SOIL SPIRIT SOCIETY 

Children's Peace Theatre has launched Soil, Spirit, Society, a three-year land-based art project that calls on community
to consider our connections and relationships to land, our own spiritual selves, and our communities. 

Soil Spirit Society Year One Recap:

Launch Feast
Wednesday March 21, 2018
A gathering of community members interested in or already involved in food sovereignty and security for Indigenous and Black communities, as well as other communities within and around Tkarónto.

Art Magic 
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Artful healing practices facilitated by Zainab Amadahy and Duane Hall

Planting Weekend
June 2 and 3, 2018
Teachings on Indigenous treaties with multidisciplinary artist and performer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory Ange Loft, 
and planting protocols with Wyandot Tradition Keeper Catherine Taomesre Tammaro

Soil Spirit Society Indigenous and Black Youth Residency​
Thursday September 27-Sunday September 30, 2018
We launched our residency with an opening feast for the 8 youth residents from across Ontario and Northern Quebec, as well as invited guests from our growing network of Elders, mentors, land based storytellers and food growers. Over the course of the residency,
participants experienced the following workshops:

Intro to A Dish With One Spoon with Jamaias DaCosta
Black History in Tkarónto and Southern Ontario with Desmond Miller
Relationships with Plants with Abena McKenzie 
Artistic Practice with Catherine Taomesre Tammaro
Two-Spirit Intersectionality with Teddy Syrette
African Drum workshop with Saikou Saho
Intro to Capoeira with Hélio Sousa

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Community Activation for Emergence Symposium
Mapping Mentorship: A Conversation with Kapisanan, Children's Peace Theatre and Platform A
Children's Peace Theatre Program Manager Jamaias DaCosta will be doing a talk on the work of Project Future and Soil Spirit Society