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Twr newsletter 2014 (3) (1) copy

Eli PaintedCrow
Eli PaintedCrow

This document summarizes the activities of the Turtle Women Rising organization in supporting various Native American community events in 2014. It discusses TWR sponsoring contests at the Two Spirit Pow-Wow in San Francisco, honoring women veterans at a university gathering, participating in a ceremony with indigenous grandmothers, and plans to attend a Native American women's drum retreat. It also announces a fundraiser to support an organization helping military sexual assault survivors and shares TWR's vision of bringing together drums worldwide to help heal the Earth.

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TWO SPIRIT POW - WOW SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 2014 For the second year in a row, TWR supported the Bay Area American Indian Two- Spirit (BAAITS) Pow Wow in February by sponsoring the hand drum contest as well as cosponsoring the womens fancy shawl dance. WR is a proud supporter of this wonderful gathering honoring two spirits and their historic place in community as we gather to remember the importance of acknowledging all for their gifts. It is an honor to sit with ITTS Drummers on this day. The BAAITS Drum is a part of our TWR drum collective and have always supported us as TWR singers/drummers whenever we travel with the drum in Northern California. TURTLE WOMEN RISING.COM PO BOX 537 MERCED PO CA 95341 (209) 617-0276 Fax (209) 626-1613 TWR LEADERS Deborah J. Guerrero MSW TWR Elder/Drum Keeper Co-Founder Zamora (Michelle Zamora) TWR Head Drummer Eli PaintedCrow TWR Co-Founder Luz C. Valverde Drum Keeper
WOMEN VET HONORING FEB 2014 University of Stanislaus Women Vets gathering Feb 2014 This month TWR shared in the honoring of Veteran women at the University of Stanislaus. Our beautiful drum Lunar de Fuerza (Beauty Mark of Strength) touched many hearts that day as veterans men and PO box 537 Merced ca 95341 209 617-0276 Women sat with us to feel her healing medicine. Sharing many tears on this day, the spirits of these vets felt the love and prayers that we shared through songs and the teachings of the drum. Thanking BAITTS Drummers who came from the Bay to support this endeavor. Thanking those who organized this gathering for all the energy and hearts to bring us together. Many Blessings GRANDMOTHERS GATHERING http://grandmotherscouncil.org/ What a great blessing it has been to continue to work with the International Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers! This year TWR went to join the Grandmothers at the Montezuma well in Arizona for a beautiful water ceremony to pray for our water. It is an honor to accept their invitation from these wise grandmothers. Much needed healing and cleansing offerings made in the desert there at this sacred space. We are humbled that the Grandmothers remember us and our first TWR drum, Kiyas Heartbeat, and asked us to journey with them to support the prayer work. Thank you to those who helped us get a few TWR folks and the drum itself to the ceremony, including the grandmothers and Renee Lozier-Rojas and sons Joey Jansen, Charles Williams, his fianc辿 Olivia Sandoval for driving Kiyas from up in WA State. Native American Womens drum Retreat
This year it is Turtle Women Risings intention to attend the Native American Womens Drum Summit and retreat for our second year in a row, in Sacramento California from Jun 27-29. For more information, please contact Barbara Warren, from the sponsoring drum at otsigya@yahoo.com if you would like to sit with TWR at this retreat please contact our Drum Leader Zamora on Facebook and let her know you are interested in attending as a Turtle Women Rising participant. Women and children attend this retreat so if you have little ones please contact Barbara for information. As you may remember, our trip last year to Alturas, CA for the summit was an amazing experience. Along with BAAITS drummers, TWR was thrilled to sit with Irma, Meshonn and Maggie from THE MANKILLERS, who sat with each of our drums and gifting us a wonderful Flying Eagle Song that we learned together. Do not miss this years gathering if you can join us and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help us take our drum to attend this amazing retreat and share with other Native women drum keepers and singers about the healing ways of the heartbeat. These have been amazing moments for us, and we have been able to make deeper connections toward a stronger TWR drum community and to building our vision of a million drums for peace- gathering the near future hopefully by 2016. Help support our Women Veterans http://servicewomen.org Fund Raising for to help S.W.A.N.- from TWR Cofounder, Eli PaintedCrow On another note, TWR is planning to have a fundraiser to help our sisters at The (SWAN) Service Women Action Network to help them continue the work of changing the laws for sexual assault in military. As one of the co-founder of this organization, it is important to me to help them as much as possible. The goal is five thousand dollars. Our raffles include a trip to the Bahamas hotel accommodations in Florida and a two-day sail on cruise ship to and from the Bahamas. A 32-inch flat screen, matching purse and handmade jewelry and tablets with keyboards. Please visit our site in the later part of March for pictures of prizes and purchasing tickets. Tickets will sell for $50.00 each or three for $100.00 or you can purchase six tickets for $200.00. We will run the raffle until we reach or goal of 6 thousand dollars five to go to S.W.A.N and 1 thousand for TWR. On December 31, 2014 whichever comes first. We will notify you by mail and we will have a public event to name the winners. You need not be present to win. The Vision for 2016 TWR continues to hold the vision of a million drums around the world in an effort to raise a vibration to awaken those who have not yet heard our mothers cry for help in healing her. We invite you to consider helping us come together to raise her vibration. She is calling out to us for without her future generations will suffer greatly. We will be posting in the near future to ask drums from all over the world to drum in solidarity with us to awaken those who cannot hear her. Thank You for your support and prayers as we move forward in this great endeavor, which will require us all to come together for our future generations. To connect to Turtle Women Rising and follow our work please go to our Turtle Women rising page on face book or get emails by subscribing to: Turtlewomen rising@yahoogroups .com

