The Why & The How
We wove Irish history, language, and art with present-day political, social, and personal experiences of North America.
From January 2020 until December of 2022 we facilitated cultural (re)connection experiences that centred playful exploration and embodied experiences, paired with an honest assessment of our history and contemporary context.
Our work focused on Irish language learning, songs, and honest retelling of history. One we hope to expand our work to include storytelling, dancing, weaving, basketry, stone masonry, and more, but for now, we’re focusing on the ways whiteness and White Supremacy Culture shape the way Irish diaspora interact with cultural reconnection. We’re taking time to reflect on all we learned during this time and since then. Sometime in 2025 we’ll share new ways to join us in this work <3
To learn more about the projects we ran see our “Past Projects” tab
Our Approach
As members of the Irish Diaspora in North America we believe it is essential to root (re)connection in an awareness of settler colonialism, our role in ongoing colonization of Indigenous land, and solidarity with people resisting colonization worldwide. If our (re)connection does not engage with this truth,
it is disrespectful to our ancestors who maintained these practices through colonization
re-entrenches us in our own comfort, power, and whiteness (for those of us who are not mixed race)
maintains alliances with ongoing and violent processes of dispossession
Our aim is to respectfully reengage with our cultural traditions to gain roots and stability so that we may face deeper, harder conversations and build the relationships we need to undo Empire and settler colonialism.
