Mystical Earth Family Ritual
Aug 12th
11am-2pm, Glen Park Canyon, San Francisco. Children inherently have a close relationship with the natural world, and show it through their fascination with (and collections of) plants, animals and stones. We welcome kids of all ages and their loved ones to join us in celebration of and union with nature spirits. Please see our Facebook event page for updated information about exact meeting location. Bushmama Africa and Artemis will co-lead this fun, activity-filled ceremony. Please feel free to invite families who may be interested.
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Film Screening:
"Call of Life, Facing the Mass Extinction"
Sept 9th 6:30-9pm, Chez Poulet in SF. Through interviews with leading scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, and indigenous leaders, the film explores the causes, the scope and the potential effects of the mass extinction. It also looks beyond the immediate causes to consider how our cultural systems, along with deep-seated psychological and behavioral patterns & have allowed this situation to develop.
Paul Rubio and Daniel Foor ceremonialists and Alliance board members, will open with light ritual and dialogue. We welcome you to stay to connect with the community afterwards about our power to effect this kind of change. 3399 Cesar Chavez St. (near Mission St.) Please leave time for street parking. Suggested Donation: $10-$20. No one turned away. Please see our Facebook event to join!
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Celebrating Ancestral Wisdom
Third Annual Conference - Oct 20th & 21st
Our third annual conference, Celebrating Ancestral Wisdom, will be the weekend of Oct 20th-21st, 2012 in San Francisco. We have an amazing of nearly 15 presenters from diverse earth-honoring paths for two full days of earth-honoring ritual, interfaith learning and great company.
To take advantage of our early registration discount ($75 before Sept 1st) register here. For more information see our conference flyer or Facebook event page. We hope you can join us!
This year, we are honored to feature Luisah Teish as our keynote speaker this year. Find out more about Yeye Teish by checking out our recent Voices of the Earth interview (see below).
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New Voices of the Earth Interview!
Yeye Luisah Teish
Our latest interview in the Voices archive is now available with Yeye Luisah Teish. Yeye is an author, storyteller, and priestess of the Ifá/Orisha faith of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and the African Diaspora. She is the founding mother of Ile Orunmila Oshun, and holds a chieftancy title in the Fatunmise lineage as a senior Oshun Priest in the United States. She is the founder of the School of Ancient Mysteries and Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, CA. To enjoy our full interview with Yeye please click on video or audio links or see our full archive at: earthmedicine.org/voicesoftheearth. Yeye will also be our keynote speaker at our annual conference, Celebrating Ancestral Wisdom, this Oct 20-21st in San Francisco.
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Ways to Get Involved
The Earth Medicine Alliance is a volunteer-run non-profit focused on helping humans to heal and enliven our relations with the rest of the natural world. One of the best ways you can support our work is by making a donation to support our efforts (we are fully tax-exempt). To inquire about becoming part of our team, please email Artemis@earthmedicine.org.
Alliance Wish List and Current Needs:
- Events Coordinator. If it brings you joy to work with elders and ceremonial leaders to help bring their wisdom to the community, please get in contact with Artemis to find out more about this position.
- Volunteers for project specific tasks. If you have some chunks of time and energy to commit consider:
- Voices of the Earth: work on a film project in a flexible team environment, and interface with some of the great elders and community leaders of our time. For more information, please contact Elaine Gast Fawcett at Elaine@earthmedicine.org.
- Supporting with marketing, Facebook, Conference planning, fundraising
- Board of Directors. We are a working Board of five, and we have space for others if it's a good fit. If you have experience serving on a board, and especially if you have fundraising, marketing, business, or other practical skills, feel good about contacting us.
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