Because Environmental Justice is Justice, and Justice is for All

"everything is laid out for you. Your path is straight ahead of you. Sometimes it's invisible but it's there. You may not know where it's going, but still you have to follow that path. It's the path to the Creator. That's the only path there is."

--Leon Shenandoah, ONONDAGA
 
The days are long sometimes, and our hearts can be very heavy.
and we may feel like it is all in vain
but the night is just a break in the day
and the dawn brings the birds to song again
we have been silent for a while now in this darkness
but it is time to sing again.
 

I know that many of the people i know do not understand me. They think that I am a mother, and should act like one. But what is a mother, if not a protector? I have seen so many things now, too much suffering. I cannot go back now, my head keeps me awake at night thinking, of them, of you, of my kids, of our lives and what has happened. I am not a victim you see, I just am.
 
I never intended to put so much time and effort into this.  I never wanted anything. Most of the people I know who are involved in this, feel the same way. We were thrust into this fight. And it is a fight. Everytime I think that it isn't, they come out with some bullshit that is like a knife in my heart, or our own damn supposed representatives fire a bullet into the hearts of our people.

But it is not them. It is us. We let them do this. We let them keep their fingers around the stock of the weapons they use to destroy us. Our freedoms, our health, our image of our selves, our faith.
 
They have their bombs for us. Their race bombs, their politics bombs, their divisive bombs, their industry bombs, their religion bombs. Their bombs, not ours.
 
We cannot let this continue. Too many, TOO MANY, of our ancestors bled and wept for us, to let this continue. Too many, children have died because they put their profits over our lives.
 
Do you hear me?
 
Do you have courage?
 
How will you reconcile with yourself if you do not stand now for the protection of our being?
 
How will you face the One?
 
We are all here to remind each other that we are all here. NOW. In this time. How will we live it? What will our worth be?
 
Let us join you, and we will find a way to live. Because a life in the chains of ignorance, or apathy, or an unlived destiny - IS NO LIFE AT ALL.
 
Gulf Coast, and beyond, we want to hear from you, what you need from us. How can we help you? Please go here, now, and let us join you: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225471827482755
 
Updates will be given here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gulf-Change/229360920411954 and on the event wall, as info unfolds.