The Sixth Annual 7th Generation Walk for Mother Earth:
Celebrating bio- and cultural diversity
Sunday, April 19th, 2009, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Schedule of Events
12:30 Meet at Steven Juba Park – Waterfront Dr. at Market St. in the exchange district along the Red River.
1:00 PM Invocation Circle – Sharings from diverse faith perspectives
2:00 PM walk to Oodeena Circle at the Forks accompanied by sacred drum, Flaming Trolleys marching band and devotional hare krishna chanting
3:00 PM and on – activities at the Forks’ Oodeena Circle, Includeing water ceremony, children’s activities, short speeches, including guest speaker Misty Belcourt of Manitoba Council for International Cooperation speaking on water rights at home and abroad, free food, and a generally nice time in celebration of life on this planet Earth, our only home.
Bring your own cup, drums, signs and songs and instruments of fun!
Co-sponsored by Boreal Forest Network, Boreal Action Project, Manitoba Interfaith Council, Winnipeg-Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement/Friends of Grassy Narrows, Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc., and the AdaMah’nitoba Project.
The 7th Generation Walk for Mother Earth was born 6 years ago as the vision of Aboriginal women from Grassy Narrows and from around Manitoba struggling to create a healthy future for their children against the environmental racism that was destroying their traditional territories.
Their vision was to bring many people together of all backgrounds to stand up and to hear each other’s voices of concern for the destruction of Earth’s living systems by industrial society, and to bring people together to envision and share alternative ways forward.
Come stand and walk in unity and celebrate our shared existence on Earth this Sunday!