Land is Power: Indigenous Sovereignty and Black Liberation (ASPE)

This session of Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) will examine the history of Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism, the origins of private property, and the connections between Indigenous land struggles and broader African liberation movements. We will explore the contradictions between liberal reforms, land acknowledgments, and genuine land sovereignty, including the struggle for nationhood, self-determination, and community control.

Through historical and contemporary examples, we will examine how displacement, environmental destruction, and the continued occupation of Indigenous lands sustain colonial relationships of power. Finally, we will connect these struggles to the conditions facing working- class Black communities in Southeast DC, exploring how the lack of community control over land shapes development, environmental conditions, public resources, and everyday life.

Food will be provided!

The ASPE are hybrid sessions with the option to participate via Zoom. REGISTER HERE