Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Saturday, July 17 - 2pm on Zoom

The Anti-racism Task Force of the Olympia Presbytery invites you to a 2-hour workshop with the Rev. Irvin Porter to understand and begin dismantling the religious framework used by the Church to justify the dispossession of Indigenous people lands, territories, and resources on behalf of Christendom. You can find a fuller description of the workshop when you click here to view the syllabus.

All are invited to participate. The General Assembly encourages “...the church to study and to learn about the historic and current social, missional, and theological implications of the Doctrine of Discovery." The Anti-racism Task Force of our Presbytery has planned this workshop to help us understand the issues and to partner with the Indigenous peoples, locally and nationally, to become more informed and proactive representations of God’s peace and justice.

Zoom link for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8143240890

To promote this event, click here for a flyer that will help you spread the word to any who are interested in attending!

Please download and have these documents available for our workshop time together:

• Workshop syllabus

• “Summary – Native American Coordinating Council Report: Report to the 224th General Assembly (2020) - Recommendations from this Report (00-95)”

• “Christopher Columbus and the Doctrine of Discovery: 5 Things to Know”

• “1999 GA Overture on Mascots”

• “Advocacy With and For Indigenous Peoples”

• “Conversations About Advocacy”

• “Doctrine of Discovery: A Review of Its Origins and Implications for Congregations in the PC(USA) and Support for Native American Sovereignty”

• “The Doctrine of Discovery and its Enduring Impact on Indigenous Peoples”

• “Native American Coordinating Council Report: 2020 General Assembly”

• “Reclaiming Native Truth: The False and Harmful Current Narrative About Native American Peoples”

• “Seven Priorities for Native American Advocacy”

Questions? Email Rev. Liz Kearny at liz@longviewpres.org.