The international council of thirteen indigenous grandmothers

[Céline]

As a grandmother i find this invigorating!! So happy to see this ...




The Grandmothers Mission Statement

WE, THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS, represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We believe the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future. We look to further our vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and through projects that educate and nurture our child


http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/

[mntruthseeker]

this is the second time I have been shown this site. I too am a grandmother and I love it

Thanks for sharing this

[Céline]

Such a sweet reward of life!!

my grandson is a treasure beyond measure!

i honor these grandmothers and their work

[Marian-Librarian]

Thank you......

I had not seen this.....

How wonderful the collective wisdom of women can be....

[Céline]

Originally Posted by Marian-Librarian

Thank you......

I had not seen this.....

How wonderful the collective wisdom of women can be....

You are very welcome


IMHO..

the imbalance between genders......and therefore in society....is responsible for most...if not all our problems...

[no caste]

Very inspiring and comforting! and informative yay grandmas! rock on

Thanks, Céline for posting

It's always the details that blow my mind: On October 22, 2005, the Grandmothers approved a letter to the Vatican asking for revocation of certain 15th century Papal bulls and related edicts that set the stage for the "doctrine of conquest"

It seems like the sort of thing that should already be done.

[THE eXchanger]

Gather the Women

Standing Women

www.standingwomen.org

BE A PIECE of PEACE
WHiTE LOTUS STAR
aka MaMa-S~SUSAN

RADIO SHOW ARCHIEVE:
From May 11/2008

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/13/2008...m-HAWAII-TIME-

Date / Time: 09/10/2009 5:14 PM
THE GRANDMOTHERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASE0R...x=0&playnext=1

THE GRANDMOTHERS

Meet the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, introduced by Janet Weber, Assistant to the Grandmother's Council. Janet has been affiliated with the Center for Sacred Studies since the mid-1990s, and is an Interfaith Minister. Her work is in support of native elders and teachings of the Sacred Hoop.


DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANDMOTHER'S COUNCIL
[Compiled by Interfaith Minister Janet Weber, The Center for Sacred Studies]

This unique council of indigenous women elders, some who are in their 80s, are from Arctic Alaska, the Amazon/Brazil, Tibet, Nepal, Gabon, tribes in Oregon, Mexico, New Zealand, Lapland, as well as Hopi, Lakota, Arapaho, and Mayan peoples. The Grandmothers Council is heralding the return of the Sacred Feminine on the planet—as foretold in many prophecies. The Grandmothers serve as healers, shamans and spiritual leaders in their communities as well as internationally.

The Council was initiated by a visionary woman named Jyoti (Jeanne Prevatt, Ph.D.), who serves as Director of the Center for Sacred Studies in California. The Grandmothers first met in Upstate New York 2004 at the Global Women's Gathering, with Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Wilma Mankiller, Tenzing Palmo and others.

Every 6 months the Grandmothers meet at another homeland offering prayer ceremonies from their traditions, then holding council on the environment, youth, education, women's wisdom and empowerment, prophecy, protection of ceremony, medicine plants, etc. Past Meetings include in Mexico, Brazil, N. Mexico; plus Dharamsala, India with the Dalai Lama in fall 2006, and the Black Hills, South Dakota in June 2007, homeland of the Lakota people. Most recently, the Grandmothers gathered in October 2007 at the Bioneers Conference in San Francisco, California. In 2008, the Grandmothers will gather in Gabon, West Africa, Spain, France and Italy, The Grandmothers share their wisdom, dreams and concerns and are moving ahead with declarations and networking with other organizations locally and globally.

LINKS:

International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
http://www.grandmothers.com

The Center for Sacred Studies, California
http://www.sacredstudies.org

Global Women's Gathering:
http://www.sacredstudies.org/gwg.html

Film documentary about the Grandmothers
For the Next Seven Generations The Grandmothers Speak, to be released in 2008: http://www.forthenext7generations.com

Contact point for the Youth Forum of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers:
http://www.nativevillage.org


MUSIC CREDITS:
Stray Dog © 2007 Adam Snyder from album This Town Will Get Its Due, http://www.myspace.com/adamsnyder

For more information about the Grandmother's Council, contact Janet Weber at: spirithoop@aol.com

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[THE eXchanger]

24/09/2009 5:06 PM

Gather the Women ~ Standing Women

Circles

Gather the Women

Standing Women

www.standingwomen.org

BE A PIECE of PEACE
WHiTE LOTUS STAR
aka MaMa-S~SUSAN

RADIO SHOW ARCHIEVE:
From May 11/2008

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/13/2008...m-HAWAII-TIME-


GATHER the WOMEN ~ www.gatherthewomen.org

Gather The Women Global Matrix.
A virtual gathering place to connect women and women's organization
and activate feminine wisdom to create a peaceful,
just, sustainable society,
grounded in spiritual values.
Focused on networking and information sharing.
www.gatherthewomen.org

Global Women's Forum.
Provides a vehicle for women around the world to connect and share information and resources and a space for members of Circle Connections to list and interconnect their circles.
http://www.globalwomensforum.com/1.html


