Despite facing racism, poverty, and repeated incarceration in 1940s Colorado (United States), in the ‘No Dogs No Indians’ era, 19-year-old Eloy Martinez got two jobs and took custody of his younger siblings to prevent their being taken to Boarding Schools.
Little Bear shares how, in the foster system, he was told he was “white” and forbidden from asking questions about his identity, which was first revealed to him in prison, where being in a sweat lodge transformed his life.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson describes the importance that the Black Panther Party (BPP) placed on members educating themselves through extensive reading and how being part of the BPP felt like being part of a family, a family rooted in caring.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson shares what moved her to become a minister after leaving the Black Panther Party (BPP); in her ministry she preached community and caring for each other, much like what she learned from the BPP.
Ross Jackson shares why co-founded the Gaia Trust and the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) decades ago and the role he sees ecovillages playing now, and in the future, namely being an alternative to living within mainstream extractivist systems.
Mary Curtis Ratcliff talks about some of her adventures as one of the pioneers of the video collective, Videofreex, which documented the counterculture in the United States from 1969 to 1978, covering protests, movements, and music festivals.
I am a refugee. My parents fled our ancestral place in the DRC when I was 3 years old. But I still remember having good food and health and the warmth of family and community when we lived in Walungu.
