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Nov2

Honoring the Water Mothers in Pittsburgh

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  • Arts and Activism, Compassionate Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Featured, Joy!, Women's Wisdom

  October 27-29, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Veterans of Hope Project participated in three tremendously rich and full days in honor of the Water Mothers [Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio].  The events included a film screening and vibrant pan...

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Apr28

How to Build Racial Justice into the Food System

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  • #BlackLivesMatter, Environmental Justice, Featured, Joy!, Social Justice

Racism is built into the DNA of the United States’ food system. It began with the genocidal theft of land from First Nations people, and continued with the kidnapping of my ancestors from the shores of West Africa. Under the brutality of the whip and th...

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Jan19

Candomblé and MLK

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  • #BlackLivesMatter, Compassionate Spirituality, Diaspora, Indigenous Connections, International Connections, Joy!, Religion, Spirit & Struggle, Veterans/Elder Activists

  In the photo above, from November 2015, Makota Valdina Pinto — an esteemed elder in the Angola Candomblé tradition — offers popcorn in a rite of cleansing and blessing to participants in an annual march for religious tolerance and res...

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