News of Alumni: Christopher Kilner '12

In 2011, after returning from a summer service trip to the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Christopher Kilner '12 was inspired to found a nonprofit organizaion called the Woape Foundation. The mission of the Woape Foundation is to empower Native American youth through educational and social justice programs.
 
One such program that was recently created, and is especially appropriate for this moment in history, is a #NativeLivesMatter educational e-mail series that discusses the history of oppression and racism towards indigenous peoples, the unique challenges faced by Native Americans today, and the many subtle forms of oppression that still exist today. This educational series also includes information on decolonizing school curriculums (i.e. how to teach Native American history and culture outside the lens of the historical viewpoint of the colonizing power.)
 
You can subscribe to the #NativeLivesMatter email list by visiting https://woapefoundation.org.
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