"Defend the Sacred" with Bold Appalachia

Defend the Sacred: A Celebration of Life, Land, and Water

Public is Invited   ·  Hosted by Bold Alliance and Bold Appalachia

Date and Time:  Saturday, June 10^th at 3 pm to 10 pm.

Location:  Elmwood Park, 706 S. Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA 24016

Description: The proposed Mountain Valley (MVP) and Atlantic Coast  (ACP) fracked gas pipelines threaten the land, water, and livelihoods of Appalachia. Communities all around Virginia and West Virginia are answering the call to stand for what is sacred. NOW is the time to act. This event serves to raise awareness of the risks, injustices, and alternatives to these proposed pipelines. Through dance, music, film, farm-to-table food, and much more we will celebrate community around respect for what is sacred: our land, our water, our being.

When: June 10th, 2017;  Times:  3:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Where: Elmwood Park (outdoor amphitheater), Roanoke VA

Music: Groova Scape; Seph Custer and the Papa Tom Band; Jordan Fallon; The Commons

Dance: Trail of Tears Intertribal Dance Troupe; Dance of Universal Peace; Delwin Fiddler – Native American Hoop Dancer

Speakers: Mekasi Horinek Camp, Floris White Bull, Landowners, Pipeline Fighters, Regional Poets, Local Faith Leaders and more….

Food and Beverage: Parkway Brewery, Foggy Ridge Cider, Peaks of Otter Winery, Longfin Grill Food Trailer, Viva la Cupcake, LEAP, potluck style (please bring your favorite dish!*)
*PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CUPS AND PLATES TO REDUCE WASTE! THANKS!

Children’s Activities: arts and crafts, group games, environmental education

Water Blessing — PLEASE bring a container of WATER from your home and/or land

Film: Screening of “AWAKE,” by Josh Fox

NOTE: In the days after: Seeds of Resistance/Sacred Ceremonies Tour begins on Bent Mountain the following day, Sunday (June 11th), and subsequent ceremonies and plantings throughout the week on lands directly on the proposed pipeline route or elsewhere as time permits.

Vendor Application Form: https://goo.gl/forms/FTSXNk5sGVZqlX4O2

Contact Information:
William Adams
email: willmadams@gmail.com
phone: 540-521-6995

Carolyn Reilly
email: carolyn@boldalliance.org
phone: 540-488-4358

QUOTATION: “To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe –to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it— is a wonder beyond words.”    ― Joanna Macy