Storytelling=Transformation
Discovering Our Stories is an amazing educational and healing resource developed by Wisdom of the Elders based in Portland, Oregon. Through the art of storytelling, DOS utilizes digital media tools to record the voices of elders throughout the Northwest. Focusing on traditional recovery and prevention practices, DOS supports the transcendence of historical and personal trauma, uplifting story as sacred to the healing process.
Learn more about Discovering Our Stories: www.discoveringourstory.org
Link to Wisdom of the Elders: www.wp.wisdomoftheelders.org
Bold As Love
It is officially autumn here in Chicago. The air is feels like a snap! made on the spiral bed between pointer finger and thumb; whispers crisp and clear to the ear, “wake up”. Fall is a bold month, it is able to stand strong and conscious in transformation. What would happen if we followed the ritual of the seasons, and did not push back? I imagine we would be a few steps closer to walking in solidarity with all of creation. Honoring and loving this Earth as much as the Earth loves us. Bold as conscious love.
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The Freedmen Series, Part 1
This is a video posted on one of my favorite blogs addressing Black- Indian history, The African- Native American Genealogy Blog. In The Freedmen Series, Angela Y. Walton-Raji provides compelling, and heartbreaking historical fact that explores the genealogical records of the “forgotten slaves, and their descendants of the five civilized tribes of Oklahoma”. This is the first installment in the six- part series, and a great tool for educators who are interested in exposing all aspects of the institution of slavery in this country.
I first heard this rad song on NPR’s Alt.Latino. I was floored, not once, but twice, with the plethora of musical gems coming out this fall, in addition to the sheer innovation. One artist who really caught my attention is Lucas Santtana, from Brazil. Here is a jam from his album Sem Nostalgia called Super Violão Mashup:
