On September 30th from 2:30-4pm, we’ll be offering a free virtual workshop on 13 lessons developed to uplift Lenape wisdom as we explore climate and environmental topics in your schoolyard.

These lesson and activities arrive on the heels of an exciting project led by The Lenape Center and Columbia’s Teacher College to “Decolonize Thinking and Teaching for Lenape Sovereignty”. The Teacher’s College project focuses on correcting the myths and misconceptions upheld by the NYS Social Studies curriculum regarding the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, “unsettling” colonial ways of thinking, and uplifting Lenape wisdom. In conversation with the Lenape Center and Teacher’s College, The Trust for Public Land began deepening the ways that Indigenous ways of knowing can be explored in the over 220 student-designed Community Schoolyards we’ve transformed across what’s now known as New York City. We approach this evolving project as students ourselves, ready to learn from and center the Indigenous voices throughout the Lenape community and diaspora.  

Join us as we share ways we’ve piloted these lessons, review the activities, and workshop ways that it can be integrated into your teaching this year.

Each attendee will receive access to all 13 lessons.

Please RSVP here by Sep 20th to receive the Zoom link.