If we step back, let our imagination run free, and listen as closely as we can to what our spirituality is saying to us, what does your vision of the future look like? Our visions of the future shape where we spend our time and energy.
In this country there are two very different visions. Settler Futurity and Indigenous Futurity, compared in the graphic below.
As the systems we have depended on collapse around us, and it becomes more obvious that our political and economic systems cannot be reformed, we wonder what we can do now.
I have been led to connect with Indigenous people and learn about Indigenous Futurity, which aligns with my Quaker beliefs. I have been blessed to see and participate in building Indigenous Futurity by working to build Great Plains Action Society’s Indigenous-led Urban Resilience Hub in downtown Iowa City. A concrete example of what Indigenous Futurity looks like.
