Around the Table is a community engaged research project and limited podcast series where we have inspiring conversations with community leaders from across Turtle Island about shared meals, dialogue, spirituality and social justice. Around the Table is grateful for the support of a Faculty Fellowship Award from Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and an Internal Research Grant Award from the University of Victoria. We appreciate the generous in-kind contributions from Vancouver Community College and Sharing Farm Society. Editing by New Leonard Media, music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.
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Around the Table is a community engaged research project and limited podcast series where we have inspiring conversations with community leaders from across Turtle Island about shared meals, dialogue, spirituality and social justice. Around the Table is grateful for the support of a Faculty Fellowship Award from Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and an Internal Research Grant Award from the University of Victoria. We appreciate the generous in-kind contributions from Vancouver Community College and Sharing Farm Society. Editing by New Leonard Media, music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.
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April 29, 2024
Feasting for Change
<p>On today's episode of Around the Table, we are in conversation with members of Feasting for Change, an Indigenous-led project in Coast Salish territories in the area that is also colonially known as Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Feasting for Change, focused on community building, Indigenous resurgence, and decolonization through the revitalization of traditional knowledge about the healing power of foods, this intergenerational land-based project took place from 2007 to 2012 and held more than 51 feasts and events in the 9 South Island Coast Salish communities and a large urban community served by the Victorian Native Friendship Center. The voices that you will hear in this episode were recorded over 2 gatherings, with members of Feasting for Change in May and December of 2023. In May, the Around the Table research team myself, Cindy, along with my colleagues Fionna and Leslie, gathered with the following members of Feasting for Change: W̱SÁNEĆ Elders Earl Claxton Jr. XEṮXÁṮEN, and Anna Spahan and Scia'new First Nation Elder Isabelle Charles, along Tina Tehano of the Scia'new First Nation, Raven Hartley, of the Rainy River First Nation, and collaborator Fiona Deveraux, a white settler of Irish ancestry. We gathered outdoors at TIX̱EṈ, a very important place for W̱SÁNEĆ people, on the traditional territory of the Tsawout First Nation. TIX̱EṈ is where we shared food, stories and laughter and learned about their innovative project and the importance of revitalizing traditional Coast Salish knowledge about food and feasting. In December 2023, some members of the group gathered again to record additional stories to share, and we bring these two recordings together in this important episode about Feasting for Change.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Participants</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Elder Earl Claxton Jr., XEṮXÁṮEN, SȾÁ,UTW_ (Tsawout) First Nation</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Elder Anna Spahan, (née Anna Paul), Tsartlip First Nation.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Elder Isabelle Charles, Scia'new First Nation (Beecher Bay)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tina Tehano, Scia'new First Nation (Beecher Bay)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Raven Hartley, Anishinaabe (Rainy River First Nation) and mixed European ancestry, who has lived in lək̓wəŋən territories for 15 years.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Fiona Deveraux, a white settler of Irish ancestry, who has lived in the territories of the lək̓wəŋən, W̱SÁNEĆ and the Sooke and Beecher Bay First Nations for 20 years.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29055">Journal Article on Feasting for Change</a></p> <ul> <li>Bagelman, J., Devereaux, F., Hartley, R. (2016) Feasting for Change: Reconnecting with food, place & culture. <em>International Journal of Indigenous Health</em> 11(1), 6-17.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.strongnations.com/store/item_display.php?i=7484#:~:text=This%2072%20card%20set%20highlights,keep%20the%20old%20ways%20strong">Feasting for Change Plant identification cards</a></p> <p><a href="http://saanich.montler.net/WordList/SaanichIndex.html">WSÁNEĆ-English Online Dictionary</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.pepakenhautw.com/">PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱</a> (Land-based education & ecosystem restoration on WSÁNEĆ homelands) </p> <p>Information about <a href="https://www.centralsaanich.ca/our-community/first-nations/tixen">TIX̱EṈ in the territory of the Tsawout First Nation</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.indigenousfoodsystems.org">Indigenous Food Systems Website</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Transcript available</strong> <a href="https://aroundthetabledialogues.ca/transcript-for-episode-9-feasting-for-change/">here</a>.</p> <p><br></p>
April 14, 2024
SAGE Table - Sherrill Wayland
