Every Step is a Prayer at Cara Mía Theatre

Cara Ma Theatres Mellon Playwright in Residence Virginia Grise presents Talleres for Dreaming: Episode 4 livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network on Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 7 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5).Every Step is a Prayer: An Interview with Sharon Day and Chas Jewett facilitated by Priscilla Solis YbarraEpisode 4 of Da Grove: Un Taller for DreamingI dream a world where the birds sing and the seasons change and the land, water, and wind are free and where reciprocitynot competitionis the value that structures our relations. -Priscilla Solis YbarraIn this interview, Dr. Priscilla Solis Ybarra (author of Writing the Goodlife: Mexican American Literature and the Environment) talks to Ojibwe Water Woman Sharon Day, founder of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force, and organizer Chas Jewett, a Mni Coujou Lakota enrolled in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. As an environmental activist, Sharon has led 20 plus Water Walks since 2011, walking over 10,000 miles along the waterways of North America to offer prayers for the rivers. These extended ceremonies have occurred along the banks of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Cuyahoga, and Salt rivers. Her play, We Will Do It for the Water, produced by Pangea World Theater, weaves songs and prayers into a historical reflection of 10 years of water protection, from the Coldwater Spring in the Twin Cities to Standing Rock in North Dakota. Building on her fathers and grandfathers generations of political actions, Chas was at Oceti Sakowin camp at Standing Rock and shared her story in We Will Do It for the Water. In the last episode of this series, Priscilla, Sharon and Chas will discuss indiugeous art practice and how body, mind, and spirit can become whole through time-honored Indigenous culture and practice.