News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Monday December 22nd 2025
The Tree of Peace, Tree of Life, Tree for the Future Ceremony
BY NIBI WALK, PANGEA WORLD THEATER, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TASK FORCE [1335 E 23RD ST., PHILLIPS COMMUNITY– VENTURA VILLAGE, MINNAPOLIS] IN COLLABORATION WITH SHARON DAY, ON THE MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL STEPS SUNDAY OCTOBER 11, 2020, WAS AN INCREDIBLE PREFACE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 2020 THE NEXT DAY.Â
The Tree of Peace, Tree of Life, Tree for the Future Ceremony
BY NIBI WALK, PANGEA WORLD THEATER, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TASK FORCE [1335 E 23RD ST., PHILLIPS COMMUNITY– VENTURA VILLAGE, MINNAPOLIS] IN COLLABORATION WITH SHARON DAY,
ON THE MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL STEPS SUNDAY OCTOBER 11, 2020, WAS AN INCREDIBLE PREFACE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 2020 THE NEXT DAY.Â
Sunday October 11, 2020 one day before Indigenous Day 2020.
Over the last few months, many people have responded to Sharon Day”™s invitation to send their messages to future generations. From a place of deep love, the purest truth, and with hope, people created leaves with their messages to be part of the Tree of Peace, Tree of Life, Tree for the Future. People from all over Turtle Island contributed to this large scale sculpture. The tree was raised with the wish that our leaders enact policies that reflect our prayers that everyone be able to live a good life. … Read the rest “The Tree of Peace, Tree of Life, Tree for the Future Ceremony”
Looking Forward
Peace House Community”“A Place to BelongÂ
By MARTI MALTBYÂ
A recent email from HousingLink, a local nonprofit that works on low income housing issues, contained links to news articles with depressing titles like:
â— “Elderly and homeless: America”™s next housing crisis”
â— “New report shows Minnesota LGBTQ teens and adults overrepresented in homeless population”
â— “Homeless and facing winter in Minneapolis”
â— “Homeless families struggle with impossible choices as school closures continue”
â— “Homeless advocates blame Minneapolis”™ continued lack of affordable housing for ”˜Wall of Forgotten Natives”™ resurgence”
â— “Neighbors object to Ramsey County plan to convert St. Paul hospital into a homeless shelter”
While I try to find positive things to pass on to others, especially during this convergence or homelessness, covid, increasing mental health challenges, and an impending end to the eviction moratorium (a news story that didn”™t even make HousingLink”™s email), at some point I need to face the fact that life sucks for a lot of people, and it is about to get worse. Some of you reading this know this far better than me because the headlines are speaking about you, or about your friends and neighbors.
The United States has had a homeless crisis since at least the 1980s.… Read the rest “Looking Forward”
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