VETERANS RETREAT
Weaving our Stories: The Path Home, a veterans retreat, will be held from January 12th-January 14th in Joshua Tree, CA. During the retreat, Veterans, artists, and community elders will combine personal storytelling, myth, and tradition to find common ground. This retreat will be lead by Miguel Rivera, Elder Kim Marcus, Ben Dennis and Delores Mondragon. For more information on our facilitators please go to https://www.mil-tree.org/tapestries-of-transformation
This weekend long retreat will be an intimate and creative time with renown local storyteller Kim Marcus as he shares stories and rituals from the local Serrano and Cahuilla tribes who have called this home for countless generations. During our time together we will craft sacred objects such as a rattle or sacred arrow, as we participate in a variety of creative and meaningful activities. During the weekend retreat, each participant will also be invited to draw from their own life experience and imagination to share their own stories with our group. We will then consider how our individual efforts are connected as part of a larger tapestry; one of community, experience and creativity.
The goal is to hear, see, feel, and embrace the interconnectedness between each of us. We seek to recognize the importance of each story as an integral part of the larger community, and to be recognized by the community. We will then work to combine these efforts to understand our common journey as a people and to honor each individual journey as vital to establishing a shared home in this world.
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