HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-01-2023 Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Training MeetingAd Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Training Meeting
5:30 PM — Assembly Room, Iowa City Senior Center
28 South Linn Street
AGENDA:
1. READING OF NATIVE AMERICAN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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3. INTRODUCTIONS
4. WHO ARE WE?
A. TRUTH COMMISSIONS AND POLITICAL CONTENT
B. IOWA CITY'S TRUTH COMMISSION AND COMMON LANGUAGE
C. CLOSING REFLECTIONS
5. PUBLIC COMMENT —ON ITEM #4 ONLY
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August 1, 2023, Zoom Registration Link
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN cQEMbTMYQxidHTAeXuSPwq
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Native American land Acknowledgement
Prepared for the City of Iowa City's Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Human
Rights Commission
PURPOSE
Iowa City owes its existence to the many Indigenous Peoples who were the original stewards of this land
and who were subjected to manipulation and violence by non-native settlers, invaders, and governments
in order to make this moment possible. Acknowledgement of this truth is central to our work toward
reconciliation across all barriers of difference and injustice. Starting with a Native American Land
Acknowledgement, this Commission will bear witness to the legacies of violent displacement, migration,
and settlement that have marginalized those who were the first inhabitants of this land. We must also
address the mistreatment and exclusion that Native Americans continue to face today. The Ad Hoc Truth
and Reconciliation Commission and the Human Rights Commission encourage the community and City of
Iowa City to join us in these efforts through the use of a Native American Land Acknowledgement.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
To be read at all public meetings and events:
"We meet today in the community of Iowa City, which now occupies the homelands of
Native American Nations to whom we owe our commitment and dedication. The area of
Iowa City was within the homelands of the Iowa, Meskwaki, and Sauk, and because
history is complex and time goes far back beyond memory, we also acknowledge the
ancient connections of many other Indigenous Peoples here. The history of broken
treaties and forced removal that dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their homelands
was and is an act of colonization and genocide that we can not erase. We implore the
Iowa City community to commit to understanding and addressing these injustices as we
work toward equity, restoration, and reparations."
LEARN MORE
Native Governance Center Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
US Department of Arts and Culture: Honor Native Land Virtual Resources and Guide
Meskwaki Nation - History
Special thanks to the University of Iowa Native American Council for their work and guidance, as well as
members of the public, for their input.
Agenda Item #5
Iowa City Truth & Reconciliation Commission Training
Aug. 1-3, 2023
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Time Topics/Details/Activity
5:00 pm
Session #1 - Truth commissions and political context
Dinner Break
Session #2 — Iowa City's truth commission and common language
Break
Closing Reflections
9:00 pm
Departure
Time
1.y 2 1 Wednesd. do
Topics/Details/Activity
5:00 pm
Session #3 — Strategic tools needed by the TRC
Dinner Break
Session #4 — Public engagement, facilitation, and participating in a
consensus process
Break
Session #5 — Comparative examples and definitions of public hearings and
public activities
Break
Closing Reflections
9:00 pm
Departure
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Day 3 1 Thursday,do
Topics/Details/Activity
5:00 pm
Session #6 — Organization of hearings: Selection or invitation of
statement -givers, preparation, and procedure
Dinner Break
Session #7 — Organization of hearings: Envisioning how this would look in
Iowa City
Break
Session #8 — Strategic Doing primer
Break
Closing Reflections
9:00 pm
Departure