Bringing Change to
Indigenizing,
Decolonization and
Research Across
Fields & Settings
Start By Watching
This:
https://youtu.be/QP
9x1NnCWNY
Problem
I’m a student now, so my opportunities to change
the world are kind of limited.
Seriously, I’m just trying to survive & graduate.
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I only know what My field is well
I’ve been taught My power is limited established already
And I’m getting the idea that it hasn’t I’m just trying to get by, live life, and My generation doesn’t need another
exactly been unbiased. In fact, it’s figure out how to survive in a world clean up job, and it looks like these
looking like biase is exactly what has that is an escalating dumpster fire for toxic ways of doing things are already
been normalized as neutral & factual. wealthy people to roast marshmallows deeply entrenched.
over. Realistically, what can I do?
Bring the light 01
Solution 01
Critical thinking can be learned and applied,
you want to see even/especially within biased contexts
in the world 02
Solution 02
Nobody is more powerful than young adults
working together. Anyone who says
otherwise is (1) unaware of history or (2)
afraid you’ll recognize your power
Solution 03
03 Fields are always changing, and are often
desperate for motivated new leadership.
Change from the inside, the outside, or exit
them all together and support those who are
already co-creating something unique and
better.
Molotov Cocktails: A Metaphor
Powerful Agents of Change
• Simple means used intentionally and effectively
• Public resistance and refusal, usually by under resourced resistance groups
• Well organized group efforts
• Passing of essential, forbidden knowledge between generations of change makers
• Recognizing that power takes many forms, and the working classes control/are the
livelyhood of the controlling classes
• Efforts must be prolonged, consistent, accessible throughout contexts, and effective
at both getting attention and undermining core efforts of oppression
• We absolutely must be there to support each other in mindful efforts that ensure our
mutual protection and safety when facing oppression
• Everyone has their own specific roles, and it is dangerous to act thoughtlessly or
without excellent communication between allied change makers (even if you are
isolated in your specific contexts)
Research: Makers, Translators,
Disseminators, and Utilizers
Powerful Agents of Change
• Simple means used intentionally
• Public resistance and refusal
• Well organized group efforts
• Passing of essential, forbidden knowledge between generations of change makers
• Recognizing that power takes many forms, and the working classes control/are the
livelyhood of the controlling classes
• Efforts must be prolonged, consistent, accessible throughout contexts, and effective
at both getting attention and undermining core efforts of oppression
• We absolutely must be there to support each other in mindful efforts that ensure our
mutual protection and safety when facing oppression
• Everyone has their own specific roles, and it is dangerous to act thoughtlessly or
without excellent communication between allied change makers (even if you are
isolated in your specific contexts)
Nurturing
change is
more than
lighting fires
Nurturing change
includes:
healing,
connecting,
accountability,
justice,
community,
and more
Keep:
• listening What if
• asking We recognized the knowledge and
wisdom that existed before, and
What If
• connecting
continues to exist outside of,
individualized, violent, and
oppressive ideas of expertise? We refused to settle for anything
less than collaborations between
• resisting
multiple traditions to co-create
mutually respectful & beneficial
approaches to all aspects of
• nurturing
creating, translating, sharing, and
utilizing research?
