I was Blessed to facilitate a retreat for allgo’s ROOTED: Queer Writer’s Group at Alma de Mujer last weekend. Alma is a project of The Indigenous Women’s Network. I hadn’t been to Alma since my dear buddy/mentor/sista-the baddass sculpter/activist Marsha Ann Gomez was caretaker of Alma. That was back when Genevieve Vaughan the brilliant feminist behind the The Gift Giving Economy (which is dedicated to shifting to a woman based economy as a means for social change) owned Alma. I was excited to experience pure Joy and Wonder Being on the land again…Here is a photo Marsha’s Madre del Mundo which now sits in tribute to Marsha at Alma

The first life-size Madre del Mundo was placed on Western Shoshone Land, across from a missile testing site in Nevada, as a protest of what was being done to the land. Click HERE to find our more about Marsha and the Madre

Maria Limon, Antonio Lopez and I were surprised but delighted when we realized that we are elders now/kinda…

Antonio used to be the main cook when Marsha was there….and mannomann can he throw down! Antonio is now the caretaker for Alma. Call him about booking 512.258-3880. It really is quite beautiful.

Alma is a center for social change. There are several cabins/it sleeps a total of 27 people
but there is space for MANY more to camp out.

Here are the beautiful amazing ROOTED: Queer Writers with the Madre:

Standing L to R:
Senalka McDonald, Samiya Bashir, Me, Matt Richardson. Maria Limon
Sitting L to R:Jennifer Margulies, Wura Ogunji, Ana-Maurine Lara, Cheryl Coward, Anel Flores Not pictured: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano

*Anel took some of these photos and I took some.