Published on Nov 26, 2016

Published on Nov 15, 2016

The gathering was held on November 10th at Pioneer Square in Downtown Portland.  Leaders and members from a wide variety of faith communities were called together to "stand against the legitimization and normalization of bullying, name calling, threats of deportation, building walls, and ‘privileged’ behavior that is celebrated and without consequence. We are standing for peace and seek to build bridges to make a better and more ‘beloved community."

An interview with Sr. Paster E.D. Mondaine´ of the Celebration Tabernacle Church, Portland, Oregon, November 2016.  Produced by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv and filmed by Barry Heidt with the support of the First Congregational United Church of Christ Portland.

An Interfaith Call to Inclusion interview with Rev. Nathan Meckley of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Portland, Oregon. Rev. Meckley addresses, in the wake of this election, concerns of the LGBTQ community, Sacred Memory, and a call to inclusion. Video taped on November 16, 2016 at the First Congregational United in Christ Church by Ruth Ann Barrett and Barry Heidt of EarthSayers.tv, Voices of Sustainability.

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2016

Uploaded on Nov 25, 2016

Tom 'Putuparri' Lawford’s people have lived in the desert of Western Australia for over forty thousand years. They lived a nomadic life knowing they could always retreat to their sacred waterholes when times were hard. Kurtal is one of the most important of these waterholes in the heart of the Great Sandy Desert. It is the site where underground artisan water known as ‘jila’ or ‘living water’ comes to the surface and it is where the spirits of Putuparri's people return to when they die.

When Europeans arrived, their cattle and horses fouled the water holes and forced Aboriginal people off their land. Many of them worked on cattle stations where they retained a physical link to their Country. But in the late 1960s when the courts introduced equal pay, many Aboriginal people were forced off the stations into towns like Fitzroy Crossing.

Putuparri grew up in Fitzroy Crossing as part of an activist family. He was ten years old when he joined the picket line at Noonkanbah Station to fight oil-drilling on sacred land.

Published on Nov 8, 2016

Published on Oct 17, 2016