FREEDOM TO STEWARD AND BE IN RIGHT

RELATIONSHIP WITH

THE LAND

FREE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE DESTRUCTION

WE ARE AIR.

 

DOWN EAST, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS.

FUTURE GENERATIONS DESERVE SEASONS

CLEAN WATER AND FRESH AIR.

IT'S AN ANCESTRAL PRACTICE TO GROW AND BE ONE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.

 

RED CLAY MAKES THE FRUIT TASTE SWEET.

WE DESERVE TO THRIVE WHERE WE LIVE, DANCE, PLANT, PROTECT AND WALK

TOWARDS FREEDOM THAT ALLOWS US TO BECOME ENTWINED IN THE VINES OF LIFE.

 

WE THRIVE AS WE MOVE.

THE LIGHT SHINES, AND YOU FEEL THE BREEZE.

WATER SAVES US ON THE JOURNEY.

WE ARE WATER.

 

YOU DON'T LOSE INDIGENEITY IN 400 YEARS.YOU GO BACK TO THE DIRT, THE

ASH, AND FERTILIZATION FOR NEW SEEDS.

WE ARE LAND.

 

WE CONTINUE

WE MOVE AND BIRTH MORE SEEDS.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE INTERTWINED FATES OF INDIGENOUS AND BLACK

PEOPLES AND RECOGNIZE THE HERITAGE AND ANCESTRY THAT WE SHARE.

 

THERE CAN BE NO JUSTICE AND LIBERATION WITHOUT RETURNING THIS LAND TO ITS RIGHTFUL INDIGENOUS CARETAKERS. WE NEED TO TAKE OUR LAND BACK FROM THE CORPORATIONS WHO STEAL OUR HOMES AND KICK US OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, STARTING TODAY, WE WILL JOIN THE FIGHT TO BE IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND, ONE PLOT AT A TIME.

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GODS
HAND CUT PAPER COLLAGE
2021
CLARENCE HEYWRAD

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