Our third annual Essay Contest winner will receive his prize and read his winning essay. The essayist is a Fort Bragg High School graduating senior. Congratulations!

Also Guest Speaker Nathan Rich.

Nathan Rich is of Dakota / Muscogee / Filipino / Irish descent. Born in Oakland California, Nathan will share his family’s history, their challenges and triumphs to build community and maintain a healthy culturally identity in an ever changing world.

Envisioned as a program to educate attendees about the issues involved in the name change and to hear neighbors’ ideas, the teach-in will last about one hour and will feature a speaker and a question and answer/discussion period.

Our Speaker will be Juan Dominguez a Point Arena Manchester Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Member.dedicated to amplifying Native voices as  indigenous people here on turtle island.

He created and hosts Burn the Wagon a podcast series directed at amplifying the voices of people of color, offering platforms to tell their own stories, and talking about history in ways that are not talked about in history books. The podcast is here to verbally and metaphorically “burn the wagon” that is capitalism, patriarchy, and colonialism

Change Our Name’s Monthly teach-in will be Thursday , December 5, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 363 N Main St, Fort Bragg.

Our Speaker will be Clayton Duncan, a tribal elder of the Robinson Rancheria of Eastern Pomo in Lake County.

Envisioned as a program to educate attendees about the issues involved in the name change and to hear neighbors’ ideas, the teach-in will last about one hour and will feature a speaker and a question and answer/discussion period.

This program is free and open to all.

“Talking About Race…in Fort Bragg” will be the topic of the April Teach-In. Tackling the fraught topic of race relations will be LimaSierra Wooten, an Army brat, artist and activist from the southern state of Florida relocated to Fort Bragg in 2016, contributing to representing less than 1% of individuals identifying as Black or African Americans living on the Mendocino Coast.

Change Our Name will hold aTeach-In, Tuesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fort Bragg Town Hall. Envisioned as a program to educate attendees about the issues involved in the name change and to hear neighbors’ ideas, the teach-in will last about one hour and will feature three speakers and a question and answer/discussion period. Free and open to the public. Speakers include:

Evelyn Arce Erickson is a descendant of the Muisca people of  Colombia and is founder and CEO of Indigenous Resilience Consulting, serving as a advisor to both donors and Indigenous communities.

Scott Green is a Health Educator, Adapted Physical Education Specialist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and is trained in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction). Scott aspires to live in service of a sustainable loving relationship with his family, community, and our dynamic living Planet.

Adriana Narro is an At-Large member of the Board of Change Our Name Fort Bragg and owner of Atomic Dogs mobile dog grooming. 

Change Our Name will hold aTeach-In, Tuesday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fort Bragg Library Community Room. We will have speakers with updates on the name change, town history, etc. as well as time for questions and discussion. Free and open to the public. Speakers include:

John Fremont was a1960’s civil rights worker and Freedom Rider. He was a Peace Corps volunteer at Univ. of Malaya, and an English teacher at Mendo College and Brooklyn College. He is the publisher, editor and founder of Cypress House. John Fremont Video

Paula Goodwin is a lawyer with an national firm who grew up as an Army brat and never had a “hometown” but she finally feels like she does now. It was her reading of history that led her to be part of Change Our Name and why she supported the name change of her law school from Hastings College of the Law to University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.

Dr. Richard Louis Miller is the founder of The Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs and Cokenders Alcohol & Drug Program, the host, Mind Body Health & Politics and author, Psychedelic Medicine, Psychedelic Wisdom, Integral Psychedelic Therapy and forthcoming Freeing Sexuality.

**This program is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with the Mendocino County Library/ Museum.**

We will be attending Caspar Fest for the second year in a row. We had a great time last year and look forward to this year too. We will be engaging with folks answering your questions and signing people up for our email list.

Come join us at the Caspar Community Flea Market. We will have a booth with flyers and a sign up sheet if you are not already on our email list.

We will present awards to two essay contest winners. The winning essay will be read by the student. This is an invitation only event.