Survey from PacYM Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee to Meetings, Committees, and Orgs

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DEADLINE:
The deadline for the survey was extended through the end of July. (It was originally June 20th to give us initial responses in order to plan our interest group for Annual Session.) Estimated time to complete: 15-20 minutes.)

To share this form with others, use this link:
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For more info about the purpose of the survey and about the subcommittee, please see our web page:
https://www.pacificyearlymeeting.org/committee-newsletters-and-reports/indigenous-concerns/

WHO SHOULD FILL OUT THE SURVEY:
Please note that the survey is specifically formatted for responses from Meetings/Worship Groups, PacYM Committees, Quarterly Meetings, and related Quaker organizations.

Individual Friends may fill it out or email us directly.

We look forward to hearing from you!

PURPOSES:
The subcommittee's intention is to compile a summary of actions that local meetings are taking and share it via our page on the PacificYearlyMeeting.org site. This will be in order to promote sharing, networking, learning, and action. We will update the page from time to time as we all learn and grow in these efforts and as meetings, committees, and organizations have new information to share. We are also using the submissions to help inform our interest group and activities at the PacYM Annual Session and beyond.

No individual person's name or contact info will be shared on the website without prior consent.

Please keep in touch to tell us what you're already doing and where you’d like support. We can play a connecting role to put meetings/committees/orgs in touch with each other as needs and interest arise. The subcommittee has no expectation that any meeting or organization is trying to take on many of the actions listed in the survey all at once. Continuing revelation can come slowly or in leaps and jumps: we’re all learning and growing into awareness and actions together.

Thank you!

The new PacYM Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee:
Lisa Hubbell & Alyssa Nelson, Co-Convenors
Sophie Wood Brinker
Jim Summers and Gail Eastwood, Liaisons from PacYM Ministry Committee

CONTACT: IndigenousConcernsClerk [at] PacificYearlyMeeting [dot] org
WEB PAGE: https://www.pacificyearlymeeting.org/committee-newsletters-and-reports/indigenous-concerns/

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Note on the term "Indigenous" in the context of this survey

For the purposes of this survey, the term "Indigenous" primarily refers to:
- the original peoples of the lands on which our local meetings/committees/organizations gather,
- all members of Indigenous diasporas living in the area PacYM comprises: from Mexico City to Arcata/Humboldt and from Kapa'a to Reno, and
- Indigenous Friends.
If you use another definition that affects how you respond to the questions, please tell us what it is.

Your FIRST Name *

(Person who is filling this out): No individual person's name or contact information will be shared on the PacYM website without prior consent.

Your LAST Name *

(Person who is filling this out)

Your PRONOUNS

They/Them/Theirs

She/Her/Hers

He/Him/His

Other:

I am filling this out... *

officially, on behalf of my Meeting/Organization/Committee

unofficially, about my Meeting/Organization/Committee

Other:

Your Meeting, Organization, or Committee *

In 'Other': please spell out fully instead of using acronyms. If responding as a Worship Group, please say which one in 'Other'. If responding on behalf of more than one meeting/org/committee, please submit separate entries of this form for each one.

A PacYM Committee (please specify in next question)

SCQM

CPQM

UNAFFILIATED FRIEND

Another Quaker-related Organization (please write its name in next question -- for Monthly Meetings, see below in this list)

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Berkeley MM

Big Island MM

Central Coast MM

Chico MM

Claremont MM

Davis MM

Delta MM

Fresno MM

Grass Valley MM

Honolulu MM

Humboldt MM

Inland Valley MM

La Jolla MM

Live Oak MM

Marloma Long Beach MM

Mendocino MM

Mexico City MM

Monterey Peninsula MM

Napa MM

Orange County MM

Orange Grove MM

Palo Alto MM

Redding MM

Redwood Forest MM

Reno MM

Sacramento MM

San Diego MM

San Francisco MM

San Jose MM

Santa Barbara MM

Santa Cruz MM

Santa Monica MM

Strawberry Creek MM

Visalia MM

Other:

Your Friends organization or committee (if any)

(This is only for those who selected "a Quaker-related Organization" or "a PacYM Committee" in the previous question.) Please spell out the name of your organization/committee instead of using acronyms.

