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NW Radical Herbalists Gathering

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August 27 - 30, 2010
*Unceded Coast Salish territory on Vancouver Island, 'bc'.*
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*Y*ou are cordially invited to a gathering of Pacific North-West herbalists
and plant enthusiasts of an anarchist, anti-oppressive, and community-minded
persuasion. We are open to radical herbalists and plant nerds of all skill
levels to challenge, learn, and share.

*W*e are loosely organizing the gathering around skill shares, workshops,
discussion groups, group outings, and fun times! We would like to discuss
ways of collaborating regionally with other herbalists, sharing medicines
and resources, sharing knowledge, skills, and inspiration and figuring out
ways of supporting each other and our cross border, cross ocean
communities.

*A*s a growing number of radical herbalists emerge, we feel the need to
explore how our work as herbalists and plant lovers fits into the rest of
our resistance work and the work we are doing to build the world that we
want, especially in the face of main stream and regulatory herbalism. Please
bring your thoughts about this.

*I*f you would like to offer a workshop/ skill share or facilitate a
discussion, please email us with your ideas, just so we know we have some
bases covered. We will be camping so please come prepared to sleep outside.
There may be a possibility for some inside accommodation for those who need
it, please let us know ahead of time so we can work it out. For those of you
coming from south of the border, we suggest you take the ferry from Port
Angeles, the border crossing is much easier there and we will be arranging
car pools from Victoria.

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*S*ome workshops / facilitated discussions we'd like to see happen are:

- constitution
- cultural appropriation
- tongue/ pulse diagnosis
- pathology
- case studies
- plant attunement/ communication
- herbal medicine for trans folx
- connection with our bio region
- access to and sustainability of community projects
- clinical skills
- establishing healthy boundaries as a health practitioner
- plant profiles
- gender, class and race dynamics in practice and in the herbalist
community
- percolation/advanced medicine making
- make yer own perc cones
- colonization and herbal medicine
- the hi)her)story of herbalism in 'n, amerika'
- the intersection of food and medicine
- non-plant based medicine
- western herbs and TCM (in a nut shell)
- getting to know strong medicine plants of this area

let us know if you can facilitate any of these, and please offer any other
ideas you have!

And, it?s going to be blueberry season in the mountains during this
gathering, and we?re all hoping to fill our (and your) bellies!
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When: August 27th-30th ish 2010
Where: Mid-Vancouver Island

Feel free to forward this message to people that you know who may be
interested.

If you are interested in participating in this please contact Janette or
Philippa for additional information and details at widenightsky@gmail.com,
or call (250) 334-7334.