Spread the Word!! BMIS Bake Sale Event!!
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know that we will be having a bake sale and donation collection in support
of the traditional people of Black Mesa.
WHERE:
North City Market
(3130 Main Ave, Durango CO 81301)
WHEN:
Wednesday, Nov. 16th, from 3 to 7pm.
HOW:
Drop off baked goods between Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 1135 Florida
Rd. Apt. B24, Durango, CO 81301. Please call 847-334-7212 for details
about dropping off food. If you can't drop off baked goods before the
sale, feel free to drop them off at our table during the sale.
WHY:
We are Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS), a volunteer-based
organization whose mission is to support the indigenous peoples of Black
Mesa, AZ who are in their fourth decade of protecting their communities,
ancestral homelands, and future generations from massive coal mining
operations & forced relocation policies. In the 30+ years of disastrous
operations, Dineh and Hopi communities in Arizona have been ravaged by
Peabody Energy’s coal mines. As a result of the massive mining operation,
over 14,000 people have been forcibly relocated from their ancestral
homelands. This constitutes the largest relocation of Indigenous people in
this country since the Trail of Tears in 1883, and it is ongoing today.
For more info visit http://www.blackmesais.org
This fall we will join in a convergence at Black Mesa to aid the
traditional families in preparing for the winter. We are generating funds
to help us get to the land and to give to those families living in
resistance. As volunteers we will spend the days working hard to make a
lot happen- hauling and chopping wood, sheep herding, cleaning and
repairing sheep corrals, among other things. We expect about one hundred
volunteers and will be distributing food and donations to hundreds of
families. It takes a lot to support these volunteers and families during
Thanksgiving week.
We would love your support in this! Please consider baking an item for us
to sell during our bake sale, or drop by the bake sale and give a monetary
donation. At our bake sale we will also be collecting food and supplies
donations. So dig down into your pockets and cupboards and see what you've
got to spare. We're thankful for it all!
We are looking for donations in the form of money, or food (teas,
potatoes, oats, beans, brown rice, peanut butter, white flour, blue
cornmeal, baking powder, grains, oil, canned foods, fruit & vegetables,
dried milk, coffee, herbal teas, fresh vegetables & fruits, dry foods,
nuts, etc. Organic whenever possible).
We would greatly appreciate if you would further our efforts to support
the resisting communities of Black Mesa. Your help with our event would go
a long way to making the supply run successful. Your contribution goes
towards a shift that recognizes our collective humanity and our joint
dependence on the Earth.
Durango BMIS
Duran...@riseup.net