Indigenous Approaches to Collective Care

Date: August 16, 2023

Time: 7 - 9 PM (EDT)

Location: Zoom

This workshop is centered around Indigenous approaches to care and harm reduction. Collective care has existed within Indigenous nations since time immemorial, understanding Indigenous approaches to care provides community members with the tools to better walk alongside their communities.

ASL interpretation and automatic closed captioning will be provided.

ABOUT SAIGE MCMAHON

Saige McMahon (she/her) is an Anishnaabekwe settler mix from Treaty 3 Territories, Rainy River First Nations. She identifies as being a part of the queer community. She is the Director of the Indigenous led Crisis Response Pilot, and has been working in various capacities with 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations for roughly 5 years.

ABOUT SURJ TORONTO'S ALTERNATIVES TO 911 COMMUNITY SKILL-BUILDING SERIES

The Alternatives to 911 Community Skill-Building Series

is a Toronto-based workshop series run by SURJ Toronto with facilitators from local grassroots abolitionist organizations. The series aims to equip community members with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in crisis intervention, without relying on the police. It seeks to build community capacity while rejecting police intervention and other forms of violent, punitive or carceral crisis response.