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Truth and Reconciliation: Addressing the Unspeakable
by Love (and Revolution) Radio
59m 59s
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August 2, 2016
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This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Arla Patch about the groundbreaking work of the Maine Wabanaki-State Truth and Reconciliation Commission that sought to speak truth about the legacy of genocide, trauma, racism, and abuse both historically and in the context of the mistreatment of Wabanaki children in the state of Maine foster care system.

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About Our Guest:
Arla Patch is an artist and educator who uses art as a tool for healing. She began working as a volunteer for the Maine Wabanaki State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission and later became the Community Engagement Coordinator for Wabanaki REACH. She currently lives in Pennsylvania, and is a member of the Quaker Society of Friends, serving on the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and also the Native Awareness Committee.

Related Links:
Maine-Wabanaki REACH (Reconciliation, Engagement, Advocacy, Change, Healing)
http://mainewabanakireach.org/

Maine Wabanaki State Truth and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.mainewabanakitrc.org/

Phips Proclamation
http://www.penobscotculture.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=72

"Please Share The Truth" Video to President Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbA5vij2NzQ&sns=em

Greensboro, NC Truth and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.greensborotrc.org/

The R-Word Documentary
http://therworddoc.com/

Tribe by Sebastian Junger
https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/1455566381

The Canary Effect Film
https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/the-canary-effect/

Maine-Wabanki REACH's Resource List by and about the Wabanaki
http://mainewabanakireach.org/resources-by-and-about-the-wabanaki/


Music:
"Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org


About Your Co-hosts:
Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline

Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

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