Mother Mary Came to Me

                             The Mother of the World

The Mother of the world is watching
and from her eyes
tears flow unceasing
she wonders what she did not do
that she could have done
she wonders what she did do
which she should not have done
and what must she do now
what lesson prep
so we will all “Get it”….
Her tears flow like the blood we spill
so many tears….
the ocean.

The Mother of the world is dancing
awakening at Dawn
she calls us all to the ball
Come just as you are
for she will dress you
In swirling colors of
pastel surprise….golden sunrise
calling us all to awaken….she sings
a whispered song
high upon the gentle wind
“Embrace your Joy Beloved
Love knocks softly
on the door of your heart “.

The Mother of the world is birthing
all the lush green aliveness
flows like a fountain unceasing from her breasts
across the parched and baren land
and it's all given freely
endless Love without question
Our constant gift and embracement
Oh Blessed splendor……..
I know not how or why this is so
I only know
The Mother of the world is here now
and she is holding us all
in her warm sweet arms
and rocking us all in her big big chair
her lullabyes of wonderous Love
all ways………without measure
Oh Dear sweet Mother of Love
such tender grace and mercy
you impart to my broken heart
In blessed Joy I weep
with delicious thanksgiving.
                                                   k.eveningstar

Oct. 12th and 13th

Food and Seed Sovereignty Conference
 

We are fortunate to again be cosponsoring with Tesuque Pueblo and others, the second “Symposium for Sustainable Food Sovereignty”. It will be held  in Tesuque Pueblo New Mexico Oct. 12th and 13th of 2007 it is an event to create awareness to the prevalence, presence and threat of genetically modified food seeds and foods. The conference will also present the available healthy, traditional, sustainable methods of agriculture that exist as viable alternatives.

Respected local, national and international experts on the topic are invited as presenters for the conference and to meet with local and statewide news agencies to present the issues related to integrity and sustainability of our food sources. 

The conference is scheduled with two keynote speakers per day, one in the morning and the other in the evening. Keynote speeches will be given by the national and international experts. The rest of the day will be filled with moderated panel discussions with the local experts. The conference will conclude with a seed Blessing and exchange ceremony where natural heritage seeds will be exchanged. Conference attendees will be treated to wholesome nutritional breakfasts lunches and diners provided by the conference. 

This event we hope will contribute tremendously toward the goal of making the entire state aware of the need for sustainable agriculture and the Genetic modified food issue. We will recorded the conference presentations and panels from which we will extract video disks which will form the core of a state wide education project. We are planning to send out two of our people and a projector to small communities and small gatherings throughout the State. The projectors will show a short version of the conference and our representatives will field the questions generated by the video.

This years Speakers will include:

Martin Bourque: Executive Director of the Ecology Center in Berkeley CA where he has developed a strong linkage between local community based municipal environmental services like recycling and farmers' markets, and the policies that make them mainstream parts of everyday life around the country. He has been instrumental in bringing the concept and practice of Zero Waste to the vanguard of the waste and consumerism movement, and has forwarded important sustainable food and farming efforts.

Debra Harry: A Northern Paiute from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Debra serves as the Executive Director of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB), a U.S.-based non-profit organization created to assist indigenous peoples in the protection of their genetic resources, indigenous knowledge, and cultural and human rights from the negative effects of biotechnology. She is also the producer of the new documentary film, “The Leech and the Earthworm,” which examines the globalized hunt for genes within indigenous territories and bodies. Ms. Harry is a doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland, School of Education, where she recently contributed an essay to a new book: Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age.

Oren Lyons: Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy). Oren has been active in international indigenous rights and sovereignty issues for over three decades at the United Nations and other international forums. He is an Associate Professor in the American Studies Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is also the publisher of “Daybreak”, a national Native American news magazine.

Thomas Linzey is a cum laude graduate of Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and is a three time recipient of the Schools' Public Interest Law Award, a 2003 recipient of the Law School's Young Alumni Award, a 2003 finalist for the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award, and a 2004 recipient of the Pennsylvania Farmers Union's Golden Triangle Legislative Award. He has served as an independent candidate for Attorney General, receiving over 65,000 votes statewide, and is the co-founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit law firm that provides free and affordable legal services to community groups and over three hundred local governments.

Clayton Thomas Muller: Of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawegan) in Northern Manitoba, Canada, Clayton works to promote indigenous self-determination and environmental justice. As a recognized youth leader in the aboriginal community, he co-founded the Aboriginal Youth with Initiative (AYII), as well as the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Youth Council. Mr. Muller was also the architect behind the National Assembly of First Nations National Youth Advisory Council and served as the council's national spokesperson.

The International Council of Thirteen IndigenousGrandmothers: A global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our mother earth and all her inhabitants for the next seven generations.

Registration contact: Roseanne Parea (505) 955-7733  Fax (505) 955-7791 E-mail rparea@pueblooftesuque.org">rparea@pueblooftesuque.org