Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest Guided Visit
This Sunday we will be in the great outdoors at the Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest. The forest is located in St John’s Park, near the corner of Fowler St and Anderson Ave – across from St John’s Cathedral. I’ve included a Google link to that location at the bottom of the email. There’s a fair bit of detail in this blurb, and I would encourage you to read it right to the end.
Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest honors Indigenous children lost to or affected by the residential school system, and offers a place for learning and teaching about all injustices from colonialism and racism, past and present. The sharing of our collective stories is a pathway to understanding All Our Relations.
For The Table, which exists to make room to explore what we believe, it’s a frequent occurrence to have those explorations bringing us into fuller awareness of both historical and contemporary injustices. Often, systems such as residential schools, organized religion and colonialism in general show up. This Sunday is an opportunity to learn more about some of those themes in a place designated for that and guided in the experience by a “keeper of the forest”.
Other details:
Time: We will meet at the location described above (and linked at the end of this email) at our usual time – 10:45 a.m.
Environment: We will be outdoors the entire time, so plan things like how you dress, what the Little’s needs might be and what you bring accordingly. There is a fair bit of built-in seating in the space, but you may also wish to bring a blanket or lawn chairs to augment what is there.
Agenda: The content of our time will be guided by whichever “forest keeper” is present. It’s hard to say precisely how long it will be, but we will be done no later than 12:00 noon.
Parking: There is free parking on the streets right beside the park
Bathrooms: There are bathrooms available in the church that will be accessible for our use, as required. They are nearby, but not directly beside the healing forest so wear your comfy shoes. 🙂
Additional Information:
You can learn more and get a look at the space here.
For a Google link to the location, click here.
I am very excited about this opportunity! A big shout out to Brent Johnson for suggesting the idea and being the primary energy behind making it real. Any of the folks I’ve met so far in the process have been very thoughtful, welcoming, and kind, and I have every reason to expect we’ll encounter more of the same even while hearing the truth about hard things and contemplating what it looks like to be an active participant in the reconciliation process.
If you have any questions, please be in touch.
I’ll see you on Sunday!