Various dates: Line 5 Contested Case Hearings
See all dates and locations here:
Throughout the month of September will be legal proceedings regarding the challenges to the Wisconsin DNR’s permits for Enbridge’s Line 5 Relocation Project, a proposed 41-mile extension of the Line 5 pipeline around Bad River Reservation. Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA, representing various environmental groups), Clean Wisconsin, and the Bad River Band each issued legal challenges to the permits over concerns about inadequate environmental protections and violations of Mashkiiziibii’s (Bad River Band’s) treaty rights and tribal sovereignty. Proceedings will begin at 9 am each day. Attending the hearings is a good way to show the presiding judge that this is an important issue to Wisconsinites, to connect with other people passionate about this issue, and also an opportunity to share conversation and materials related to colonial harm and decolonial repair.
9/11 Food & Faith Summit at Mt Zion
When: Thursday, September 11th from 13:00-16:00 (1-4pm)
Where: Mt Zion Baptist Church, 2019 Fisher St, Madison, WI 53713
“The Food & Faith Summit will bring together religious leaders for multi-faith networking and strategic brainstorming about food insecurity in Dane County. Despite differences in theological and spiritual imperatives, the mandate for compassion towards those in need—especially the hungry—is deeply ingrained across belief systems. REAP Food Group will present the Dane County Food Action Plan, a community-centered initiative developing a comprehensive strategy for our regional food system through collaborative, inclusive processes that ensure all stakeholder voices are heard and integrated. We invite multi-faith leaders to the table to discuss and strategize how the broader faith community can contribute to our shared mandate: ensuring food as a human right.”
9/22 Community discussion of film SUGARCANE with Land Justice Futures
When: Monday, September 22nd, 2-3:15 pm CT
Where: Online, sign up at this link: SUGARCANE
On September 22nd, Land Justice Futures will be hosting a community discussion of the award-winning documentary SUGARCANE, a moving, cinematic portrait of a community reckoning with a groundbreaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school. If you are committed to accountability from Catholic/Christian institutions and repair with Indigenous communities, please invite your community members to watch the film with you and join us in conversation!
PLEASE NOTE: This event is not a screening of the film, but a community conversation guided by Land Justice Futures. Registrants will receive a special link to view the film at their own convenience. We ask that registrants watch the 1 hour 49 minute film in the weeks before the community discussion. After grounding in some shorter clips from the film, our time together will be used for processing the grief, injustice, and complexities of what happened as well as our collective responsibilities and actions needed for healing and repair moving forward. This event will not be recorded and registrants will not receive a replay, so please join live if you’d like to be part of the conversation!”
9/27 Harvest Gathering 2025 at Yowela Farms
When: Saturday, September 27th from 2-7 pm
Where: Yowela Farms, 2625 Oak Lawn Road
Stoughton, WI 53589
“Join Dan Cornelius and the REAP Food Group for Harvest Gathering at Yowela Farms in Stoughton, Wisconsin. This event celebrates Indigenous knowledge, local food, and seasonal bounty. Highlights include cultural food workshops, opportunities to participate in regional food planning, a farm tour, live music, and a family feast featuring locally grown ingredients.”
You can learn more and purchase tickets for the event here, or reach out to Tabitha or Violeta for potential volunteer opportunities!
https://www.reapfoodgroup.org/event/harvest-gathering-2025
10/2-5 Niskíthe Prayer Camp Fall Encampment
When: October 2-5, with options to attend before, after, and partially throughout this period
Where: Malcolm, Nebraska (20 minutes from downtown Lincoln)
The Niskíthe Prayer Camp is peacefully occupying land in resistance to Indigenous erasure. The prayer camp began in 2022 in response to proposed land development at Wilderness Crossing, which threatened a local sweat lodge and gathering grounds, and the exclusion and erasure of Indigenous voices opposing the project. You can learn more about the prayer camp and Intertribal Spiritual Lodges at their website.
https://intertribalspirituallodges.org/niskithe-prayer-camp
The dates for the fall encampment have been announced via their Facebook page. Members of DRN have attended their spring encampment, and members are encouraged to attend again in support and solidarity.
https://www.facebook.com/100082617362481/
10/18 Kickapoo Valley Reserve tour with Bill Quackenbush
When: Saturday, October 18th, time TBD
Where: Kickapoo Valley Reserve, S3661 State Road 131, La Farge, Wisconsin 54639
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