Local artist and teacher, Craig Jacobrown, will speak about the origin and practice of the "Day of the Dead" during Learning Forum. Craig has travelled and worked with Mexican indigenous artists and culture keepers. He will share his perspectives on how Mexicans kept the ancient beliefs alive even as Colonial Europeans settled in Mexico and attempted to convert the indigenous Mexican beliefs and culture into something more palatable to the European colonists.

Craig Jacobrown has been attending KUUF since 2023. He lives in Bremerton and a substitute teacher for the Bremerton School District with a high percentage of students with Hispanic heritage. He has a BA degree in anthropology and an MA degree in education with an emphasis on indigenous cultures and the Native Way of knowing. After working with Suquamish, S’Klallam and Kwakwaka’wakw first Nations Culture keepers he has traveled to study and work with indigenous Purepecha artists and culture keepers to better understand the particular concept of the ‘Land of the Dead’. Craig will speak about the origin and practice of the Nov.1st ‘Day of the Dead’ celebration. Craig will offer his own perspectives on how the Mexican people have kept their ancient beliefs alive even as Colonial Europeans settled in Mexico and attempted to convert the indigenous Mexican beliefs and culture into something more palatable to the European colonists.