Peace X Peace Global Network.
Connects individuals and circles of women across cultures
through the Internet for dialogue and mutual support to foster peace.
Offers blogs, a hotline, an e-newsletter,
and other e-education tools to spark and strengthen these vital connections. http://www.peacexpeace.org/



STANDING WOMEN ~ www.standingwomen.org ~


Sites on forming and conducting circles:
www.millionthcircle.org

www.circleconnections.com

www.peerspirit.com/htmlpages/circlebasics.thml

http://www.simplicity-matters.org/join_a_circle.htm

[THE eXchanger]

Gather the Women




Standing Women




The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering
Summary of a short story by Sharon Mehdi

A busboy who worked in a café whose window faced the public park noticed that two grandmotherly looking women had been standing in the park all day without moving at all and without talking. They were dressed up in their Sunday best and were just staring at the town hall. He asked the other patrons in the café what they thought the women were up to. They speculated on a variety of things. Then, a five-year old year who was in the café spoke up and said "One of them is my grandmother and I know what they are doing. They are standing there to save the world." All of the men in the café hooted and howled and laughed. On his way home the busboy decided to ask the women what they were doing and sure enough their answer was "We are saving the world."

Over dinner that evening the busboy told his parents and he and his father hooted and howled, but his mother was totally silent. After dinner, the mother called her best friends to tell them.

The next morning the busboy looked out the café window and the two women were back, along with his mother, her friends, and the women who had been in the café the day before. All were standing in silence staring at the town hall. Again, the men hooted and howled and said things like "You can't save the world by standing in the park. That is what we have armies for," and "everyone knows you have to have banners and slogans to save the world--you can't do it by just standing in the park."

The next day the women were joined by the women who were in the café the day before and a number of their friends. This brought the local newspaper reporter to the scene. He wrote a derisive article about the women. The day after it appeared, hundreds of women showed up to stand in the park in silence. The mayor then told the police chief to make the women leave because they were making the town appear to be foolish. When the police chief told them they would have to disperse because they didn't have a permit, one of them responded that "we are just individuals standing in our public park and we are not giving speeches or having a demonstration so why would we need a permit." The police chief thought about this and agreed with them and left the park.

At this point 2,223 women including the mayor's wife, the police chief's wife, and one five-year old girl were standing in the park to save the world. The news quickly spread and soon women were standing all over the country. The story ended with women standing in every country throughout the globe, standing to save the world.



Standing Women 2008


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eNJ4...layer_embedded



Standing Women 2009
Please stand with us for five minutes of silence at 1 p.m. your local time on May 10, 2009, in your local park, school yard, gathering place, or any place you deem appropriate, to signify your agreement with the statement below. Please stand at a different hour with a different time zone if 1 p.m. is not your preferred time.We ask you to invite the men who you care about to join you. We ask that you bring bells to ring at 1 p.m. to signify the beginning of the five minutes of silence and to ring again to signify the end of the period of silence. During the silence, please think about what you individually and we collectively can do to attain this world. If you need to sit rather than stand, please feel free to do so. Afterwards, hopefully you and your loved ones can talk together about how we can bring about this world.

We are standing for the world's children and grandchildren,
and for the seven generations beyond them.
We dream of a world where all of our children have safe drinking water,
clean air to breath and enough food to eat.
A world where they have access to a basic education to develop their minds and healthcare to nurture their growing bodies.
A world where they have a warm, safe and loving place to call home.
A world where they don't live in fear of violence -- in their neighborhood

[mkspllmn]

What does womens empowerment mean and how is it different from other types of empowerment.

[mntruthseeker]

Originally Posted by eXchanger

Gather the Women




Standing Women






The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering
Summary of a short story by Sharon Mehdi

A busboy who worked in a café whose window faced the public park noticed that two grandmotherly looking women had been standing in the park all day without moving at all and without talking. They were dressed up in their Sunday best and were just staring at the town hall. He asked the other patrons in the café what they thought the women were up to. They speculated on a variety of things. Then, a five-year old year who was in the café spoke up and said "One of them is my grandmother and I know what they are doing. They are standing there to save the world." All of the men in the café hooted and howled and laughed. On his way home the busboy decided to ask the women what they were doing and sure enough their answer was "We are saving the world."

Over dinner that evening the busboy told his parents and he and his father hooted and howled, but his mother was totally silent. After dinner, the mother called her best friends to tell them.

The next morning the busboy looked out the café window and the two women were back, along with his mother, her friends, and the women who had been in the café the day before. All were standing in silence staring at the town hall. Again, the men hooted and howled and said things like "You can't save the world by standing in the park. That is what we have armies for," and "everyone knows you have to have banners and slogans to save the world--you can't do it by just standing in the park."

The next day the women were joined by the women who were in the café the day before and a number of their friends. This brought the local newspaper reporter to the scene. He wrote a derisive article about the women. The day after it appeared, hundreds of women showed up to stand in the park in silence. The mayor then told the police chief to make the women leave because they were making the town appear to be foolish. When the police chief told them they would have to disperse because they didn't have a permit, one of them responded that "we are just individuals standing in our public park and we are not giving speeches or having a demonstration so why would we need a permit." The police chief thought about this and agreed with them and left the park.

