BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Extinction Rebellion Boston//Action// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Club - Inherited Silence DTSTART:20241113T000000Z DTEND:20241113T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260430T091150Z UID:1919@https://xrboston.org CREATED:20260430T091150Z DESCRIPTION:Join online: https://secure.everyaction.com/Ykp02X4QlU-3NWqabexs-Q2 \n\nEvent details: https://xrboston.org/action/book-club-inherited-silence/\n \n**Attend the event using this registration [link](https://secure.everyac tion.com/Ykp02X4QlU-3NWqabexs-Q2)**\n\nLouise Dunlap is author of Inherite d Silence: Listening to the Land\, Healing the Colonizer Mind\, which trac es her ancestors’ role in the violent colonization of what’s now “Ca lifornia” and “New England.” For many years she lived in the Boston area\, teaching at UMass\, MIT and Tufts and working with a range of peac e and justice organizations including the Cambridge Peace Commission\, Com munity Change\, Inc.\, Coalition Against Apartheid\, and Cambridge Evictio n Free Zone. She often wrote for the AFSC’s PeaceWork on Indigenous soli darity issues and helped coordinate peace walks with The New England Peace Pagoda. Now back in Northern California\, she supports a vibrant range of Land Return projects and is proud to pay shuumi (a land tax) to the Sogor ea Te’ Land Trust. She practices Buddhism with the community of Zen Mast er Thich Nhat Hanh. More at https://louisedunlap.net/.\n\nInherited Silenc e tells the story of beloved land in California’s Napa Valley—how the land fared during the onslaught of colonization and how it fares now in th e drought\, development\, and wildfires that are the consequences of the c olonial mind. Author Louise Dunlap’s ancestors were among the first Euro peans to claim ownership of traditional lands of the Wappo people during a period of genocide. As settlers\, her ancestors lived the dream of Manife st Destiny\, their consciousness changing only gradually over the generati ons.\n\nWhen Dunlap’s generation inherited the land\, she had already be gun to wonder about its unspoken story. What had kept her ancestors from s eeing and telling the truth of their history? What had they brought west w ith them from the very earliest colonial experience in New England? Dunlap looks back into California’s and America’s history for the key to the ir silences and a way to heal the wounds of the land\, its original people \, and the harmful mind of the colonizer. \n\nIt’s a powerful story that will awaken others to consider their own ancestors’ role in colonizatio n and encourage them to begin reparations for the harmful actions of those who came before. More broadly\, it offers a way for every reader to evalu ate their own current life actions and the lasting impact they can have on society and our planet. It is a wake up call for non-Indigenous Americans and a touchstone for racial and environmental reckoning and healing in th ese perilous times.\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nDo not edit this section of the desc ription.\n\nThis event has a video call.\nJoin: https://secure.everyaction .com/Ykp02X4QlU-3NWqabexs-Q2\n\nView your event at https://xrboston.org/ac tion/book-club-inherited-silence/\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T180437Z LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Extinction Rebellion Boston":MAILTO:outreach@xrboston.org URL:https://xrboston.org/action/book-club-inherited-silence/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR