MCK Announces Special Project

06/03/2008

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke has announced the start of a special project designed to gain input in planning the direction of the community for the future.

The project itself, entitled My Vision of Kahnawà:ke, will consist of essays prepared by community members, suitable for publication. The essay would be each person’s dialogue with the community of Kahnawà:ke and would address any subject from the writer’s area of expertise, projecting his/her wishes or changes that he/she believes would improve our community’s life in the future.

A community awareness campaign will be utilized to advise community members of this unique opportunity. It is hoped that essays could be published starting in Ohiari’kó:wa/July.

“The fact that Kahnawà:ke has so many capable and gifted individuals with ideas that can work leads us to ask for the community’s participation in this novel project,” said Coordinator Christine Deom. “We would hope that you would consider the value of your thoughts as a contribution to our future.”

Essays should be between 500 - 1000 words with a due date of July 15th. It is hoped that a significant number of Kahnawa’kehró:non will accept the challenge. Anyone interested is asked to contact Dodie Gilbert of the MCK’s Office of the Council of Chiefs at 450-632-7500 (extension 270).