Sunny Red Bear

Sunny Red Bear (she/her), Director of Racial Equity, is Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

About
Sunny has extensive experience in community organizing, campaign development, and healing and wellness advocacy.  She has worked collectively with communities to create and reclaim space for our connection to Indigenous healing. Sunny is passionate about advancing equity within our community by developing and implementing initiatives that address incarceration and homelessness issues. She is committed to racial justice, equity, and healing on and with our land.
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Agenda

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Oct
19
Bridging Government & Community Toward Land, Housing & Climate Justice
The appropriate scope of the government's role in society is a point of great debate and division. Government agencies carry the legacy of violence against and dispossession of Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities, and are often gatekeepers instead of allies, limiting the ways communities most impacted by injustice can shape consequential decisions about their neighborhoods, cities, and homelands. This can pose significant challenges to community self-determination, sovereignty, and collective vision. This session will explore the complexities of bridge building between the planet...