FREE ONLINE EVENT
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Aida Mariam Davis and Four Arrows, author of Restoring the Kinship Worldview, discuss Davis's groundbreaking book, Kindred Creation: Parables and Paradigms for Freedom.

This event will delve into the revolutionary themes of the book, which challenges the dominant Eurocentric paradigms and offers a paradigm-shifting approach to reclaiming African and Indigenous belief systems. Kindred Creation is not merely a collection of solutions; it invites readers to embark on a journey toward mutual liberation. The conversation will explore the ongoing impacts of settler colonialism, emphasizing the necessity of designing a future rooted in  dignity and interconnectedness.

“For those of us who come to this text with a long
history of struggle against racial capitalism, Kindred
Creation presents us with a paradigm-shifting
approach to revolutionary change.”
—Angela Davis

Aida Mariam Davis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African American studies from the University of California, Berkeley in addition to a Master’s from the University of Southern California in Public Policy and Public Administration. Davis is currently the Chief People Officer of the Sierra Club. Davis founded and led Decolonize Design, a boutique consulting firm with clients spanning the nonprofit sector, philanthropy, and Fortune 500 companies. She created the Belonging, Dignity, Justice, and Joy (BDJJ) framework as an alternative to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) industrial complex. Her writing can be found online and in print at various publications, including Stanford Social Innovation Review, World Economic Forum, Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, and UC Berkeley Diaspora Magazine.

Four Arrows: Currently a professor of educational leadership at Antioch University, Four Arrows (a.k.a. Wahinkpe Topa), a.k.a. Donald Trent Jacobs, is a made relative of the Oglala Lakota and a member of the Medicine Horse Tiospaye. He is a pipe carrier, having fulfilled his Sun Dance vows while living on the Pine Ridge Reservation and serving as director of education at Oglala Lakota College. The Alternative Education Resource Organization selected him as one of thirty-five visionaries in education who tell their stories in the book Turning Points. His many books, chapters, peer-reviewed papers, journal articles, and online presentations have made him an internationally recognized and respected authority on decolonizing, counterhegemonic democracy, and Indigeneity. His work has been endorsed by such notables as Vine Deloria Jr., Greg Cajete, Daniel Wildcat, Ed McGaw, Rebecca Adamson, Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, Thom Hartmann, John Pilger, and many others. He is a recipient of a Martin-Springer Institute Moral Courage Award for his activism.