Our speakers for the Sept General Club Meeting are Patricia Tarrant and Ben Geboe, PhD, LMSW, Tiospaye Wakandkiduta (Redlightning Family Unit) of the American Indian Community House in NYC.
Patricia Tarrant is the Deputy Director of American Indian Community House, Inc (AICH) in NYC (www.aich.org), founded in 1969. AICH is the largest and oldest Native American run urban center helping community members, and has a residency on Governers Island, thanks to the Governors Island Trust, House #15 in Nolan Park. Come visit!
Ben Geboe, PhD, LMSW, Tiospaye Wakandkiduta (Redlightning Family Unit), is the Executive Director of AICH. This year AICH is hosting New Mexico based White Mountain Apache musician Sage Lacapa during August-September, 2022. Ben is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation with relatives among the Dakota in Manitoba and family in Norway. He received a PhD from the McGill School of Social Work using Indigenous methodologies and grounded theory in a qualitative study of Indigenous RNs and MDs across Canada in order to summarize recommendations for the health and social fields focused on improving Native health. Ben is active in Two Spirit circles as well as works on TB reduction research with arctic Inuit community members in Nunavik-Northern Québec as part of a CIHR research grant with IR MUHC in Montréal. AICH is also working with Brooklyn College to support a Native Studies Minor, and is working with man organizations, institutions and academic centers to celebrate Indigenous Resilience. AICH represents a diverse community of Native Americans from 179+ communities and welcomes collaboration and liaison with all. Wopila-Pidamiya-Merci-Many Thanks and Blessings.
PPTC is pleased to be working with AICH in rebranding and renaming the annual Turkey Trot 5-Miler to 2022 PPTC Turkey Trot: Race for Reconciliation 5 Miler in our on-going effort to be inclusive and take social responsibility in our relationships to Native peoples.
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