Star Quilt Making Workshop
Sipekne'katik
Date:
May 21, 2023
Time:
Registration Contact
Price
Free
Duration
Sessions will run over 12 weeks
Starting Sunday May 21st at 10:00 am and then weekly.
This workshop will be held in-person at:
Indian Brook Multipurpose Centre
48 Poplar Street,
Indian Brook (Sipekne'katik) First Nation, NS.
Learn how to make a healing star quilt to gift to a loved one.
All materials provided. Limited spots.
To register email dorene.bernard@hotmail.com
or text 902 758-5152
Instructor
Dorene Bernard
Dorene Bernard is a Mi’kmaq grandmother of 9, mother of 4, and Mi’kmaki Grassroots Grandmother, water protector, land defender, water walker and cultural teacher. She creates ribbon skirts and star quilts. She draws her strength and courage from the Indigenous women in her life; Survivors of Residential School, Elders, teachers, leaders, movers and shakers who inspired her to work in social work, social justice, with Survivors of Residential School, on Mi’kmaq Treaty Rights, resisting Environmental Racism and awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives, and the protection of the Water and climate justice.
About the Course
Your Instructor
Dorene Bernard
Dorene Bernard is a Mi’kmaq grandmother of 9, mother of 4, and Mi’kmaki Grassroots Grandmother, water protector, land defender, water walker and cultural teacher. She creates ribbon skirts and star quilts. She draws her strength and courage from the Indigenous women in her life; Survivors of Residential School, Elders, teachers, leaders, movers and shakers who inspired her to work in social work, social justice, with Survivors of Residential School, on Mi’kmaq Treaty Rights, resisting Environmental Racism and awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives, and the protection of the Water and climate justice.