Michelle Meow, Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (KBCW TV and Progressive Voices Network Radio)Mari Villaluna, The Center for Political Education and Indigenous Peoples Media ProjectDr. Melinda Micco, Associate Professor Emerita, Mills College; Documentary Filmmaker; Author
Note: This program was rescheduled from November 16.
For most of the 20th century, the U.S. government systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. Even as recently as the 1970s, one in four Native children nationwide was living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes or boarding schools. Many of these children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm from adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
Dawnland, a feature-length documentary, follows the?first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the United States. The film tracks the commission’s journey across Maine, to gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the State’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people.
Following the screening, Women’s March San Francisco will host a panel moderated by Michelle Meow to hear directly from members of the Native American community about how their families were impacted by these atrocious acts, and we will explore parallels to similar atrocities happening today with immigrant families being separated at our borders.?
Please join us for this informative discussion and screening of this important film.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco?Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in with light refreshments, 6:30 p.m. program Notes: In association with The Women’s March San Francisco
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
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Note: This program was rescheduled from November 16.
For most of the 20th century, the U.S. government systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. Even as recently as the 1970s, one in four Native children nationwide was living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes or boarding schools. Many of these children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm from adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
Dawnland, a feature-length documentary, follows the?first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the United States. The film tracks the commission’s journey across Maine, to gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the State’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people.
Following the screening, Women’s March San Francisco will host a panel moderated by Michelle Meow to hear directly from members of the Native American community about how their families were impacted by these atrocious acts, and we will explore parallels to similar atrocities happening today with immigrant families being separated at our borders.?
Please join us for this informative discussion and screening of this important film.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco?Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in with light refreshments, 6:30 p.m. program Notes: In association with The Women’s March San Francisco
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
Michelle Meow, Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (KBCW TV and Progressive Voices Network Radio)Mari Villaluna, The Center for Political Education and Indigenous Peoples Media ProjectDr. Melinda Micco, Associate Professor Emerita, Mills College; Documentary Filmmaker; Author
Note: This program was rescheduled from November 16.
For most of the 20th century, the U.S. government systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. Even as recently as the 1970s, one in four Native children nationwide was living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes or boarding schools. Many of these children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm from adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
Dawnland, a feature-length documentary, follows the?first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the United States. The film tracks the commission’s journey across Maine, to gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the State’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people.
Following the screening, Women’s March San Francisco will host a panel moderated by Michelle Meow to hear directly from members of the Native American community about how their families were impacted by these atrocious acts, and we will explore parallels to similar atrocities happening today with immigrant families being separated at our borders.?
Please join us for this informative discussion and screening of this important film.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco?Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in with light refreshments, 6:30 p.m. program Notes: In association with The Women’s March San Francisco
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
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Note: This program was rescheduled from November 16.
For most of the 20th century, the U.S. government systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. Even as recently as the 1970s, one in four Native children nationwide was living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes or boarding schools. Many of these children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm from adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
Dawnland, a feature-length documentary, follows the?first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the United States. The film tracks the commission’s journey across Maine, to gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the State’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people.
Following the screening, Women’s March San Francisco will host a panel moderated by Michelle Meow to hear directly from members of the Native American community about how their families were impacted by these atrocious acts, and we will explore parallels to similar atrocities happening today with immigrant families being separated at our borders.?
Please join us for this informative discussion and screening of this important film.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco?Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in with light refreshments, 6:30 p.m. program Notes: In association with The Women’s March San Francisco
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
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