[Viva] grief and loss / positive gathering

[Margarite Sanchez]

I'm so sorry Tami,
Your brother was so young, that is very sad.
Thanks for sharing your loss and for letting us know - I always think that
a close community shares the hard times as well as the happy times.

Just so you know- one of the most powerful sessions at the Poz Gathering
(from my perspective) was the Saturday morning plenary; a discussion and
viewing of the film "A Mile in Our Moccasins" created by empowered
Indigenous youth. It gave me hope for the future.

Much love,
Margarite





On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 8:27 AM, shelly tognazzini <shetognazzini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Tami,
> My heart goes out to you and your family, so sorry for your loss. You
> energy and spirit was missed and noted by many. Be gentle with your heart,
> and kind to your soul. You a formidable force in all that you do, thank for
> continuing the fight for those who cannot for themselves. In the spirit of
> dance, rejuvenation and transformation, I wish you well my dear. You are a
> trail blazer,
> Kindest regards, Shelly T
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 10:24 PM Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> tansi/hello peoples,
>>
>> strange time of year.
>> it was 7 years ago almost to the day my mother passed away from a massive
>> heart attack up on treaty 6 territory. our family is from treaty 1,
>> originally..
>>
>> 2 weeks ago my brother passed away from a heart attack up on treaty 6.
>> spent a week sorting through his life.
>> biggest challenge in a longtime for me.
>> thankfully my partner had a chance to come with me and support me and my
>> family through this time.
>>
>> my brother rob was 55.
>>
>> due to stress, grief and loss, i had to cancel the decolonize /
>> anti-oppression-intersectionality workshop for the 2018 positive
>> gathering. also was not too thrilled with the lack of focus on the more
>> marginalized positive people like myself. 2 spirited, low income, non
>> cisgender and so on.
>>
>> here is our new page to work locally, supporting our national and
>> international work of intersectionality.
>> https://www.facebook.com/TheAntiOppressionNetworkUncededCoastSalish/
>>
>> Also here is a youcaring page - better than go fund me - regarding my
>> brothers passing.
>>
>> https://www.youcaring.com/tamistarlight-1149990
>>
>> i trust you had an interesting and inspiring weekend - all.
>>
>> be well
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hiy Hiy/Thank you/Merci
>> *Tami M. Starlight*
>> Unceded Coast Salish Territory
>> Vancouver, Canada
>> tamistarlight at gmail.com
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/TheAntiONetwork
>>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/TheAntiONetwork>http://theantioppressionnetwor
>> k.wordpress.com
>>
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