ALLYSHIP CIRCLE

BEGINNING OCTOBER 2026

It all started when…

Indigenous Allyship Circle (Emerging)

From 2020–2025, Alliance for a Viable Future organized six years of Indigenous Peoples’ Day programming in the Berkshires—supporting education, relationship-building, and the leadership of Indigenous partners in the region.

In 2025, as the Mohican community hosted a powerful Homecoming Powwow and other Indigenous-led initiatives continued to grow, we recognized a natural transition. As a non-Indigenous organization, our role is not to lead Indigenous programming, but to support the conditions for authentic, respectful, and long-term allyship to take root.

Out of that understanding, our work is evolving into year-round programming focused on supporting non-Native allies.

The Indigenous Allyship Circle is an emerging space for local and regional community members across the Berkshires, Massachusetts, and the broader Northeast who are committed to showing up in right relationship—with humility, care, and a willingness to learn.

This work acknowledges that allyship is not straightforward. It brings up real questions, uncertainty, and vulnerability. Many of us are navigating this terrain without clear answers, and it takes courage to stay engaged.

This circle exists to support that journey.

Through gatherings, conversation, and ceremony, we create space where participants can:

  • feel less alone in the work

  • reflect honestly on their role as allies

  • deepen relationships rooted in trust and respect

  • and reconnect with a deeper source of guidance and wisdom

We believe that when people come together in this spirit—with humility and a shared commitment to healing—the path forward becomes clearer.

We plan to have an intro Zoom Meeting in September 2026 followed by our first in-person gathering in October 2026, which will be an immersive, nature-based event, intended to kick off a yearlong journey for a committed circle of allies.

Participation in the Indigenous Allyship Circle is rooted in trust and relationship. Most invited participants have been involved in Indigenous Peoples’ Day events and programs in the past and/or have participated in the Deep Roots Fellowship.

If you have not been involved in these spaces and feel a genuine call to this work, you are welcome to reach out. We ask that interest comes with a spirit of humility, openness, and a willingness to build relationship over time. This is a relational space, and participation grows through trust, conversation, and shared commitment.

If you are interested in being part of this circle, call/text Lev at 413-64-6884 or email lev@allianceforaviablefuture.org.

If you would like to learn more about the history of our past Indigenous Peoples’ events, take a look at the amazing videos, articles and photos of our past work - click here.