About this Event
The Day of Mourning for our Native Peoples is coming. We want to help uplift, celebrate and acknowledge the contributions all the tribal groups have made to our lives as a community and in our own family lineages. We come together to show that we are still her! These First Nations have not been erased from history. They live in us and in our colors we will express our joy, our sorrows and our commitmen to Mother Earth! Come prepare for the Day of Mourning with us with a day of celebration, resilience and remembrance. Share your stories of victory and courage as the struggles of Native peoples continue to inspire all people around the world. 🙏🏾
Agenda
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
OPENING CEREMONY
Host: Iya Keturah
Info: We will start with a traditional ancestral prayers and libation to invite our collective ancestors Indigenous and African , to join us in the celebration before we start. There will be an acknowledgment of elders in the room and permission from them will be asked to proceed with opening the event as per our culture. We will invite people to place their ancestor offerings on a community table. Candles, liquor, fruit, harvest items, white flowers and photos of beloved ones past will all be acceptable. We will teach and learn a traditional song and invite our ancestors Indigenous and African to join us. Upon confirmation from spirit that they accept our offerings, the ceremony will begin.
🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:30 PM
THE VENDOR EXPERIENCE
Host: Multiple Vendors
Info: There will be a premier core of vendors who will be on theme and prepared to offer a spirit led experience to enjoy the diasporic culture of Indigenous and African people. Our food, colorful adornments, music making and socializing are all influenced by the cultures that make us who we are. Experience the 3 Sisters cuisine! Purchase a dream catcher with your tribes special colors. Enjoy the Earthy aromatherapy of mother and father sage. Feel the balance and grounding of the room as we prepare for the feature artist!
🕑: 08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
ELDER STORY TELLING TIME
Info: Enjoy the ethereal and healing sounds of vocalist and traditional healer,
🕑: 09:00 PM - 09:30 PM
FEATURED VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTISTS
Info: Our stage will be dressed with the amazing photography and mixed media artistry of Success the Artist This will provide an important frame to our ethereal and healing performing art feature……. Together they will create a transcendent experience for hearts and minds to connect to the merge of complex emotions involved in this event. We make space for joy and laughter, awe and tears as we uplift and remember our people.
🕑: 09:30 PM - 10:00 AM
ORIGINAL WORK ONLY OPEN MIC & HEALING CIRCLE
Host: EVERYONE CALLED
Info: ALL ARE WELCOME! Poems, meditations, true stories of the past and hopes for the future! Share your visions with us.
🕑: 10:00 PM - 10:30 PM
DRUM CIRCLE CLOSING
Host: EVERYONE CALLED
Info: If the evening moved you to share a sound of power from your heart with an instrument instead of your mouth, please come and share. We welcome you!
Event venue & nearby stays
Maryland Art Place, 218 West Saratoga St, Baltimore, United States
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