And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:45:45 -0800 >From: Shundahai Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Healing Global Wounds Spring Gathering 99 >>X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) > >Healing Global Wounds >PO Box 420, Tecopa CA 92389 >phone: (760) 852-4175 fax: (760) 852-4151 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.shundahai.org/HGW > >Re: Honoring the Mother, Healing Global Wounds Spring Gathering, May 7-10, >1999, Nevada Test Site > >Dear Friends, > >We are writing to you to invite your participation in and endorsement of >the largest, most exciting and unique gathering at the Nevada Test Site in >many years. Already organizations, community groups and activists from >around the world are preparing themselves to join us at the Test Site so >that we may unite ourselves together to break the nuclear chain, learn to >heal ourselves and protect Mother Earth. Others are organizing events in >their own local areas in order to visibly demonstrate the links in the >nuclear chain and show widespread solidarity and respect for mothers >standing in defense of their lands, families and cultural rights. > >Honoring the Mother, Healing Global Wounds Spring Gathering, May 7-10, >1999, will be a celebration of mothers and their contribution to the >environmental and Native Sovereignty movements. In the 1950's it was the >mothers that were the backbone of the international protest against nuclear >testing that resulted in the Limited Test Ban Treaty and in the late 80's >it was the Mothers Day events that created a huge and successful movement >to stop full scale nuclear weapons testing that resulted in the >Comprehensive Test ban Treaty. It is not over yet. > >We need you, your voice, your body and your spirit to stand with us as we >demand an end to all nuclear weapons development programs and an immediate >halt to the dumping of deadly nuclear waste on Native Sacred lands. The >epicenter for the nuclear industry is in Nevada at the Nuclear Test Site. >This is where we will come together Mother's Day weekend, May 7-10 1999. >Standing united we will say No more! No more to Waste and Weapons, No more >to poisons in our Water, Earth and Air. > >Enclosed you will find some material about this exciting gathering. >Included is a: Calender announcement for Web pages and newsletters; an >email flyer and an article about the Honoring the Mother Gathering. We hope >that you will help us in our outreach endeavors by including this material >in your local grassroots newsletters, magazines and web. If you would like >to recieve a full hardcopy packet with photo ready flyers and ads please >contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Thank you for your strength and spirit in this struggle to defend and >protect Mother Earth. We hope to see you at the Nevada Test Site! > >We need you to: > >1) Endorse this important and herstoric event. (Please email your >endorsement to Jennifer Viereck at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or mail in the enclosed >form) >2) Help Sponsor this event by sending in a group donation to help cover the >costs of Native and low income activists. (Donations can be made to Healing >Global Wounds and mailed to HGW, PO Box 420, Tecopa, CA, 92389) >3) Help publicize this event by putting in a Calender Announcement or >article in your local alternative papers or orgazational newsletters. >4) Join one of the collectives set up to work on this gathering: Logistical >camp set up; Youth Empowerment; Health Care and First Aid; Outreach; Media; >Community Life; Parking; (Please send a brief email message to Jennifer >Viereck at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call her at (760) 852-4175, explaining your >skills and interests.) >5) Bring a carload, a van load, or a bus load of friends and family to the >Nevada Test Site to join our amazingly diverse community >6) Send a banner from your school, community organization, church or family >to symbolize your participation. >7) If you are not able to join us at the Nevada Test Site you can organize >solidarity events in your local area. >8) If you have a website please consider linking to the Healing Global >Wounds page at http://www.shundahai.org/HGW/ > >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< >Calendar Announcement for newsletters and web pages >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< > >Honoring the Mother, Healing Global Wounds Spring Gathering, May 7-10, 1999 >at the Nevada Test Site > >We need you, your voice, your body and your spirit to unite with us as we >demand an end to all nuclear weapons development programs and a halt to the >dumping of deadly nuclear waste on Sacred Native land. Together we will: >Honor women in struggle for their lands and rights in Newe Sogobia and >around the world; Heal and honor Mother Earth who provides life for all >beings great and small; Create alliances and strategies to break the >nuclear chain - protect the future generations of all life; Celebrate the >unique and powerful gifts women bring to the entire human family; Occupy >Western Shoshone lands stolen for the creation of the Test Site, in >healing prayer and celebration. This Spring Gathering will include: >Community building, cultural events and performances; Programs to honor all >ages; Daily Sunrise Ceremony and Sweat Lodges; Information sharing; Atomic >Cafe, campfires and drumming; Nonviolence training's and action planning; >Mother's Day brunch and rally at the Nevada Test Site gates; Reclaiming >Shoshone Land and Shutting Down the NTS!!! > >We hope that you will join us. For more information about this unique and >exciting culturally diverse event pleas contact: Healing Global Wounds >office @ PO BOX 420, Tecopa CA 92389 hone: (760) 852-4175 fax: (760) >852-4151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] website http://www.shundahai.org/HGW/ > >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< >Email text flyer >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< > >HONORING THE MOTHER >HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS SPRING GATHERING >May 7-10, 1999, Nevada Test Site > > >In 1870, women in the United States proclaimed the first Mother's Day. Far >from the sentimental Sunday of Hallmark cards and roses, the original >proclamation was a powerful call for women everywhere to unite in >nonviolent resistance to a world of warfare. 