribal history, language, and culture from a young age. She has served in multiple leadership positions at Delaware Nation. She is currently the Chairperson of the Citizenship Committee of the Delaware Nation. She is also the co-leader of Lenni Lenapexkweyok, a matriarchal-led organization supporting and creating connections between Lenape’s and our tribal homelands. Trinity is also the Chairperson of the Community Advisory Board for Urban Indigenous Collective located in NYC. Trinity graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor degree in Public Health and minor in Native American Studies and is currently in grad school. She currently works for the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board in Maternal and Child Health. She regards her most important role as being a mother to her 2 children, Brody and Luka.
Andy Jacobs is a member of the Delaware Nation of Moraviantown, Ontario. She grew up surrounded by the history of her people, and teaches about their culture and history through historical interpretation. She participates in several living history events alongside other Tribal citizens and seeks to educate the public about the influence of history on the present.
Myrna Jacobs is a member of Munsee-Delaware Nation Ontario. She is 3 years old and the youngest Lenape/Delaware to be traveling with the woman’s group since she was 1 year old. She is also starting to do living history and speaking the Delaware language. She is the granddaughter to Andy who she works alongside.
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