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Community Teach-Ins

Free education. Shared history. Community conversation.

 The Noyo Bida Truth Project hosts free public Teach-Ins that bring Indigenous voices, historians, educators, advocates, and community members together to deepen our understanding of the Mendocino Coast and the larger histories that shape our lives today.


Our Teach-Ins explore Indigenous history and contemporary experience, land and water stewardship, cultural resilience, racial justice, education, place names, and the ongoing work of truth, relationship, and repair.


These gatherings are free and open to the public. We record many of them so the learning can continue beyond the room.


Explore the recordings below.

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Simon Peter | The Noyo Bida Truth Project Essay Contest Second Place Winner

Simon Peter is a writer and a musician, with a passion for freedom, community, and ancestral connection. Simon enjoys a simple life, growing food, and sacred cactus, building with cob and creating music.

Rowan Carr | Essay Contest First Place Winner

June 28 2026 TNBTP Essay First Place Winner Rowan Carr Presents Winning Essay  Rowan Carr is a student at Fort Bragg High and will be a senior in the fall. She's a founding member of the jazz club and president of the Spectrum Club. In her free time, She enjoys writing, playing trumpet and piano, and spending time with family.

Kelseyville or Konocti? A Report from the Front Lines in Lake County | A Teach-In w/ Nora Moore

Nora Moore has been a Lake County resident since the Valley Fire in 2015 and has worked in housing as a manager and Real estate sales agent throughout her time in the community. In 2023, she joined Citizens for Healing, where she contributes to efforts focused on community restoration and equity by digital and social online support. She is deeply committed to supporting those who have been historically and currently oppressed and is dedicated to advancing meaningful change, repair, and prevention of further harm. Citizens for Healing has been waging a campaign to end the town name of Kelseyville, named for murderer and sex trafficker Andrew Kelsey and apply the indigenous name of Konocti in its place. Nora has produced a number of videos about this effort.

See them here:  [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?....](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...)  And she produced one on efforts to rename Fort Bragg [https://www.facebook.com/615581046527...](https://www.facebook.com/615581046527...)

A Teach-In w/ Kyle Whiterock

Kyle Whiterock has worked in Indigenous Communities for over 5 years and continues to uplift and motivate community youth. He is a Yokayo and Big Valley Pomo artist, actor, and director. He serves as a Student Retention Specialist at Mendocino College. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work at Cal Poly Humboldt. He also serves on the Board of The Noyo Bida Truth Project.

Clayton Duncan

December 2024

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Kelseyville or Konocti? A Report from the Front Lines in Lake County | A Teach-In w/ Nora Moore

Nora Moore has been a Lake County resident since the Valley Fire in 2015 and has worked in housing as a manager and Real estate sales agent throughout her time in the community. In 2023, she joined Citizens for Healing, where she contributes to efforts focused on community restoration and equity by digital and social online support. She is deeply committed to supporting those who have been historically and currently oppressed and is dedicated to advancing meaningful change, repair, and prevention of further harm. Citizens for Healing has been waging a campaign to end the town name of Kelseyville, named for murderer and sex trafficker Andrew Kelsey and apply the indigenous name of Konocti in its place. Nora has produced a number of videos about this effort.

See them here:  [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?....](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...) And she produced one on efforts to rename Fort Bragg [https://www.facebook.com/615581046527...](https://www.facebook.com/615581046527...)

U'ilani Wesley & Tanda Blu Bear

  • One People, One Fire

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