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Everything I Am, I Am to You | Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour | TEDxTRU

1,865 views · Published 2 May 2018 · 23:12 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Jeffrey is Tk'emlupsemc and 4th Gen. English Settler. In the current moment of the TRC Calls to Action, projects of Indigenization/ Reconciliation and the poignant and timely unsettling of LGBTQ Pride Parades internationally by Black Lives Matter, Jeffrey unsettles allyship's first moment of encounter with "the real" work, and its inherent performances of settler colonial moves to innocence by, of, and for exalted settler subjects. Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour is Tk'emlupsemc and 4th Gen. English Settler. In the current post moments of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Calls to Action, projects of Indigenization/Reconciliation and the poignant and timely unsettling of LGBTQ Pride Parades internationally by Black Lives Matters, McNeil-Seymour unsettles allyships first moment of encounter with "the real" work, and its inherent performances of settler colonial moves to innocence by, of and for exalted settler subjects. In this TEDx talk, Jeffrey is deeply reflecting on the reimagining and potential of social works story of the next 150+ (as leaders in the resistance) through a two-spirit lens of decolonized social work practice of action based evidence centered from Secwepemcul’ecw - without healthy land and water we won't have people. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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