We are thankful we came to a common vision that the Global Centre for Indigenous Sciences and Ancestral Wisdom will be built in Lexington, Kentucky.
There are buildings and several hundred acres, in different portions, with differing advantages, that we will visit on Saturday. Thank you for your prayers and support.
The Global Centre will be Prayerfully and Ceremonially launched via Enlightening Our Way Together, December 11-22, 2020. The Global Centre Groundbreaking Ceremony is envisioned for Martin Luther King Day, January 18, 2021.
This day was chosen to honor, as well, Dr. King and His Vision. There has never been a greater ally and supporter of Indigenous Peoples, than Dr. King. In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. On this day we will remember a man who not only fought for the civil rights of African Americans but also advocated for the social equality of Native Americans.
Dr. King spent his life in pursuit of his goal that one day we may be judged not on the color of our skin but on the content of our character – and he championed equality for all people of color.
Dr. King’s actions aided Native Americans more than most of us know. He specifically advocated for the desegregation of Native Americans and inspired much of the modern-day advocacy for Native rights, including water rights and tribal sovereignty.
Many advocacy groups for tribes, such as the Native American Rights Fund, arose shortly after the era of Dr. King in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement.
King’s passion and dedication ultimately led to his untimely death, but his message continues to resonate for those who seek and support fair and just opportunities for all, despite their ethnicity or background. In his famous letter written from a Birmingham jail cell in 1963, Dr. King reflected on the definition of injustice and morality and desire for equal rights for all the oppressed:
“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shores, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. … We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its Indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade.”
Dr. Martin Luther King. 1963
With thanksgiving to Ms. Tristan Picotte
In building our Beloved Community, as envisioned by Dr. King and other great visionaries, the prophecied time has come for the Indigenous peoples of Africa and the Americas to come together, united in the natural laws and sacred teachings that are at the heart of our cultures and spiritual faiths.
To bring the Indigenous Sciences and Ancestral Wisdom of Africa and the Americas to heal together, to share stories of the long journey from the time when our ancestors lived together in harmony, to the Day that Shall Not is Followed by Night.
Have a bueatiful evening and day, every day!
