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2008
Northeast Grassroots Community Herbal Convergence
October 3rd-5th
This year's
Convergence will be held at Earthfire Farm in Ashfield, MA
The Community Herbal
Convergence is an annual bioregional gathering co-created by herbalists
and activists. We are committed to accessibility, diversity, equality,
and sustainability within the fields of Clinical and Community
Herbalism, and Herbal Education. The convergence is a celebration of
honoring ancient roots and new traditions. With our elders, teachers,
and plants as guides, we envision healthcare that moves beyond racism,
classism, homophobia, sexism, cultural appropriation, environmental
degradation, and the corporate takeover of herbal medicine. This
gathering is a space for creativity, sharing, education, gratitude,
inquiry, healing, and empowerment. Our intention is to support and
nourish diverse, inclusive, and reciprocal healthcare networks in the
Northeast.
Some
news about the upcoming Community Herbal Convergence... This year's
Convergence will no doubt be a blast!
And once again we will be having a fun *Barter Fair and Radherb
Raffle*. So this is a call to invite you to bring goodies and gifts
for both!
*The Barter Fair* is a great chance to trade, barter and sell your
homemade products and goods. In the past, it has been a hoppin'
market, with homemade tinctures, vinegars, salves, cordials, oils,
and other medicines as well as handcrafted hats, knitted mittens and
scarves, necklaces, books, and the like. This year you will also be
able to bring bulk herbs and live plants to the Barter Fair. But, be
creative! Bring the goodies that you love to make and share...
* The
Raffle *will be exciting this year too. We are still collecting
Raffle items and thought we should ask all of you if you have
anything you'd like to contribute. If there is anything you would
like to donate to the Raffle, such as something you will be bringing
to barter at the Fair, we would be really excited to raffle it off
in a basket. So keep that in mind as you get ready for the
Convergence. And if you wouldn't mind, let us know as soon as you
can if you plan to contribute to the raffle, that way we can plan
the raffle baskets before the convergence.
Thanks
so much! We look forward to the good times together and wish you
well.... The Radherb organizing crew
See
<http://www.radherb.org/> for more
info!
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