American Roots, a poem by Rising Earth Core Facilitator Psalms White.
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black lives matter
We would like to offer our thoughts on why we believe that the Rising Earth Immersion plays a valuable role in the movements for collective liberation. We hope that these reflections help you discern whether this program might be a good fit for you.
Unless we start to grapple with the white supremacy embedded in the soil of our culture, we stand little chance of surviving as a species (and sadly we will keep taking many other species down with us).
I write to you as a white mother feeling heartbreak, anger, and despair about recent acts of racialized violence, especially deepening in my knowing that this kind of violence has been woven into the fabric of our society since the beginning.
I also write to you as the Executive Director of The Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain, where we are grappling with how best to stand on behalf of this organization against police brutality, systemic racism, inequity, and white supremacy.