A course for thanksgiving

Thanksgiving can be difficult.

It is an important harvest festival, a rare chance for families and communities to come together around the table.

And it is a moment where society is re-telling an inaccurate origin story about Pilgrims, Indians, giving thanks... and being American.

A course for thanksgiving

Thanksgiving can be difficult.

It is an important harvest festival, a rare chance for families and communities to come together around the table.

And it is a moment where society is re-telling an inaccurate origin story about Pilgrims, Indians, and what it means to give thanks... and to be an American. Fortunately, you don't have to navigate these complexities alone.

You don’t have to navigate these complexities alone.

Learn what happened.

And then what we made it mean.

And then the stories we tell about it.

Go back, finding ways to tell a different story.

Return, strategizing better ways to share these stories with your family, friends, and others.

This is one aspect of Thanksgiving preparation that is best to NOT leave until the last minute!

You are invited

to a Four-Part Course for Thanksgiving

Engage more deeply with the histories of thanksgiving

National Stories - Your Own Family’s Stories - Food Stories

discuss the different ways of thinking about the stories

how we talk about them with others.

*All online gatherings from 1:00 pm EST - 2:00 pm EST

Schedule Flow…

  • Nov 8 (Wednesday), Lesson 1: Orientations

    Homework: Reading/reviewing the 'real histories', and thinking about what stories you are currently telling.  Start working on your own family history timelines.

  • Nov 14 (Tuesday), Lesson 2: Intertwined timelines: national histories, family histories, and food histories

    Homework: Continue working on family history timelines and starting on favorite Thanksgiving food-timelines, including what's local to your bio-region (which might not be your favorite dish). 

  • Nov 21 (Tuesday), Lesson 3: Further Integration and preparation

    Homework: Being present and sharing revised stories with your friends-family.

  • Nov 28 (Tuesday), Lesson 4: Leftovers and digesting: how did things go? 

Financial Exchange Options

Please contact us for our payment plans and sliding scale ($225-$425) options.

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Many of us have a longing for Thanksgiving…

Let us stop projecting that longing into the past, and find ways to actualize it in the present

and the future.

The meaning and the power in telling different stories and doing things differently is hard to overestimate.

Or to put a price on.

Walk away from our time together with….

  • A collection of resources about the real histories of Thanksgiving that you can use for years to come

  • ‘Recipes” that can make for different kinds of storytelling

  • Greater preparation for Thanksgiving 2023

  • Greater capacity to engage with historical trauma

  • Increased knowledge about this holiday and your possible role in it

  • Online access to Sara Jolena and Krissy for the duration of this course

Meet your guides:

Rev Sara Jolena Wolcott…

is a descendant of the founding families of the United States (Henry Wolcott arrived in 1635; Oliver Wolcott signed the Declaration of Independence) and trained as an eco-theologian and minister at Union Theological Seminary. Her ancestors worked closely with - and sometimes fought with - people from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Her search to understand the origins of climate change led her on a global odyssey that landed her back to her own family’s colonial pasts, and to the critical importance of ReMembering origin stories. After obtaining her M.Div. at Union Theological Seminary, she created Sequoia Samanvaya. She serves as a healer, educator and legacy advisor. She is on the Board of the Alliance for a Viable Future, and is active in their Homecoming Project for the Mohican Peoples (the indigenous peoples where she lives).

Kristine Marie Hill…

is a member of the Beaver Clan, Tuscarora Nation, and Haudenosaunee confederacy. As an educator on the Tuscarora reservation for 20 years, she has worked closely with these stories.

Recently, she started Collective Wisdoms, wherein she works as an indigenous peacekeeper and restorative practitioner with national and international religious, educational, and corporate institutions. She is an active member of the Ahimsa Collective and The Honeycomb Justice Collective.

She is the proud mother of four adult children and a grandson. Her family lives both on and off the Tuscarora reservation, including in Canada.

She is on the Board of the Alliance for a Viable Future, and is active in their Homecoming Project for the Mohican Peoples (the indigenous peoples where she lives).