129 years later, we ask you >to answer that original call. > >People all over the world are living with nuclear threats, whether you live >near a uranium mine, a nuclear power plant, a nuclear weapons stockpile, or >a nuclear waste dump, or if you live along one of the many nuclear waste >transportation routes. We can put a stop to this madness. We must unite >ourselves together and build a better and safer world for our families and >future generations. > >Mother's Day weekend, May 7-10, 1999, should be the best Nevada Test Site >Gathering ever. We are planning workshops and ceremonies that will: > >Honor women in struggle for their lands and rights in Newe Sogobia and >around the world; >Heal and honor Mother Earth who provides life for all beings great and small; >Create alliances and strategies to break the nuclear chain and to protect >the future generations; >Occupy Western Shoshone lands stolen for the Test Site, in healing prayer >and celebration. > >Each day, Healing Global Wounds begins with a Sunrise Ceremony led by >Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader Corbin Harney. Sweatlodges are available >for all wishing to join in healing prayers, followed by breakfast. The >program for the main portion of each day is followed by a community dinner. > >The camp is located on Western Shoshone land at the gates of the Nevada >Test Site. You can experience the beautiful and fragile desert first hand. > Join in an incredibly rich and culturally diverse community from all over >the world. Learn about nuclear and indigenous land rights issues. >Participate in traditional and multi-faith ceremonies. If so inspired, >join us in nonviolent direct action to shut down the Nevada Nuclear Test >Site and Reclaim Newe (Western Shoshone) Land! > >Please come as self sufficiently as possible, with plenty of food and >water. Be prepared for desert camping where there can be hot days and cold >nights. The suggested donation of $30 will help cover the expenses of >meals, portable toilets and first aid. No one will be turned away for lack >of funds. > >Healing Global Wounds is an alliance of organizations and individuals >working to break the nuclear chain, and restore respectful sustainable >living with the Earth. For the latest Healing Global Wounds Newsletter and >information packet, please contact: > >Healing Global Wounds, P.O. Box 420, Tecopa CA 92389 >Phone: (760) 852-4175 Fax: (760) 852-4151 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http:\\www.shundahai.org\HGW > >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< >Healing Global Wounds Article for newsletters and web pages >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< > >Health and Survival Near the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. >By Michelle Xenos, > >On May 7th thru 10th, 1999, at the gates of the Nevada Test Site, the >seventh annual Healing Global Wounds Spring Gathering, Honoring the Mother, >will nurture a multi- cultural community effort to break the nuclear chain. >The goal of the gathering is to: Honor women from around the world in their >struggle to protect their lands and rights; Celebrate our strength and >community; to Heal our Sacred Mother Earth and strengthen our commitment to >defend her. > >The nuclear cycle has put us in a spiral that threatens all the living >things on Earth. People are getting very sick in areas around the mining, >processing, research, production, and implementation of nuclear weapons and >energy. The world faces an environmental challenge that it cannot turn the >clock back on and will in fact last for tens of thousands of years. >Associated Press articles refer simultaneously to the scientific evidence >invalidating the Yucca Mountain Project (a proposed high level nuclear >waste repository on Sacred Western Shoshone land), as well as the billions >of dollars being won by the nuclear industry in Federal court rulings >because of high level nuclear waste stockpiles around the country which the >government is legally responsible for. We know that there is a >proliferation of interest in nuclear weaponry by India, Pakistan, Korea, >and other countries, because of the U.S.'s disregard for the disarmament >process and the Comprehensive Test ban Treaty. Everyday here in Las Vegas, >we are reading about the radioactivity found in the groundwater around the >valley, which by natural law, flows into the Colorado River. All the while, >many of us know that most stories are not told in the newspapers. > >We are the ones responsible for the health and wellness of our families and >communities. And we as mothers bear the weight of this burden, it is our >role to speak for our children when they cannot yet speak for themselves. >Many of us understand the things that are happening right now to the earth >and her children. There were times that I did not go to the test site >gates in protest, to protect the health of my son and I. There are health >risks in going near the test site, most significantly if you're downwind >(to the northeast). There are many radioactive particles still in the soils >and sands around Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, and further >towards the east. The city water is questionably contaminated in the Las >Vegas Valley and down into the Colorado River. Buildings, tools, and >materials exposed to radioactivity at the test site can be found throughout >Nevada. These are the risks that we face living near the test site. Along >the entire nuclear cycle, communities face these realities. Contaminated >water, radioactive tailings, trucks carrying hot materials, particles in >the air falling down onto their communities and into their soil, all >attributing to the wide spread and serious health problems that many face >today. > >I meet so many people from different communities who are directly impacted >by the cycles of the nuclear chain. Who am I to say that one part of the >earth is more important than another, or that one life should bear more >than their share of the burden of exposure. The gatherings that we have at >the gates of the test site have touched so many lives in so many ways, >these circles are all interconnected. Through building our Healing Global >Wounds community we are learning how to live sustainably with the Earth. >Through the movement of our energies together we renew ourselves. In these >natural cycles we will continue to grow, heal and live in defense of Mother >Earth. > >I hope that you will be able to join us for the Spring Honoring the Mother >gathering at the Nevada Test Site, May 7-10, 1999. But if you are not able, >don't let that discourage you! We urge you to join with us in solidarity by >creating an action, vigil or ceremony in your own home communities. Be a >part of Healing Global Wounds everywhere by breaking the nuclear chain one >link at a time. > >For more information about Healing Global Wounds please contact us at: HGW, >PO Box 420, Tecopa, CA, 92389, ph: (760) 852-4175 fax: (760) 852-4151 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.shundahai.org/HGW > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
