STRONG OAK LEFEBVRE  is the founder, former Board President and first Executive Director of the  Visioning B.E.A.R. Circle Intertribal Coalition . She is American Indian of Maliseet and Mi’kmaq descent. Strong Oak is co-author of the “ Walking in Balance with All Our Relations ” teaching curriculum and gives national presentations on curricula designed to decolonize indigenous peoples and reclaim historical ways of being in the community. Strong Oak has a Master’s in Social Service Administration from Case Western Reserve University School of Social Work. She currently serves on the Advisory Council for the  National Sexual Violence Resource Center .