"Art of Activism - Strategies of Indigenous People Around the Globe" by Lorraine Gray (3/3/2013)
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Date: 2013-03-04

This event took place at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, sponsored by Journey Santa Fe. It is part of the Journey Santa Fe weekly Sunday lecture series (11 am - 12:30 pm) at Collected Works. 

Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray has a diverse background as an activist for human rights, a farmer, project manager, doula, massage therapist, and mother of six. She has been working in the area of traditional agricultural revival and seed saving for the last 15 years. She was honored to be a member of the Native Delegation to Terra Madre Slow Foods Conference in 2006 and 2010, in Turin, Italy. Honored for her work in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, New York, Gray co-founded Kanenhi:io Ionkwaienthonhakie (We Are Planting Good Seeds), which built a substantial community greenhouse, established a community farmers' market on the reservation, and supports community gardens, and individual family farms. In 2009 Gray moved to Northern New Mexico and co-founded the Four Bridges Traveling Permaculture Institute with her partner Emigdio Ballon (www.4bridges.org.) Together they operate an educational farm in Santa Cruz, NM, and organize service learning projects in the U.S. and South America. She also serves as Four Bridges President/Program Manager, Conference Coordinator for the annual Traditional Agriculture & Sustainable Living Conference, is a trained massage therapist, and currently studying for her Doula Certification with Dona International. The title of her talk is "Art of Activism - Proven Strategies of Indigenous People Around the Globe."