Maria of...Healcrest Urban Community Farm's Interests
General
Reggae, Herbs, Doulas, Educating Iself , Growing Food, making herbal medicines and skin products, growing food with the youth, remembering the good times with my mother (Love you always mama), making clothes, creating mix CDs, cooking, making love, supporting healthy babies, dancing.
Music
RasTafari
REGGAE (Midnite, Buju Banton, Dezarie, Sister Carol, Fantan Mojah, Capleton,Sizzla and on and on Bless Up!)
Political, Underground and Local(Pittsburgh) Hip-Hop (Dead Prez, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, KRSOne, NAS, Alixa+Naima, Saul William, Liberation Family, HandsDown)
Vocals of Life and Love (BeLove,Ricardo Robinson, Anthony Hamilton, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Cat Stevens, Lauryn Hill)
Movies
Movies about the future spiritual and social revolution or Sci-Fi political fantasy
Television
If I had it I would use it solely to EDUTAIN myself.
Books
Reading...
History of Israel
Sarah - Women of Genesis by Orson Scott Card
Abolition Democracy by Angela Davis
The Web that Has no Weaver (been reading this for years)
Clinical Herbalism by David Hoffman
The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram
Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin
Heroes
My family's recent heritage is Italian but my culture is Jah - I am a spiritual woman who give thanks daily to the Creator through Roots Reggae meditation and the guided practice of Kundalini. The League of Nations disrespected Ethiopa and Haile Selassie I by watching as Italy marched in its troops - because under their false comraderie they wanted to ensure that all of Africa was colonialized by Europe. It is a blemish on the rich culture of Italy and I do not worship at the steps of the Vatican which destroyed so much of indigenous culture. But I am a child of God and so a daughter of the Tribes of Israel, once nomadic wanderers of desert lands and forIver kings and queens of a Blessed earth culture, traveling through time on the bloodline of those living with and of Jah Divine Creator.
Maria of...Healcrest Urban Community Farm's Details
Maria of...Healcrest Urban Community Farm's Blurbs
About me: Urban Renegade Farmer. Rasta Sacred Womban Healer. Reclaiming land in Pittsburgh's East End. Growing Food with and for our communities of color. Soldier fighting for Equity in our food system. Working to get food out of systems and back into our hands. It is the Power of people to feed themselves, freedom to live our sacred culture.
Check out these informative sites:
www.foodsecurity.org
www.growingpower.org
www.growpittsburgh.org
www.thefoodproject.org
Working with mothers of all backgrounds to bring healthy babies into this world. Doula is ancient Greek word for "woman's assistant". Support for expecting mothers, healthy babies - Jah Bless! Creating sacred culture with Ital food and womban support.
Who I'd like to meet: The organization or individual that will help fund our grassroots urban agriculture/food security project in Garfield.
Blessed lover, sacred dancer, healing energy bringer, seed sower, spiritual family, business partner and fearless friend. Jah Bless!
Everyone with irie vibes, Jah love, and sacred culture.
Rastafari greetings, and highest blessings to di I. Thanks for the utterances, and yes InI have fi reason soon. Di Empress in di area? yu dun know, jus link-up. Rastafari guidance and protection always. Asher
Yeah since my boyfriend is vegetarian, he loved eating the udipi at the Cleveland Gurudwara. Most of the Sikhs in Ohio are vegetarian. Although the only India restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh called India Palace is owned by a Sikh family and they serve meat and it's good. I was vegetarian for many years, but after I found out I have Type O negative blood I went back to eating meat. I hope to see you soon! Sat Nam.
I miss you!! Did ya see my bulletin from today? I started to take Punjabi language classes at the Guru Gobind Singh Gurugwara in Cleveland. The Kundalini Yoga classes out here are a joke. When I have a car again, I'm going to drive down to Pgh every other week on wednesday night. We're so lucky to have Jivan Mukta!! Love ya xoxoxo PK
