This is a press release from Change Our Name Fort Bragg:

Change Our Name Fort Bragg Invites the public to a Teach-in on Thursday,March 14, at 6:30 p.m. at Harbor Lite Lodge, 120 N Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg.

A local grass roots non-profit, Change Our Name Fort Bragg is dedicated to an educational process that leads to changing the name of Fort Bragg so that it no longer honors a military Fort that dispossessed Indigenous people or Braxton Bragg, a Confederate General. who waged war against our country.

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.

Speakers will be:

Kate Donohue

 is a licensed Ph.D. psychologist and a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist with a private practice in Fort Bragg. She will delve into  the intergenerational trauma related to the name of Fort Bragg and Braxton Bragg.

Kate Daugherty is a mother and grandmother, who raised her children here and taught poetry in the schools on the coast and inland on and off since 1980.  She co-hosted the Wild Sage Poetry show on KZYX with Dan Roberts for many years.

Discussing a controversial topic requires civility and respect for the opinions of others. This program is free and open to all.

for further information: [email protected]