An Invitation to Make a Difference
A circle opportunity for you, your children, youth, and young adults to co-create community and ‘Be the Ones.’ Addressing the need for HOPE.
WHAT: The 18th Annual Prayer Vigil for the Earth
TIME: All day starting Sunrise, Friday, Oct 9, 2010 through Monday, Oct 11, 2010
WHERE: Next to the Washington Monument at 15th Street and Constitution Ave NW
Everyone is invited: all families, people who love and enjoy the Earth, musical instruments, drums, meditation, prayer, dancing, ceremony, song, chanting, and healing.
Free to the public: Where the Native American tipis, Christian altar, Tibetan tent, Jewish Sukkoh, labyrinth, African traditions, and other religious and spiritual traditions gather in Circle.
We walk in prophetic times: In response, the 2010 Program will be co-created by the community and focus on:
formal and informal prayer
prayer around the fire
meditation & chanting
ceremonies
drums
music and dance
Sample Religious and Spiritual Traditions Offering Their Ways:
- First Nation’s Pipe Ceremonies & the Sacred Drum, Ojibwey, MN
- Turtle Women Rising and Kiya's (Grandmother's) Heartbeat Drum
- Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
- Jewish Sukkah & Music/Dance/Shofar, Amkolel, Rockville, MD
- Shumei America, Shinto Based Traditions, NY, CA, & CO
- Tibetan Buddhism, Kunzang Palyul Choling, Poolesville, Maryland
- Tibetan Meditation Center, Fredrick, MD
- Sufi, Osmanli Naks-i'bendi Hakkani Dergahi, Sidney Center, NY
- InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, DC
- Labyrinth, Pamela Ramadei, Crestone, CO
- All Colors Celebration Ceremony
- Taking a Stand Taking a Step, David Berry, Arlington, VA
Other Organizations and Individuals
One Common Unity, DC,Youth, Musical contributions and volunteers
Spring of Light, Fairfax, VA
United Religions Initiative, Monica Willard, PA
The Peacemakers Center, Minneapolis, MN
Positive Education, Mary Arpante, Cherokee
