We encourage and support people in developing a healthy, sustainable relationship with the Earth.

THE NATURAL WAY: INDIGENOUS VOICES
2011 - 2012 Speaker Season


Luisah Teish Luisah Teish
On Holy Ground: Learning to Love the Earth Our Mother

Friday, October 21, 2011 , 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Luisah Teish will speak about learning to love the Earth, our Mother, and will share her personal stories of growing up in the South and her relationship to the land. Click here to learn more.


erick gonzalez Erick Gonzalez
Mayan Spiritual Teachings for the Dawning of the New Era

Friday, December 2, 2011, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Erick Gonzalez, Guatemalan teacher and healer, will speak about the Mayan prophesies for 2012 and beyond, not as they are portrayed by Hollywood, but as rooted in the ancient teachings of the indigenous Mayan peoples. Click here to learn more.


Linda Neale Linda Neale
Workshop - The Power of Ceremony: Restoring the Sacred in Ourselves, Our Families, Our Communities

Saturday, January 21, 2012, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Restoring ceremony to our lives is one way to develop a closer relationship to Earth, Spirit, and our fellow human beings. Click here to learn more.


Lillian Pitt Lillian Pitt

Friday, February 3rd, 2012, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Lillian Pitt, a Native American artist from the Big River (Columbia River) region of the Pacific Northwest, will share stories about her ongoing journey in life. Click here to learn more.


Baba Wague Diakite Baba Wagué Diakité

Friday March 9th, 2012. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Baba Wagué Diakité was born in Mali, West Africa, in 1961, and named “Wagué,” or “Man of Trust,” after his maternal grandfather. He spent his early childhood in the small village of Kassaro, where he helped in his grandmother’s peanut and rice fields, tended his uncle’s sheep, and spent time with his friends hunting, catching, or watching animals in the bush. Click Here to learn more.