The Gravity Well

I was honoured to be granted the opportunity to stand with Treaty 6-7-8 Chiefs in their Unity against separatism.

When needed most, First Nations leadership showed up. As they always have done and will never not do: while the sun shines, the grass grows, and the river flows.

Not like oil and gas executives who choose to mislead Canadians and the world instead. Shame.

It’s time for the concept of Alberta to grow up, it’s time to play by the rules: the treaties.

Be courageous like First Nations Chiefs!

Drummers from the Blackfoot Confederacy share a chief song with us.

And thank you, Elisa, for sharing your sign with me (near the end).

Drummers from the Blackfoot Confederacy share a chief song with us.

Highlights of Wesam’s Free Free Palestine, Hands off Lebanon speech on Saturday, in Calgary.

Activists and resistance fighters are in the age of monsters. Now is the time for courage, my friends, while the law is on our side..

Robina Hamdard—Calgary-based Afghan human rights activist, gender equality advocate, and public speaker who serves as the founder of the Afghan Canadian Women for Global Corporation—speaks to the need to STRENGTHEN immigrant policies not weaken them. When immigrants succeed, Albertans succeed!

Link to the CommonGoodYYC campaign in my linktree.

Darren Weaselchild (Aikahtsi)—a Siksika Nation member is an active collaborator with the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good—explains that treaties are natural law. Laws to uphold responsibilities all members of our communities, not for short term political or financial objectives.

Link to the CommonGoodYYC campaign in my linktree.

responsibilities

Rabbi Mark Glickman—the spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Tikvah in Calgary, Alberta—reminds the audience of the term “antiquity” within the Jewish faith. Where welcoming is the response to outsiders. Especially outsiders in need.

Link to the campaign in my linktr.ee

Jennifer Garrison, PhD, co-chair of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good strategy team announces the launch of the “vote for the common good” referendum campaign. Connecting with, educating, and activating alliance members and the public to vote wisely on October 19th.

Find a link to join the campaign in my Linktr.ee

Meet Reverend Samaya Oakley of the Calgary Unitarians. Samaya explains what a spiritual practice is and why it is so important to have.

A spiritual practice helps us connect what we are experiencing with a higher purpose. It provides us with the ability to slow reactive behavior to make space responsive and reflective behavior.

Meet Bill Way, a member of the Roman Catholic Women Priests of Canada. Bill explains that plurality not only considers our differences but seeking multiple interpretations from deliberate perspectives. Like interpreting the new testimony through an Indigenous lens. 🤯