Your role or title (if any)

e.g., clerk of xyz..., chairperson, etc.

Which people(s) are the original caretakers of the land on which your meeting/organization now gathers? And what sort(s) of relationship(s), if any, do you have?

See https://native-land.ca/ for one source of information. (Cross-regional groups, such as PacYM Committees and Quarterly Meetings: please provide as possible.)

Meeting, Organization, or Committee's Actions

Has your meeting/org/committee (as a whole or in its committees/working groups) discussed or acted on any of the following? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.) We recognize this is a long list: it's partly for us to learn what you are doing and partly to suggest future possibilities to you. We have no expectation that any meeting or organization is trying to take on many of these at once!

"We're just getting started!"

"We have never discussed these issues at all."

Addressing particular needs/concerns of Indigenous Friends in your meeting

Building relationships with local Indigenous Peoples

Participating in Indigenous-led social or environmental movements

Participating in Indigenous-led cultural activities or celebrations

Learning histories and/or contemporary cultures of Indigenous Peoples in your area

Rematriation/repatriation of cultural objects in possession of the meeting

Land acknowledgements

Voluntary Land Tax / Honor Tax / Ancestral Reciprocity Fund

Rematriation of land / LandBack

History of forced boarding schools for Indigenous children (including any Quaker involvement)

Truth & Healing today on legacy of forced boarding school era

Advocacy on behalf of missing and murdered Indigenous women/womxn/girls/people/relatives

Doctrine of Discovery - history/legacy

Formal Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery

Quaker Truth & Healing/Reconciliation (within and among QUAKERS and Indigenous communities)

Interfaith Truth & Healing/Reconciliation with Indigenous communities

Governmental Truth & Healing/Reconciliation with Indigenous communities

Other:

Activities with Quaker Organizations

Has your meeting/org/committee (as a whole or in its committees/working groups) encouraged people to participate in or support any of the following:

Braiding Sweetgrass Online Worship Group (organized by PacYM's Unity with Nature Committee, et al.)

Workshops for your meeting on Indigenous issues

Spring Youth Service Learning Camp at Quaker Oaks Farm, in partnership with the Wukchumni Tribe and PacYM Youth Programs

Quaker-related organizations addressing Indigenous issues (such as DecolonizingQuakers.org, Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, AFSC, FCNL....)

Other:

Details of action(s):

For example: If your meeting/org/committee has participated in actions or workshops, which organizations led them? Please use this space to elaborate on any actions your Meeting is taking to be in relationship with and support Indigenous communities. Please include any relevant weblinks if available. Feel free to email documents or photos to IndigenousConcernsClerk@PacificYearlyMeeting.org and please let us know if they are confidential or can be shared more widely, including on the PacYM webpage or on Facebook.

Support needed?

Is there any support your meeting/org/committee needs that the PacYM Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee might provide? Ask us anything and we'll see what we can do!

Web resources wanted?

What kinds of resources or information would you like to be able to find on the Subcommittee's webpage?

Other ideas?

Do you have any ideas, suggestions, input, or requests for our Subcommittee?

Any Questions?

Subcommittee interest?

The subcommittee is still new, and no current members are Indigenous. Do you have any recommendations of Friends --Indigenous or non-Indigenous-- who might like to serve on the PacYM Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee? (please list FULL NAME, MEETING, EMAIL, & PHONE)

Advisor/Accountability Partner?

Do you have any recommendations of Indigenous Friends who might be interested in being an advisor or accountability partner for the Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee, rather than serving as a subcommittee member? (please list NAME, MEETING, EMAIL, & PHONE)

Other Participation?

Would you or someone you know like to participate in any other way? (please list NAME, MEETING, EMAIL, PHONE & types of interest)

Contact person for Meeting/ Org/ Committee?

Who is willing to be a contact person for the Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee? (please list NAME, EMAIL, & PHONE)

Email address for Meeting/ Org/ Committee?

Please note your Meeting/org/committee's main email address that we can use for general contact purposes (if any):

Additional comments?

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