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Twr newsletter 2014 (3) (1) copy

  • 1. TWO SPIRIT POW - WOW SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 2014 For the second year in a row, TWR supported the Bay Area American Indian Two- Spirit (BAAITS) Pow Wow in February by sponsoring the hand drum contest as well as cosponsoring the womens fancy shawl dance. WR is a proud supporter of this wonderful gathering honoring two spirits and their historic place in community as we gather to remember the importance of acknowledging all for their gifts. It is an honor to sit with ITTS Drummers on this day. The BAAITS Drum is a part of our TWR drum collective and have always supported us as TWR singers/drummers whenever we travel with the drum in Northern California. TURTLE WOMEN RISING.COM PO BOX 537 MERCED PO CA 95341 (209) 617-0276 Fax (209) 626-1613 TWR LEADERS Deborah J. Guerrero MSW TWR Elder/Drum Keeper Co-Founder Zamora (Michelle Zamora) TWR Head Drummer Eli PaintedCrow TWR Co-Founder Luz C. Valverde Drum Keeper
  • 2. WOMEN VET HONORING FEB 2014 University of Stanislaus Women Vets gathering Feb 2014 This month TWR shared in the honoring of Veteran women at the University of Stanislaus. Our beautiful drum Lunar de Fuerza (Beauty Mark of Strength) touched many hearts that day as veterans men and PO box 537 Merced ca 95341 209 617-0276 Women sat with us to feel her healing medicine. Sharing many tears on this day, the spirits of these vets felt the love and prayers that we shared through songs and the teachings of the drum. Thanking BAITTS Drummers who came from the Bay to support this endeavor. Thanking those who organized this gathering for all the energy and hearts to bring us together. Many Blessings GRANDMOTHERS GATHERING http://grandmotherscouncil.org/ What a great blessing it has been to continue to work with the International Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers! This year TWR went to join the Grandmothers at the Montezuma well in Arizona for a beautiful water ceremony to pray for our water. It is an honor to accept their invitation from these wise grandmothers. Much needed healing and cleansing offerings made in the desert there at this sacred space. We are humbled that the Grandmothers remember us and our first TWR drum, Kiyas Heartbeat, and asked us to journey with them to support the prayer work. Thank you to those who helped us get a few TWR folks and the drum itself to the ceremony, including the grandmothers and Renee Lozier-Rojas and sons Joey Jansen, Charles Williams, his fianc辿 Olivia Sandoval for driving Kiyas from up in WA State. Native American Womens drum Retreat
  • 3. This year it is Turtle Women Risings intention to attend the Native American Womens Drum Summit and retreat for our second year in a row, in Sacramento California from Jun 27-29. For more information, please contact Barbara Warren, from the sponsoring drum at otsigya@yahoo.com if you would like to sit with TWR at this retreat please contact our Drum Leader Zamora on Facebook and let her know you are interested in attending as a Turtle Women Rising participant. Women and children attend this retreat so if you have little ones please contact Barbara for information. As you may remember, our trip last year to Alturas, CA for the summit was an amazing experience. Along with BAAITS drummers, TWR was thrilled to sit with Irma, Meshonn and Maggie from THE MANKILLERS, who sat with each of our drums and gifting us a wonderful Flying Eagle Song that we learned together. Do not miss this years gathering if you can join us and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help us take our drum to attend this amazing retreat and share with other Native women drum keepers and singers about the healing ways of the heartbeat. These have been amazing moments for us, and we have been able to make deeper connections toward a stronger TWR drum community and to building our vision of a million drums for peace- gathering the near future hopefully by 2016. Help support our Women Veterans http://servicewomen.org Fund Raising for to help S.W.A.N.- from TWR Cofounder, Eli PaintedCrow On another note, TWR is planning to have a fundraiser to help our sisters at The (SWAN) Service Women Action Network to help them continue the work of changing the laws for sexual assault in military. As one of the co-founder of this organization, it is important to me to help them as much as possible. The goal is five thousand dollars. Our raffles include a trip to the Bahamas hotel accommodations in Florida and a two-day sail on cruise ship to and from the Bahamas. A 32-inch flat screen, matching purse and handmade jewelry and tablets with keyboards. Please visit our site in the later part of March for pictures of prizes and purchasing tickets. Tickets will sell for $50.00 each or three for $100.00 or you can purchase six tickets for $200.00. We will run the raffle until we reach or goal of 6 thousand dollars five to go to S.W.A.N and 1 thousand for TWR. On December 31, 2014 whichever comes first. We will notify you by mail and we will have a public event to name the winners. You need not be present to win. The Vision for 2016 TWR continues to hold the vision of a million drums around the world in an effort to raise a vibration to awaken those who have not yet heard our mothers cry for help in healing her. We invite you to consider helping us come together to raise her vibration. She is calling out to us for without her future generations will suffer greatly. We will be posting in the near future to ask drums from all over the world to drum in solidarity with us to awaken those who cannot hear her. Thank You for your support and prayers as we move forward in this great endeavor, which will require us all to come together for our future generations. To connect to Turtle Women Rising and follow our work please go to our Turtle Women rising page on face book or get emails by subscribing to: Turtlewomen rising@yahoogroups .com