{"id":7061,"date":"2020-07-08T09:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=7061"},"modified":"2020-07-08T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T13:02:33","slug":"illuminative-virtual-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/07\/08\/illuminative-virtual-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"IllumiNative Virtual Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7062\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thetimeisnow.png\" alt=\"IllumiNative\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thetimeisnow.png 1080w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thetimeisnow-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thetimeisnow-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thetimeisnow-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thetimeisnow-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6 dir=\"ltr\">THE TIME IS NOW: NATIONAL <span class=\"il\">NATIVE<\/span> TOWN HALL<\/h6>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Mascots, <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> Rights, and Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WHAT:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Presented by <span class=\"il\">IllumiNative<\/span>, <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> Organizers Alliance, and NDN Collective, tomorrow\u2019s Virtual Town Hall will feature Black, Brown and <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> voices around recent events at MT. Rushmore, the campaign urging the NFL to cease their use of <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> American names, mascots, and imagery, the fight against White Supremacy, and will also explore conversations about action, justice and transformative change with <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> leaders and POC leaders.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WHEN:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday, July 8, 2020<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">6:00PM ET &#8211; Brief Introductions<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">6:10PM ET &#8211; <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> Peoples, Not \u201c<span class=\"il\">Native<\/span>\u201d Mascots: The Time Is Now<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">6:39PM ET &#8211; MT. Rushmore:\u00a0 Fight For Indigenous Rights and Against White Supremacy<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">7:09PM ET &#8211; How do we build a multiracial movement for justice and equity?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">7:45PM ET &#8211; End<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WHERE:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IllumiNativeOrg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IllumiNativeOrg\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594256760480000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEklCdnsDgWaHqWfdrNpzXTM78fog\">Livestreamed on llumiNative\u2019s Facebook page<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PARTICIPANTS &amp; PANELISTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Derrick Johnson, President NAACP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ijeoma Oluo, Author So You Want to Talk About Race<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Judith LeBlanc, <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> Organizers Alliance; Caddo<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Greisa Martinez Rosas, United We Dream<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Crystal Echo Hawk, <span class=\"il\">IllumiNative<\/span>; Pawnee<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Amanda Blackhorse, Lead Plaintiff, Blackhorse v. Pro Football, Inc.; Din\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Suzan Harjo, Lead Plaintiff, Harjo v. Pro Football, Inc; Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Carla Fredericks, First Peoples Worldwide; Mandan Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Stephanie Fryberg, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan; Tulalip<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective; Oglala Lakota<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Faith Spotted Eagle, Brave Heart Society<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rosebud Tribal Chairman Rodney Bordeaux<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">###<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ABOUT <span class=\"il\">ILLUMINATIVE<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/illuminatives.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/illuminatives.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594256760480000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFVWH1-59ySlPMOsV2KXUCAgMShLw\"><span class=\"il\">IllumiNative<\/span><\/a> is a <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span>-led nonprofit, launched to increase the visibility of <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> peoples in American society by changing the national narrative. <span class=\"il\">IllumiNative<\/span> challenges negative narratives, stories, and stereotypes about <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span>peoples. We provide tools for <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> advocates and allies including youth, community and tribal leaders, activists, and professionals across critical sectors \u2014 to develop and advocate for accurate and contemporary representations and voices of <span class=\"il\">Native<\/span> peoples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black, Brown, Immigrant and Indigenous communities continue to face racial injustices but #TheTimeisNow to put an end to blatant systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[441,655,656,293,100],"class_list":["post-7061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-organizations","tag-illuminative","tag-mascots","tag-nfl","tag-race","tag-racism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7065,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061\/revisions\/7065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}