First Light

22 Wabanaki and Non-native leaders sit together in discussion. they are inside a spacious room with a view of a bright landscape showing trees in the foreground with Katahdin and other mountains in the distance.

This work needs all of us. 

First Light is a collective of non-native land-oriented organizations across Wabanaki homelands working to relearn the stories of these lands, recenter Wabanaki voices, and return land, money, and decision-making authority to Wabanaki communities. Collaboration within the non-native community and building relationships over time across the Wabanaki communities allows us to move forward together with trust and the momentum to build systemic change.

First Light organization chart: Wabanaki Commission in the center, then First Light Community in next outer layer, followed by First Light Delegation, and with other organizations preparing for this work in the outermost ring
A group of non-native conservation leaders sit together on a shaded deck in a circle of adirondack chairs, discussing and sharing ideas.

Events

  • Hand in front of text on a wall saying "We are all honored here"
    For First Light Community Organizations

    Facilitating for Change Workshop

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    Knoll Farm is offering a course this spring exclusively for members of First Light organizations. The four day course, facilitated by Peter Forbes, teaches practical skills in facilitating culture change within organizations and coalitions. The goal is to share learnings and practices about how dominant culture organizations can evolve to be in right relationship with peoples, Tribes, social and environmental objectives in order to accelerate positive change.

    In-person Workshop