Rise up! Community Dinner Benefit for Indigenous Youth: ILM Week

About this event

Rise up! Community Dinner Benefit for Indigenous Youth: Resistance, Resilience, & Reciprocity.
Friday, 9 October 2026
Cafe Gilde, OT301, Overtoom 301, Amsterdam
Open: 17:00-22:00

Join us at Cafe Gilde for an evening of Indigenous storytelling, music, poetry, dance, and more! Any proceeds from this event will go directly towards supporting our Indigenous youth programs in Amsterdam and globally.

Schedule:
17:00 - Doors Open for Dinner + Music of Resistance
17:30 - Opening from the Indigenous Liberation Movement
17:45 - Poetry by Sarah Pardede
18:15 - Indigenous Youth Stories of Resilience
19:00 - Musical Break: Songs of Resistance
19:30 - Participatory Indigenous Dance as Resistance Workshop
20:30 - “Non-Binary” Art Project Presentation + Panel with Queer/NB Indigenous
21:00 - Indigenous Youth Stories of Resistance & Resilience
21:30 - Closing Ceremony with our Intergenerational & Intercultural Indigenous Leaders

Speakers/Program Details:

Sarah Pardede (she/they) is Indigenous Toba Batak from the Pardede clan. She is a water protector & land defender, offers legal support for indigenous farmers and refugees, is a poet, artist, musician, researcher, and RMIDS student at UvA.

Willem Koning (he/him) is Karinja, a writer, artist and a co-founder of the former K'makah Foundation.

Viene Vaux (they/them) is a Cree, two-spirit, 60’s Scoop Survivor from Treaty 5, Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Viene was illegally adopted by white Canadian parents as a baby and was raised without knowing their Cree heritage, however, as an adult, Viene has reconnected with their mother Elder Betty Ross.

Chautuileo Tranamil is Mapuche Pewenche from Wallmapu, Chile. She is a political scientist, youth mentor and a protector of mother Earth.

Skylar Joseph (she/her) is Sicangu Lakota from Turtle Island. She is a forensic anthropologist/archaeologist specializing in humanitarian actions, human rights, and Indigenous advocacy on a global level.

"Non-Binary", an Indigenous gender identities art exhibition by Masharu Studios will be on display with the project team for the duration of the event. Youth Interns from Masharu Studios will be presenting the project on behalf of Dr. masharu (they/them), and alongside Viene Vaux, who is featured in the project, as well as our panel of Queer/NB Indigenous folks who have offered to join our panel discussion on the topic.

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