What Lies Beneath
Infosession
About your guides…
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div., is a descendent of the founding families of the United States (Henry Wolcott arrived in 1635; Oliver Wolcott signed the Declaration of Independence). Her global odyssey to understand and address the root causes of climate change includes working with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, participatory climate research in India and Indonesia, speaking at Family Office Gatherings, and training as an eco-theologian and minister at Union Theological Seminary. She gathered her experience and knowledge together to form the international learning community, Sequoia Samanvaya. In addition to her teaching, she works as a spiritual director and healer for a wide range of people experiencing the call to create future institutions and respond in an integrated way to the legacies of colonization to enable regenerative bio-cultures.
Kristine Hill is a member of the Beaver Clan, Tuscarora Nation, Haudenosaunee confederacy. As an educator on the Tuscarora reservation for 20 years, she has worked closely with these stories.
Recently, she founded Collective Wisdoms, wherein she works as an indigenous peacemaker and restorative practitioner with national and international religious, educational, and corporate institutions. She is an active member of the Ahimsa Collective and The Hive. She often participates in national and international gatherings of indigenous peoples, and enjoys sharing stories with children.
She is the proud mother of four adult children and a grandchild. Her family lives both on and off the Tuscarora reservation, including in Canada.
Sara Wolcott and Kristine Hill’s ancestors knew one another.
Today, the two women are partners in life as well as for this course. They are currently caring for the House on Dragon Hill in Hudson, NY, on the historical eastern door of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Mohican/Mahican territories. They both serve as board members for the Alliance for a Viable Future.