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Earth Medicine Alliance                                          August 2012

Greetings!
 
I'd like to extend a warm and friendly welcoming to our newest board member, Kimberly Errigo! 

Our first ritual for children was a sweet afternoon in Glen Canyon Park. Thank you to the families who were able to take time in nature with us in celebration of the elements, nature spirits, creativity and community.
 
We're hosting a community gathering at Chez Poulet in SF in beginning of Sept with light ritual and a film screening: "Call of Life." Space is limited, so please reserve your seat at no charge. 

Our third annual conference, Celebrating Ancestral Wisdom, is coming up in October! We're offering discounted tickets before September 1st. $75 for a weekend of indigenous wisdom, heart-centered dialogue, experiential workshops and ceremonies on the land.

I'm happy to announce that John Lockley, Xhosa Sangoma from South Africa, will be in SF again the weekend after the conference to offer divinations and a weekend intensive: "Working with Plant Medicine."

There is much that can be accomplished when community comes together in service and devotion. If you have a passion for connecting with the living Earth and feel the gratitude and abundance of time or resources, we'd love to hear from you, so please be in touch.  

Warmly,

 

Artemis
Executive Director

(415) 748-9658 

www.earthmedicine.org 

 

The Earth Medicine Alliance is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit.

 

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Discounted tickets available until Aug 31st
for our Third Annual Conference 
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Our third annual conference, Celebrating Ancestral Wisdom, will be Oct 20th-21st, 2012 in San Francisco. We have an amazing weekend 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. Find out more about Yeye Teish by checking out our recent Voices of the Earth interview. 
Film Screening:  
"Call of Life, Facing the Mass Extinction"
Sept 9th
6:30-9pm, Chez Poulet: 3399 Cesar Chavez St. 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.  Please leave time for street parking. Limited Space: reserve your seat ahead of time at no charge! Donation suggested at event.
"Working with Plant Medicine" Weekend Intensive with Xhosa Sangoma, John Lockley October 27th-28th

John Lockley, Xhosa Sangoma from South Africa will share techniques to identify, harvest, and process indigenous plants for use in ritual. Oct 27th-28th: 9:30am-5pm. East Bay hills. $221.

Ways to Get Involved

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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 time and energy to commit, please 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 events, conference, fundraising 
  • Board of Directors. We are now a working board of six (Welcome Kimberly Errigo!) 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.