Welcome to the 2024 OJI:SDA' volunteer season! We are happy to announce that we have an official 2024 volunteer calendar available, with plans to meet at the Soil Factory and at the OJI:SDA' Forest in the coming months (AKA the Hill, for past volunteers)! We hope that this will allow for greater accessibility and a wider range of activities for everyone to enjoy :-).

We are kicking off the new season of Volunteer Community Days with a fresh location at the Soil Factory, where new baby plants and seeds will find their home in the earth. Join our incredible volunteers and register now to be part of this exciting community effort.

Saturday, June 1st 2024 | Ithaca, NY | 4:30 till 7:30pm (EST)

Our new Volunteer Community Program location for 2024 is next to the Soil Factory which can be reached by public bus, bicycle or car.

The address is 142 Ithaca Beer Drive Ithaca, NY14850.

Join the OJI:SDA’ Center for Intergenerational Learning at out Virtual Spring Summit, themed “Learning from the Land”. Find out more by clicking here >>

The OJI:SDA’ Center for Intergenerational Learning held its inaugural Teacher Gathering on August 24 through August 26, 2022. Teachers sat in conversation with Onondaga Elders and Purépecha, Chichimeca, and Kickapoo Knowledge Carriers. Then, teachers took what they learned to design project cycles that explicitly teach Indigenous knowledge systems using an approach that is inquiry and student-driven.