Photo courtesy of the Milton Public Library
The Milton Public Library is partnering with Grandmother’s Voice to launch a new project that focuses on Truth and Reconciliation.
‘101 Deweguns… A Living Hearts Legacy’ is a part of Milton Public Library’s ‘Hand-Me-Down Project’ through the support of the New Horizons for Seniors Program Grant, allowing seniors to share their knowledge and talents with teenagers from the Milton community. It will cover Truth and Reconciliation through the arts.
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There will be a kickoff ceremony with Grandmother’s Voice, special guests and an opportunity to meet the founder of the grassroots project Indigenous Grandmother and Traditional healer Jackie Labonte and Oliver Nobosin. Following the ceremony, teens will have the opportunity to participate in assembling and designing beautiful Drums, strykers, and Drum bags that will travel all across Canada. The project reaches out to engage and support the creative talent of 101 artists from across Canada, coast to coast to coast, telling their stories of intergenerational residential school impact through the painted canvas of the Drum. These stories will reach out far and wide to help inspire others along their healing journey.
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The “101 Deweguns” vision honours the legacy of Chanie Wenjack’s life journey, Gord Downie’s challenge to all Canadians to “Do Something” in creating a ‘Next Sentence’ in building a better Canada, Phyllis Webstad’s early life experience and continued journey through the ongoing ‘Orange Shirt’ campaign, along with countless other’s efforts in bringing the correct truth forward in an effort to foster open, healthy and reconciliatory dialogue. Contributing artists through their positive hope – inspired Drum Paintings become beacons of empowerment, collectively inspiring all Canadians to stand strong in bringing their truth into the light … as with any light, no matter the size, casts out the darkness.
MPL is just one of many participating organizations that will assist in creating this legacy project that will travel across our Nation to bring healing to the hearts of the people. Through these educational workshops, the collective is encouraging the public to get involved in preparing the Drum frames for the artists.
The event will be on Saturday, March 11th at the Main Library. Local teens can participate throughout the day in any of the following three workshops:
- 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Interested participants can register here.
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