“Bringing positive change into the world” Research, Action and Social Justice Pedro Poblete Lasserre.

Acknowledgements My sponsor: The Melton Foundation. This is part of a MCDG project. My teachers: Dr. Terry Mitchell & Gonzalo Bustamante. My aboriginal partners: Anishnabeg Outreach. Weejeendimin. Healing of the 7th Generation. Wigwam Project. Elders, friends and everyone else.

The basic idea of elite is that one influential minority group has more social power than others.

Oh Snap! . “The Melton Foundation is based on elitism and leverage - an enlightened elitism and a new type of leverage”. - MF Guidelines.

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! . Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. You'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV... And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed). Kid, you'll move mountains!

This process of questioning ourselves is called “locating”, and it’s the bases of Anti Oppressive Practice.

In a fair society... “The elite have the responsibility to use that social power for the improvement of society”. - Keller, S. (1991).

Oskar Schindler Saved the life of 1,200 Jewish workers during WWII.

Harald Edelstam Saved the life of over 1,300 people in Chile during 1973 military coup.

Jesus Christ? Jesus was a terrorist Enemy of the state That's what the Romans labeled him So he was put to death. - Dead Kennedys

So...

So... With a great power there must also come a great responsibility.

BUT WHAT DOES “BRINGING A POSITIVE CHANGE INTO THE WORLD” MEANS?

Positive Change

Positive Change

Social Change (from my point of view) Work for a better society.

Social Change Charity Social Justice If we look at it from a critical perspective, there’s a continuum that goes from amelioration to transformation.

Charity/Philanthropy “Give a cat a fish and you feed him for a day”.

“Type 1 Systemic Change” “Teach a cat to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.

Transformative Change “Connect the cat with the community, show him the impact of indiscriminate fishing on the environment, make him a participant on political issues that address him… You will sustain him and his community and ensure the food for the next generations”.

Social Justice All animals are equal... But some animals are more equal than others.

If you are Aboriginal in Canada You have 3 times more chances To suffer from a Chronic Disease than the general population.

If you are Aboriginal in Canada Someone you love has 2-7 times more chances of Commit Suicide.

If you are Aboriginal in Canada Your child has 3 times more chances to Die during his first year of life.

And if you live Off-Reserve 60% Chance that you’ll be sufering at least one Chronic Condition. There’s a

How to reach Social Justice? Protest. Sing. Research.

Science

Science It has changed.

Community Based Research

Action Research

Indigenous Methodologies

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