Can the land speak and tell stories? If we listen, what might we hear? Believing we all are family members of our planet, caretakers of one another and of our common home on Earth, we will explore how the land and the land’s histories have affected our life together today, specifically the neighborhood lands between the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Embedded in the rock and soil are imprints of what has moved, lived, and changed over millions (billions) of years. Also embedded are these more recent questions: What has the land absorbed? Who has lived here? Who has been welcomed? Excluded? Expelled? Who has thrived? How has this shaped us? How might the exploration of these stories and questions help to inform and guide us as we strive to live in balance and harmony with one another and with the land, our common, sacred home? Let us listen, for the land holds the stories; each one of us, at this moment in time, is part of the story.  All are welcome!

The Land Speaks: Stories the Land Holds