{"id":17279,"date":"2024-11-19T17:39:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/declaration-of-solidarity-with-indigenous-peoples-i\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:25:07","slug":"declaration-solidarity-indigenous-peoples-i","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/declaration-solidarity-indigenous-peoples-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples \u2013 I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/assembly\/indonesia-2022\">Indonesia 2022: workshop<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This three-part series explores the document that the Mennonite World Conference General Council approved in Kenya 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presenters:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrew Suderman <\/strong>is MWC Peace Commission secretary and a member of St. Jacob\u2019s Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church Canada) and of Shalom Mennonite Congregation (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joji Pantoja <\/strong>is MWC Peace Commission chair, a Mennonite Church Canada Witness worker in the Philippines and founding member of Peacebuilders Community Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tala Bautista <\/strong>is a member of Peacebuilders Community Inc. in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wendy Kroeker <\/strong>is a member of Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and chair of GAPN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katerina Friesen <\/strong>is a staff person at Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery (USA), a member of a Mennonite Church USA congregation, and pastor of a Wild Church. (hybrid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/statement-solidarity-indigenous-peoples-0\/\">Statement of solidarity with Indigenous Peoples<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>The first workshop explores the MWC Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples document. It offers a glimpse into the background of this document, including the struggle of the Wounaan People and the way in which they, through their request, served as impetus for the crafting of this document. 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