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Free online event Thursday, May 20, 2021\u00a0 5 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n How do a people who have endured generations of oppression survive?\u00a0 It\u2019s a question Beata Tsosie-Pena of Santa Clara Pueblo and El Rito is often asked.<\/p>\n Historical trauma and inequities and living in the shadow of a nuclear production facility motivated Beata to work in environmental health and justice with the non-profit Tewa Women United program for over a decade.<\/p>\n \u201cThese the are things our people have faced. But that doesn\u2019t negate our strength and power,\u201d Beata said.\u00a0 \u201cWe are resilient.\u201d\u00a0 Her activist concerns led her to become a full-spectrum doula and breastfeeding support counselor as well as infant massage specialist. Even her poetry reflects a deep commitment to the land and its people and is evidenced in the Healing Foods Oasis Garden which she coordinates.\u00a0 The Garden is a project of TWU and the City of Espanola.<\/p>\n Resiliency\u2014that\u2019s at the heart of the many stories that are lived and shared at the Garden.\u00a0 On Thursday, May 20 at 5 p.m., Beata will conduct a free public online storytelling and dialogue which will highlight the collaboration between art, science and indigenous wisdom.\u00a0 It\u2019s a collaboration that offers a model of sustainability critical in this Anthropocene era of climate change, she believes.<\/p>\n (To register, contact:\u00a0 earthwalks1@yahoo.com)<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Garden is both a symbol of the traditional Tewa Pueblo values of place and the teachings of water and a grassroots act of prayer, ceremony, song\u2014as well as resistance and survival.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s about building the beloved community,\u201d she says.\u00a0 For her, that community is both local and global.<\/p>\n Heirloom seeds hand-harvested at the Garden are donated to the Espanola Public Library next door and available to the public. Seeds are kept in a refurbished card catalog cabinet. After picking which types to grow, patrons fill out a \u201cseed caregiver sign-up\u201d form and become part of a growing cadre of those planting and caring for heirloom plants.<\/p>\n Children participating are taught how to use the library and learn about local farming practices.\u00a0 It\u2019s ecological literacy, what Beata calls \u201cvoices of the plant elders and relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n The online presentation will be followed by a series of volunteer days at the garden for those who wish to help.<\/p>\n The event is being sponsored by Earth Walks, a cross cultural education program based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, original homeland of the Tewa Pueblo indigenous people.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/earthwalks.org\/<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0To register, contact earthwalks1@yahoo.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Free online event Thursday, May 20, 2021\u00a0 5 p.m. How do a people who have endured generations of oppression survive?\u00a0 It\u2019s a question Beata Tsosie-Pena of Santa Clara Pueblo and El Rito is often asked. Historical trauma and inequities and … Continue reading <\/p>\n
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