GRAND MÄ OFFERING

Taking place around Earth Day, Grand Mä Offering: A Circle of Support is a two-day online free fundraising event, from April 23-24th, with the participation of founding members of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, their families and special guests.

Grand Mä Offering will give us a rare opportunity to go deeper into the mission that each of the Grandmothers’ have committed their lives to. During this event, the Grandmothers and special guests will share and present projects and causes that are close to their hearts. We will learn and experience first hand the importance of these projects and their relationship with it.

It is an important moment in time that we begin to return to the ways of giving and receiving as a natural part of our circle of life. Grand Mä Offering is a free online event for the continuation and preservation of the wisdom and knowledge of our dear elders and in return providing them with resources to sustain their projects and organizations.

As we continue to grow as a community we have the opportunity to receive guidance from our beloved elders and with that the responsibility to support them. At this time we are also creating the Grandmothers’ Essential Needs Fund which will provide direct assistance to their households, helping with the impact of the continued pandemic. Donations will be collected and distributed evenly among all the Grandmothers of the Council.

Join us as we continue to build a circle of prayer and support for our beloved elders, their mission and charities.

Event Schedule & Video Links

DAY 1
Opening
Grandmother/Unci Rita Long Visitor Holly Dance
Grandmothers’ Essential Needs Fund
Session 1
Grandmother Mona Polacca and CharlesEtta Sutton
A Women’s Healing Journey
Session 2
Antoinette Rebienot and the Oyenano Village Grandmothers
Oyenano Village
Session 3
Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire and Júlia Freire de Medeiros
Amazon Flowers Blooming All Around The World
Session 4 & Closing Prayer
Loretta Afraid of Bear, Dr. Henrietta Mann
Afraid Of Bear - American Horse Tiospaye

DAY 2
Opening Prayer/Blessing
Grandmother Aama Bombo and her granddaughter Priti Lama
Grandmother Aama Bombo Life Legacy Fund
Session 1
Gelek and Mimi Gyaltong, and Tsering Dolma
Tibetan Children’s Village
Session 2
Marisol Villanueva and Molly Suggs
Grandmothers Wisdom Project
Session 3
Grandmother Clara Shinobu Iura and Isabel Facchini Barsé
Santa Casa De Cura
Session 4 & Closing Prayer
Grandmother Flordemayo and Lee-Ann Hill, Jesuita Natalia Pineda Casimiro
The Path