Pathways of Purpose

10/29/2026

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10/15/2026

This Saturday we will be tabling the Redwood Coast Two-Spirit Conference, 10-4 at the Sequoia Conference Center in Eureka. Sign up for the event is through the QR code on the flyer or google form link.

10/13/2026

Did you know that every time you use the words barbecue (barbacoa), hurricane (juracán), hammock (hamaca), or to***co (tabaco), you are speaking the language of the Indigenous Taino people of the Caribbean?

Today on , we are honoring the Taíno roots of Jamaica and Guadalupe, where our co-founder Aerin Monroe has lineage. Long before 1492 when Columbus first landed in the Caribbean, they cultivated the lands, communed with the spirits of nature such as Atabey (creation goddess), and built thriving societies across the Caribbean. The Taino aren’t a myth of the past; they are a living legacy. Take a moment to learn about the Indigenous heritage of the islands, who first resisted Columbus and Colonial occupation.

Rooted in the soil of the Caribbean, carried across the diaspora, and living proudly. Today and every day, we honor the Taíno ancestors and modern counterparts who resisted, survived, and passed down the light, joy and perseverance of their cultural heritage. ¡Taíno vive! F**k Christopher Columbus!!!
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10/06/2026

Let The Land Breathe: The History of East Bay Shellmounds

A presentation from the Sogorea Te Land Trust on the history of East Bay shell mounds, with specific focus on the West Berkeley shell mound. Thursday, October 22nd at 6:00pm at West Branch 1125 University Ave.

Please join us for a presentation from the Sogorea Te Land Trust on the history of East Bay shell mounds, with specific focus on the West Berkeley shell mound. There will be a Q&A session after the lecture for inquiring minds who want to know more about shell mounds, supporting local indigenous communities, and the purpose of the Sogorea Te Land Trust.

10/06/2026

Dear Humboldt Community, please join us for the Indigenous Foods Festival at Wiyot Plaza.

This is a wonderful FREE community event happening on Sunday October 11th, 11 to 5pm.

Pathways of Purpose is tabling and doing a presentation based on our summer 2026 Cultural Foodways Network fellowship program.

Talk Title-
Kinship with Plantcestors: Intersections of African, Caribbean and Indigenous Foodways, and Land Stewardship Practices 

Presenters-
Aerin Monroe, Alice Lincoln-Cook & POP Fellows 

Time of POP’s presentation: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Location of POP’s presentation: Native American Forum

Our table will have:
-Free plant starts and seeds
-Free fresh produce
-Free posters and stickers
-Discount T-shirts and Merch
-Info on our programs and services

Location of event: Wiyot Plaza (East 16th Street and Union Street) in
Arcata, see attached maps -
*Parking is free in the campus lots and on the street Sundays.

10/02/2026

10/01/2026

Mark your calendars! College of the Redwoods will hold its 35th annual Science Night Friday, October 16th, 2026, 5 pm – 8 pm.

This event is an exploration of all the fascinating ways science, math, and technology shape our world. Faculty and staff alike will be showcasing demonstrations, experiments, and hands-on activities for kids of all ages and accompanying adults.

CR Cafe and Food Lab will be open and serving meals with kid-friendly options available. Indoor/outdoor event.

09/30/2026

🍂BLACK & INDIGENOUS LAND WORKING GROUP🍂

NEXT CALL: Friday October 2nd, 11am PT, 2pm ET on Zoom (Link to intake form in BIO)

PRESENTER: Dr. Lyla June
[Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne)]

Musician, Scholar and Community Organizer

TOPIC: Black and Indigenous Solidarity and Healing

BIO: Dr. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions. She recently finished her PhD on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.

09/22/2026

🍂 Honoring the Autumn Equinox 🍂
For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, the fall equinox can be a meaningful time to honor the harvest, reciprocity, and relationship with the land. Across many cultures, seasonal transitions have shaped agricultural practices, foodways, ceremonies, storytelling, and ways of caring for the community.

The harvest reminds us that food is more than what we eat—it carries knowledge, ancestry, labor, resilience, resistance and cultural memories. It connects us to the cosmologies of the universe and ecological systems that are within us, as they are around us. It ensures that we will be provided for, even through the long winter ahead. 🌽🌻🌱

As the days and nights find balance, we can pause to give thanks, share what has grown into abundance, preserve seeds and stories, and honor the people and ecosystems that sustain us. 🌱🍁🌻

Symbolism-
African agricultural traditions—okra (summer to fall crop), benne (sesame), black‑eyed peas, African rice and other seeds whose people, knowledge and stories were carried across the Atlantic with enslaved Africans and took root in the Americas. These crops are living cultural and spiritual archives: recipes, planting rituals, medicinal uses and oral histories preserved by Gullah‑Geechee, Creole and Black communities keeping ancestral wisdom alive. Taste, learn and share these stories—food is memory, resistance and lineage. 🌽🌻🌱

The Dikenga (Kongo cosmogram) captures the sacred cycle of life—birth, growth, death and rebirth—through its circle and cross of four moments of the sun. It honors the living, the ancestors and the boundary (Kalunga) between worlds, reminding us that existence moves in connected, repeating rhythms. In many African traditions, ancestral symbols—woven patterns, cosmograms and oral chants—act like cultural DNA, encoding lineage, memory and spiritual knowledge passed down through generations. ✊🏾🌀🌙

May this season be a time of gratitude, regeneration, honoring our ancestors and connections to land 🌻🍁🌱

09/20/2026

🌿We’re outside again! 🌿
This time, we will be giving away free plants, seeds and posters at the United Indian Health Services- Farmers Market. This Tuesday September 22nd 3-6pm in Arcata. There will be music and dancing, veggies from Potawot Garden, other nonprofits and cultural arts vendors. It’s a wonderful community event celebrating 🌻California Indian Day🌻