Akron events to feature Ojibwe activist Sharon Day
, 2023-03-17 10:02:00,
AKRON, Ohio – A unique series of community events scheduled for this weekend blend indigenous traditions with the Jewish faith while highlighting the role of seniors in society.
Akron Weekend for Water features Minnesota-based Ojibwe writer, playwright, and artist Sharon Day, founder and executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force. Day also came to Akron in 2019 for the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire, prompting federal lawmakers to pass the Clean Water Act.
Water Weekend is part of Elder Wisdom Academy’s annual series Lippman School A private school in Akron for kindergarten through 8y degree.
The Elder Wisdom Academy offers programs for lifelong learners and highlights Jewish and Native American traditions as they share a rite of passage, said Angela Miller, the Lippman School’s community engagement coordinator.
“In particular, the job of the sheikh,” said Miller. Western-minded people are often at a loss when they are out of work. This is because they don’t have the structure around them,…
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