Join Thrive East Bay on Sunday, November 5th for Revering the Mystery, Healing our Relations with guest speaker & healer Carla M. Pérez, guest poet & elder Rafael Jesüs González, guest artist & singer Far I Shields, and the heart-opening Thrive Choir.
As we work to transform the root causes of rising social injustices and
climate destabilization, how can we be guided by a deeper relationship
with the Mystery and bring healing to the center of our movements for
collective liberation?
Guest Speaker: Carla M. Pérez
is a dedicated mother and community organizer of Native Mezo American
and Spanish heritage residing in Oakland, California. She has worked on
issues of social & environmental justice, sustainable agriculture
and permaculture with community groups from Yucatán, Mexico to Bay Area
environmental justice communities including Richmond, East Oakland and
Southeast San Francisco. Carla joined Movement Generation in 2007 as a
Planning Committee member and co-founder of the Justice & Ecology
Project. Today, as a member of the MG collective, Carla leads MG’s
Resiliency and Permaculture work, including the Earth Skills Training
Program. She is also the founder of the Healing Clinic Collective,
an autonomous project housed within MG which offers free traditional,
non-industrial healing to some of the most vulnerable populations in the
Bay Area. Carla actively organizes in her neighborhood to build
neighborhood relationships and security and fight gentrification, as
well as within her spiritual community. Carla’s hard work is done in
dedication to her family and to the Spirit of Creation.
Guest Poet: Rafael Jesús González,
Prof. Emeritus of literature and creative writing, was born (10/10/35)
and raised biculturally/bilingually in El Paso, Texas/Cd. Juárez,
Chihuahua. He taught at University of Oregon, Western State Collage of
Colorado, Central Washington State University, University of Texas El
Paso (Visiting Professor of Philosophy), and Laney College, Oakland,
California where he founded the Dept. of Mexican & Latin-American
Studies. Also a visual artist, he has exhibited in the Oakland Museum of
California, the Mexican Museum of San Francisco, Charles Ellis Museum
of Art, Milwaukee, and others. He currently has an installation in the
Oakland Museum of California's Día de Muertos exhibit (10/18/17 -
1/14/18). His collection of poems El Hacedor De Juegos/The Maker of
Games (1977-78) had two printings; his collection La musa lunática/The
Lunatic Muse was published in 2009. Nominated thrice for a Pushcart
prize, he was honored by the National Council of Teachers of English and
Annenberg CPB for his writing in 2003. In 2017 he was named Poet
Laureate of the City of Berkeley.
Guest Artist: Far I Shields
is a musician, artist and author for global transformation who has been
providing musical performances since the age of 7. Raising the
consciousness of human beings on the planet is the number one goal of
Far I. Each song, painting and book can be used as a vehicle for the
viewer and listener to enter and transport to their higher selves or a
higher state of consciousness. In 2007 Far I was exposed to the green
movement. A vegan since 1983, Far I was still not directly connected to
the environmental issues and organizations working to educate and offer
alternatives. In 2009, Far I founded a healthy cleaning company called
Green Carpet Clean and the world of green activity was fully activated.
The music of Far I Shields is designed to make you feel good, make you
feel hopeful, make you feel empowered, make you feel uplifted, and make
you regain your seat of power in your own life.
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When: Sunday, November 5th
4 - 6pm (please arrive on time!)
Food & Connecting from 6 - 7pm
Where: the Community Hall at First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
(This venue is wheelchair accessible and walkable from the 19th Street Bart station.)
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