WATER IS LIFE.
I stand with the Water Protectors in Standing Rock, North Dakota.
Carol A. Hand My heart is heavy with the news coming from Standing Rock, ND today. It’s led me to do something I rarely do. I’m posting a request for the help of all of those who follow this blog. For the sake of the health of our earth and future generations, I ask you […]
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Thank you for sharing this, Rosaliene. ❤
Carol, is your daughter still on the front line?
Thank you for asking, Rosaliene. My daughter only spent a few days there with my granddaughter. She would have liked to stay longer, but her job and my granddaughter’s school made that impossible. (I can’t say that I’m sorry about that at the moment.)
I also had a friend stay with me before and after her time in one of the camps at Standing Rock this past week. It was a transformative experience for both my daughter and friend to spend time with the Protectors and witness what was happening. The contrast between the protectors peacefully praying, singing, and drumming and the escalating police presence and violence is not making it to mainstream media.
Watching the news and listening to what my friend witnessed, it also seems that the camps have been infiltrated by a small number people who are there to provoke violence. Despite the training sessions the protectors require everyone to go through before they join the front lines now, it’s difficult to sort out who’s who – who is there to join in peaceful protection, who is there to “protest” (not the same as protecting one’s territory from invasion), and who is there to deliberately provoke the police to incite violence. All I can do is send my prayers and try to raise awareness.
Thanks for the update, Carol. We each do what we can. They are also in my prayers.
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Thanks for spreading the work, Mark.
I’m hoping President Obama thinks of “the people” instead of business interests (though that hasn’t been the case throughout his presidency) and, if not, possibly gives consideration to his legacy. Thanks for caring.
Peace.
I hope so, too.
Peace: We’ve forgotten what that means.
Thank you for following.
Reblogged this on Guyanese Online.
Thanks for spreading the news, Cyril.
Much thanks for posting Carol’s suggestion, Rosaliene. Taking action is a good way of combating a sense of powerlessness, in addition to the good it can do.
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Watch the video clip of Lawrence O’Donnell on the UN Declaration for Indigenous Rights posted on JoAnn Chateau’s blog under the title, “The World Observes Treatment of Human & Indigenous Rights at DAPL Protest.”
http://joannchateau.com/2016/10/29/the-world-observes-treatment-of-human-indigenous-rights-at-dapl-protest/
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Thanks for sharing.