Daughters of the Earth Gathering Straight Ahead Aug 7-10

[ALisa Starkweather]

I am about to enter the real time world of Daughters of the Earth Gathering on the land of Earthlands in Massachusetts. It is really like a dream. Five women's temples are raised and 28 teachers now will come to the gathering with their gifts of song, storytelling, activsm, dance, drum, ceremony, wisdom. My mentor of 23 years who is now in her late sixties stands by my side. I've given many full scholarships to women of color so that we can increase the diversity of our sisterhood and have a homecoming and a healing. A fifth of our gathering is our young women eagerly ready to join us. There are so many directions that this gathering can meet in a woman from sustainability, skill building, to celebration, fire, dance, drum and story. The thing that I love most though is how many strong women come to meet together. Many of us are women leaders ready to be with our Mother Earth and one another.
It is a lot. I've been working most of my summer to raise up the banners in the Medicine Wheel and to welcome the women who will come to gather, council and heal on this land. We could have more women with us and I feel the loss of them for whatever reasons. I am open to you coming. It is a doorway away to reality. Here is where we get down to work together and then bring it back to our communities. It is truly an inspiring place for us to be together. If you are called to be here contact me at [e-mail] very soon.