Visioning Bear Circle Intertribal Coalition

SERVICE COMPONENT 1: CODE 62411 EDUCATION AND TRAINING: FIVE WALKING IN BALANCE WITH ALL OUR REALTIONS CURRICULUM TRAININGS WERE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE TRAININGS ARE 39 HOURS EACH OVER THE COURSE OF 13 WEEKS. 427 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE WIB SESSIONS. HIDDEN WATER FOUNDATION CIRCLE TRAINING WAS GIVEN TO AN ORGANIZATION WORKING TO END CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ASSAULT. FIVE THREE-HOUR SESSIONS WERE PROVIDED TO 75 PEOPLE. THE SEVEN GRANDFATHER TEACHINGS WERE TAUGHT TO 40 PEOPLE AT ALL SOULS CHUCH IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. A CIRCLE WAS FACILITATED AT THE ANTIRACISM FILM FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER OF 2022 WITH 45 PEOPLE ATTENDING. ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE ARIZONA COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT WERE GIVEN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CIRCLE PRACTICE TRAINING IN JULY 2022. A PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN AT BOSTON COLLEGE SYMPOSIUM SETTLER COLONIALISM: RACE AND INDIGENOUS SURVIVANCE AND RESISTANCE -62 PEOPLE ATTENDED. A PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TO COMMUNITY VILLAGE AND ATTENDED BY 62 PEOPLE ON THE TOPIC OF WALKING IN BALANCE WITH ALL OUR RELATIONS. VBCIC PARTICIPATED AS PART OF THE IMPACTFUL PANEL FOR THE OHIO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK IN OCTOBER OF 2022. VBCIC PARTICIPATED IN AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY EVENT IN REVERE, MA, REACHING 150 PEOPLE IN OCTOBER 2022. VBCIC LED A TALKING CIRCLE FOR THE KO'ASEK TRIBE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, REACHING 8 PEOPLE. STRONG OAK PRESENTED AT MIDE LODGE REACHING 235 PEOPLE IN JANUARY 2022. VBCIC GAVE A CIRCLE TRAINING FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN REVERE,MA IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 - 35 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, VBCIC LED A TALKING CIRCLE WITH STUDENTS AT SMITH COLLEGE REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. IN APRIL OF 2022, VBCIC LED A WORKSHOP ON THE CONNECTION TO THE LAND FOR SOJOURNER TRUTH SCHOOL - 15 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. IN MAY OF 2022, VBCIC HOSTED A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE CALLED 'TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF POWER THROUGH LOVE AND COMPASSION. 350 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE. LINE 29 SERVICE COMPONENT 2: CODE 624110 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN OCTOBER OF 2022, VBCIC CONSULTED WITH THE BLACK INDIGENOUS NIPMUCS IN BOSTON ABOUT BRINGING THE WALKING IN BALANCE WITH ALL OUR RELATIONS CURRICULUM TO THEIR COMMUNITY. SIX MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN THE DISCUSSION. VBCIC OFFERED CONSULTATION TO THE COLORADO STATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2022. CONSULTATION SERVICES WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND TO THE LEADERSHIP MOVES PANEL AT VALORUS IN CALIFORNIA REGARDING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.. VBCIC PARTICIPATED ON AN ELEVEN-MEMBER COMMITTEE WORKING TO DEVELOP FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS ON A MONTHLY BASIS THROUGHOUT 2022. THROUGHOUT 2022, VBCIC WORKED WITH A COMMUNITY LEARNING COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A TRAINING DESIGN FOR WORKING WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT/ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. STRONG OAK PARTICIPATED IN A WEBINAR REGARDING THE INCREASE IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING DISASTERS SPONSORED BY PREVENT/CONNECT. VBCIC PARTICIPATED IN THE LAND JUSTICE AFFINITY GROUP OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS PART111 LINE 30 SERVICE COMPONENT 3: CODE 624110 DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. VBCIC USED ITS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT VBCIC. THESE PLATFORM INCLUDED ITS WEBSITE, VISIONINGBEAR.ORG, AND ITS FACEBOOK PAGE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY APPRISED OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CRAFT DAY EVENTS WERE CRITICAL TO TRANSMITTING CULTURE AND IN THE BUILDING OF COMMUNITY. THE VBCIC DRUM PERFORMED AT THE SHELBURNE FALLS INDIGENOUS DAY EVENT. MATERIALS, BROCHURES, AND CRAFTS WERE PART OF OUR VENDING BOOTH. VBCIC ALSO PERFORMED AND HAD A VENDING BOOTH AT THE KO'ASEK POOW WOW IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. BROCHURES AND MATERIALS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE ATTENDING THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE IN MAY CALLED TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF POWER. COOK BOOKS WERE DEVELOPED TO SHARE CULTURAL DISHES AND SOLD ON OUR WEBSITE AS PART OF A DONATION STRATEGY.