3rd Annual Prayer Vigil, D.C.

Michele Lord (mosa@netcom.com)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 17:23:56 -0700


[If you live in the Washington, DC area and can provide transportation
or housing for participants between Sept. 28 & Oct. 2, please contact
Grecia Matos. Ph: 301-779-2416 hm; 202-501-9589 wk. Thank you.
-Michele]

*** ONE MIND, ONE VOICE, ONE HEART, ONE PRAYER ***

One People in Prayer

Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 1995
On The Mall in Washington, D.C.
(next to the Washington Monument)

We invite you to join us on the Mall near the Washington Monument
for thirty hours of continuous prayer and related events. We ask
you to tell others about this event. Please keep One Mind, One
Voice, One heart, One Prayer and its intention in your thoughts and
prayers.

Third Annual Prayer Vigil
* Sunrise Pipe Ceremonies - honoring the birth of Miracle, a white
buffalo calf who symbolizes the beginning of peace and unity among
people

* International Tipi Peace Village - 12 tipis create a sacred
circle on the Mall. Tipis dedicated to continuous prayer,
education, and healing

* Children's Torch of Hope - Unitied Nation's first Torch of Peace
which circled the globe in 1986, traveling the US in honor of the
50th anniversary of the UN, will be run to the Prayer Vigil by
Native youth and youth of all races

* One Mind, One Voice, One Heart, One Prayer - Grace Smith, Dineh
elder, representative of 150 Hopi-Dineh elders and UN
representative to the Indigenous People's Working Group in
Geneva, SZ, will talk on the meaning of the Prayer Vigil

* Wisdom Keeper of the Wampum Belts - William Commanda, traditional
elder of the Algonquin Nation, will speak to us of the prophesy of
love, peace, and harmony found on these ancient belts

* The Great Law of Peace - Chief of Chiefs, Leon Shenandoah of Six
Nations will speak to us about the Tree of Peace and the laws which
influenced the US constitution, followed by a Planting of a Tree of
Peace Ceremony

* Central & South American Elders & Traditionalists = 25
representatives will share their stories, prophesies and cultural
education with us

* Seventh Generation of All Races - Honoring youth and prophesy
that this generation returns love, peace and harmony to Mother
Earth.

* Interfaith Community - Participation of the Interfaith Community
of Washington DC and Wisdom Keepers from around the globe

* Meetings with Government Officials - Follow-up to 1994's White
House meetings on Sustainable Development

[We need (1) prayers, (2) presence, and (3) financial support.
Please keep the events and their intention, to be One People in
Prayer, in your prayers and thoughts. If possible, plan to come to
Washington, D.C. Finally we ask for whatever financial support you
can provide. Thank you.]

For further information or to make tax-deductible and much needed
contributions contact:

> From The Circle, California 510-531-7527
(non-profit EIN- 93133148) bestar@aol.com

Wittenberg Center, New York 914-679-9764
wicar@aol.com

Sacred Life Assoc., Washington 206-432-5412
wingz@ix.netcom.com

Juanita Neconie, Washington, D.C. 301/208-1407
JNeconie@IHS.SSW.DHHS.GOV

Michele Lord, Santa Cruz, CA 408-335-4740
mosa@netcom.com

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"When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully
because we know the faces of our future generations are looking
up at us from beneath the ground. We never forget them."
-Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation
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Michele Lord mosa@netcom.com
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