<p>SAGE Table is an initiative of SAGE, the largest and oldest organization in the United States dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older people. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources to LGBTQ+ people and their caregivers. SAGE Table launched in 2017 launched in 2017 to fight isolation in the LGBTQ+ community through the power of intergenerational connections. SAGE Table events bring together people of all ages at hundreds of tables across the world to share a meal and conversation. The transformative relationships formed around a SAGE Table can alleviate social isolation and its consequences.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>BIO</strong></p> <p>Sherrill Wayland, Senior Director of Special Initiatives and Partnerships, serves as a trusted thought partner to national initiatives team members and SAGE staff across the organization. They lead the National Resource Center on LGBTQ Aging, serve as SAGE lead for the Long-Term Care Equality Index (in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation) and work in close partnership with SAGECollab, SAGECare, and the Diverse Elders Coalition. Sherrill began work with SAGE at the local level in 2008, founding the SAGE Affiliate in St. Louis, MO (now Missourians Aging with Pride). Sherrill earned a Master of Social Work degree from the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, and has over 25 years of professional experience in the fields of education, disability, and LGBTQ+ older adult advocacy.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>RESOURCES</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sageusa.org/what-we-do/sage-table/">https://www.sageusa.org/what-we-do/sage-table/</a></li> <li>Sage Table Host Toolkit <a href="https://www.sageusa.org/resource-posts/sage-table-host-toolkit/">https://www.sageusa.org/resource-posts/sage-table-host-toolkit/</a></li> <p><br></p> </ul> <p><a href="https://aroundthetabledialogues.ca/transcript-for-episode-8-sage-table-with-sherrill-wayland/">Transcript available here</a>. </p>
March 31, 2024
Friendship Kitchen, Taste of Home, Belonging Kitchens - Ha Na Park and Min-Goo Kang
<p>On this episode of Around the Table, my collaborator Fionna Chong and I are in conversation with Reverends Min-Goo Kang and Ha Na Park about their dinner projects – Friendship Kitchen, Taste of Home, and Belonging Dinners.</p> <p>Ha Na Park started Friendship Kitchen in 2017 at The United Church in Meadowood in Winnipeg Manitoba on Treaty 1 territory, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the Homeland of the Red River Métis. The project supported newcomers to Canada and embraced a diversity of experiences – for example, two participants came to Canada through refugee sponsorship from persecution of sexual orientation and from the Syrian civil war. Friendship Kitchen built relationships of trust, friendship and community between newcomers and non-newcomers.</p> <p>After Winnipeg, Ha Na and their partner Min-Goo moved to Victoria, the ancestral unceded territories of the Lekwungen and WSANEC peoples, the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSANEC nations, to join the ministry team at Broadview United. In 2023, Min-Goo started Taste of Home, an intercultural community-building program for newcomers who’ve made Canada their home in the last five years. Here participants share food and memories through cooking and eating together, and exchange stories about the cultural significance of the food.</p> <p>In his role as Spiritual Care Provider in the Student Wellness Centre and Multifaith Centre at the University of Victoria, Min-Goo initiated another dinner program - Belonging Dinners where students cook and share a meal together, build connection and community. It provides a safe space for storytelling around the table in a holistic and embodied way that honours connections between body, mind and heart.</p> <p><strong>BIO</strong></p> <p>Min-Goo Kang has a strong sense of place, and likes to explore his surroundings. He believes that every place has its unique beauty. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in Korea in 2004 and was admitted to the United Church of Canada in 2010. He has been serving both in a Korean-speaking congregation as well as in English-speaking congregations in Canada over the last 18 years. He is currently working at Broad View United, in Victoria, BC as Intercultural Program Minister. He believes that becoming an intercultural church is deeply spiritual work. It begins with knowing who we are, where we came from, and where we belong. With deep spirituality, he integrates his Asian heritages such as Daoism and Buddhism into his theology and practice. Min-Goo is passionate about creating a space where people can feel safe enough to bring their authentic selves.</p> <p>Ha Na Park (she /they) is an ordained minister in The United Church of Canada, currently serving at <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadviewunited.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cfchong%40vcc.ca%7Cebd679dd567c47a3fd9e08dc50295fd5%7C9d83cfc7633047d5b18d45bafe3b1d87%7C0%7C0%7C638473386704414753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=p0K4x5f9OkaMUNy1P0l7mz%2FOb4vGWqqJGPJ1HzQeiyQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broad View United</a>, Victoria, BC. Her family migrated from Korea in 2007, when her older son, Peace, was 7 months old. In that year of transition, Ha Na realized that she had become the moon, “Which lives by depending on another and shines by reflecting another’s light” while living as the shadow of her ordained husband of two years. Since then, Ha Na has strived to be the Sun again and keep that poetic image as her motivation. Her recent path has been leading her to continue to evolve through her various interests and passions. Ha Na has committed herself to deepening her understanding of intercultural ministry, decreasing racism, and questioning white privilege in her institution, and decolonizing herself, her work and her theology. She believes in friendship and mutuality as the antidote to racism, and seeks liberation from patriarchy and racism for women of colour. In addition, Ha Na embraces mysticism and spirituality to help build resistance to oppression.</p> <p><strong>RESOURCES</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.hanapark.ca/queer-and-faithful-copy">Friendship Kitchen</a> </li> <li><a href="https://form.jotform.com/230226747023247">Taste of Home Program</a><strong> (Broadview United)</strong></li> <li><strong>Foto-Documentary </strong><a href="https://broadviewunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Taste-of-Home-online-v2.0.pdf">Cookbook</a><strong> of Taste of Home (Season One)</strong></li> <li><a href="https://www.uvic.ca/support-uvic/impact-stories/all-stories/belonging-dinner.php">Belonging Dinners</a><strong>: University of Victoria Student Wellness Program and Multifaith Centre</strong> </li> </ul> <p><a href="https://aroundthetabledialogues.ca/transcript-for-episode-7-friendship-kitchen-taste-of-home-belonging-dinners-with-ha-na-park-and-min-goo-kang/">Transcript available here.</a></p>
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