Healing

MEDITATION FOR EMOTIONAL HEALTH (VIA ZOOM) AUGUST 5 Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Facilitator: Sarah Hennessey, FSPA Investment: Free (online donations may

MEDITATION FOR EMOTIONAL HEALTH (VIA ZOOM) JULY 8 Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Facilitator: Sarah Hennessey, FSPA Investment: Free (online donations may

In her poignant memoir “Watershed”, Ranea Lenor Hanson points out that Minnesota is an apex whose rivers flow north to Hudson Bay, east through the Great Lakes, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. I rather enjoy the concept of our state being central to three directions. For me, it is a reminder that wherever you are in our state, there are three places you can flow.

Why the land? Because Mother Earth can hold it.

The sex education that youth are typically taught in schools is not comprehensive. It often focuses on abstinence only, which

Taking breaths, pushing through mistakes — the process of creating beauty out of mistakes and never throwing anything away was so important. I am quite emotional writing this. I am realizing how therapeutic that process was for me.

There are several community healing spaces available this week

“For those who have exited trafficking, their biggest need is to rebuild a sense of belonging and identity within their community.”

“To fix over 500 years of trauma and its impact, we need everyone.”

Policies are good, but educating about the perception of Native women in society needs to happen.

I joined the Minnesota Safe Harbor system as a navigator, which makes me feel like I can help change the lives of our vulnerable populations on a larger scale.

The state has been “headed in the same direction for 162 years. Trying to turn the ship is a tall order, but we are in a moment where we have to get it done. If folks are not willing to be in that work with us, then they just have to get out of the way.”