Institute of American Studies announces new quilting project

The Institute for American Indian Studies has announced a new community quilting project for the month of May.

The project, titled “Blocks of Hope and Healing,” is a way to support and bring attention to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2-Spirit People, MMIWG2, epidemic.

The concept of the community made quilt will be used to honor and remember the plight of missing, and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2-Spirit People.

The institute invites the public to become part of the global movement by participating in two upcoming quilt workshops.

The first workshop will be on Saturday, at 11 a.m. Saturday. The second workshop will be at 11 a.m. May 22.

Institute for American Indian Studies Education Director Darlene Kascak will conduct the workshops. She is of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation.

Attendees who don’t complete their quilt packages during the workshops can complete them at home, as long as they return them to the institute by June 1.

All participants are asked to make a $25 donation to the National Indigenous Women’s Rights Council. Donations may be made at https://www.niwrc.org/donate.

Call 860-868-0518 or email events@iaismuseum.org to reserve your section on this community quilt, sign up for one of the quilting workshops, or if you have any questions about this initiative.