Hope & Healing with Water

Meet and greet plant relatives and follow their lead as we engage in some writing. Listening to our plant relatives can encourage hope and invite healing. Together we will create space to breathe and write in community to compose our own narratives. Join us to enjoy Indigenous food & sink into nurturing community connections.

Following a plant walk with Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ, we will continue with a meditative walk, then quilting our observations together into a story or poem. Journals and pens will be provided. Meet at Como Lake, just past Pavilion near the new Dakota signage (northwest side of lake).

Anna Reid is a practitioner of radical hope, the mother of two adult sons, and the auntie to many. She is a high school English and journalism teacher, a textile artist and instructor. Over the past 20+ years, Anna has expanded her classroom to the waterways, gardens, parks, and theater spaces of the Twin Cities. She draws from her Ojibwe, Dakota, and Swedish heritage to slow down and notice the teachings right in front of us. She finds healing and hope through listening to the teachings of our plant relatives. Anna is a Nibi walker, currently preparing for an elongated ceremonial walk along Ȟaȟá Wakpá (Mississippi River) from the Gulf of Mexico to the headwaters led by Sharon Day.

Please make sure to bring your water bottles and dress for the weather. We will meet everyone at the Como Lake Pavilion .

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