2006-11-21..26 Black Mesa - People will be caravaning into the Black Mesa area (N.AZ) during this period. ...uncledon. -----
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 01:22:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Saoirse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Keith McHenry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [fnb network] Black Mesa work and dinner caravan Thanksgiving week Thanksgiving Caravan to Indigenous Resistance Communities, Black Mesa, Arizona. November 21st to November 26th This Thanksgiving, a caravan of work crews from the Bay Area and beyond will be traveling to Black Mesa Arizona to spend a week with Dineh (Navajo) families affected by mining and relocation laws. Anyone with a willingness to work is invited. Hands-on projects will demonstrate how indigenous communities are actively shaping their future and working to assure cultural survival. You will learn about traditional indigenous ways of life, and co-participate in practices that provide the basic foundations of life (water, food, shelter, and clothing). Work projects include corral, roof, and home repair, water catchments. Work crews will be spread out, visiting people of both the Hopi and Dineh Nations. Host elders and families may also be giving presentations. In the Bay Area we are especially looking for people with trucks and vans to help transport workers and donations. We're also looking for donations to support the work projects at Black Mesa such as tools, money, and winter clothes. The incredible mesas and canyons of Arizona are home to the indigenous people of the Dineh (Navajo) and Hopi tribes, who have lived in traditional and sustainable communities for countless generations. The wisdom and experience that these families hold are a treasure that has been largely overlooked, and sadly abused, for too long. Basic human rights have been stripped from their lives. The United States government and private corporations enforce atrocious relocation laws with little or no regard for this area or the people they affect all in the name of the almighty dollar. Massive coal mining is one of the many excuses used to literally destroy home sites and the lives connected to them. Yet these indigenous communities endure, they persevere, and they continue to inspire all of us who have witnessed this struggle. For those of us who love justice, human rights, and the earth, it is a privilege and honor to learn from and work with residents of Black Mesa, a place where the Dineh and Hopi have been living traditionally and on the front lines for generations. Work crews will be traveling from across the country to spend a week with families affected by mining and relocation laws on Black Mesa. Join the caravan to Black Mesa to support human rights! To join the Bay Area caravan contact the Vox Populi Collective at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or if in the Sacramento or Los Angeles area please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or call (415) 552-6156. For more info on other Thanksgiving caravan's contact Black Mesa Indigenous Support at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more info on the issues at Black Mesa go to: www.blackmesais.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
