March 10 “What might Bethel’s land acknowledgement look like?”
Speakers: Gail Heyne Hafer and Brenda Light Bredemeier, Bethel Members
We will draw from ELCA resources and other organizations to discuss what we would like to see in a land acknowledgement for Bethel. Who should be acknowledged? What would be important components? How might our land acknowledgement serve as a call to action?
March 17: “A People’s History of the Land Where Bethel Lives”
Speaker: Angela Cooper
Angela Cooper, a Native speaker from Cahokia Mounds, will describe the socio-cultural history of the St. Louis area from the time the earliest humans resided here through the time of the modern Nations from whom European-Americans took the land. She will tailor her presentation to our process of developing Bethel’s land acknowledgement.