At this point 2,223 women including the mayor's wife, the police chief's wife, and one five-year old girl were standing in the park to save the world. The news quickly spread and soon women were standing all over the country. The story ended with women standing in every country throughout the globe, standing to save the world.



Standing Women 2008


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eNJ4...layer_embedded



Standing Women 2009
Please stand with us for five minutes of silence at 1 p.m. your local time on May 10, 2009, in your local park, school yard, gathering place, or any place you deem appropriate, to signify your agreement with the statement below. Please stand at a different hour with a different time zone if 1 p.m. is not your preferred time.We ask you to invite the men who you care about to join you. We ask that you bring bells to ring at 1 p.m. to signify the beginning of the five minutes of silence and to ring again to signify the end of the period of silence. During the silence, please think about what you individually and we collectively can do to attain this world. If you need to sit rather than stand, please feel free to do so. Afterwards, hopefully you and your loved ones can talk together about how we can bring about this world.

We are standing for the world's children and grandchildren,
and for the seven generations beyond them.
We dream of a world where all of our children have safe drinking water,
clean air to breath and enough food to eat.
A world where they have access to a basic education to develop their minds and healthcare to nurture their growing bodies.
A world where they have a warm, safe and loving place to call home.
A world where they don't live in fear of violence -- in their neighborhood

Beautiful story..............thank you for sharing this

[THE eXchanger]

HOW ABOUT WE STAND EVERYDAY AT 11 AM ???

PERHAPS, PUT A CALL OUT ON TWITTER

GET WOMEN, TO GET HERE

This is so worthwhile !!!

[THE eXchanger]

can something click on your camera on your laptop ???

something very odd, just occurred here

[THE eXchanger]

http://codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=5232

December 18, 2009

Dear susan,

My almost annual list of ten good things about the waning year has never before posed such a tremendous challenge. In the face of this challenge, I decided to try a minimalist thought experiment, blocking out the many baneful events that colored 2009, and instead seeking out the small, yet powerfully bright notes to inspire and give us hope for the year head.

#1 Tens of thousands of people from around the world took to the streets of Copenhagen to call for meaningful action to address climate change, despite continuous attempts to squelch it. Inside Copenhagen's meeting halls, indigenous peoples from small island nations and the Himalayas spoke powerfully about their rights and their needs.

#3 According to recent polls a majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and seventy-five percent say no new troops should be sent to that country. Public opinion is on our side.

#5 The creative and courageous use of Twitter and other social media by protesters in Iran kept the world informed and brought thousands of people into the streets of Teheran, including students, young people and thousands of young women.

#7 One of Obama's first acts in office was to lift the Global Gag Rule, which ended restrictions on U.S. funding for organizations that provide family planning services and that are often the first responders for women in the fight against HIV.

December 18, 2009

Dear susan,

My almost annual list of ten good things about the waning year has never before posed such a tremendous challenge. In the face of this challenge, I decided to try a minimalist thought experiment, blocking out the many baneful events that colored 2009, and instead seeking out the small, yet powerfully bright notes to inspire and give us hope for the year head.

#1 Tens of thousands of people from around the world took to the streets of Copenhagen to call for meaningful action to address climate change, despite continuous attempts to squelch it. Inside Copenhagen's meeting halls, indigenous peoples from small island nations and the Himalayas spoke powerfully about their rights and their needs.

#3 According to recent polls a majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and seventy-five percent say no new troops should be sent to that country. Public opinion is on our side.

#5 The creative and courageous use of Twitter and other social media by protesters in Iran kept the world informed and brought thousands of people into the streets of Teheran, including students, young people and thousands of young women.

#7 One of Obama's first acts in office was to lift the Global Gag Rule, which ended restrictions on U.S. funding for organizations that provide family planning services and that are often the first responders for women in the fight against HIV.


8. 2009 may go down as the beginning of the end of the failed “War on Drugs”. The Obama administration announced that the federal government would no longer arrest and prosecute medical marijuana patients and caregivers as long as they were following their state’s medical marijuana laws.

9. Last year, CODEPINK launched a campaign calling upon the FBI to add Luis Posada Carilles, a ruthless terrorist who was responsible for downing a Cuban airplane in 1976, to the Most Wanted List and arrest him. On April 8, he was indicted on 11 counts.

10. Obama’s Nobel Prize victory sparked a global debate about what it takes to be a real peacemaker. While many of us were aghast that a president who has escalated a war was receiving the world's principal peace honor, the aspirational goal of the prize is an added pressure on both the Obama administration and us at the grass roots. We realized that we are the ones who have to make peace, that the impetus is as much on us to turn hope into action.


I looked around and saw the women of CODEPINK, the impassioned environmental activists in Copenhagen, the young Israeli refuseniks, Afghan parliamentarian Malalai Joya, and all our friends and allies working for peace and social justice around this country and the world, and realized that WE are the hope and change we have been waiting for.


So here's a toast to our power and our passion -- we have our work cut out for us in 2010!

Medea Benjamin and the CODEPINK Team
(Dana, Emily, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Janet, Jodie, Kitty, Marina, Nancy, Paris, Rae, Suzanne, and Whitney)