Here I am basking in the joy of community as we build a sweat lodge together. Due to the pandemic, It's been a long time since we've gathered like this & I'm looking forward to being blessed by these gatherings again. These days I'm dreaming of heading out to the fresh air & open skies of New Mexico. In early Fall 2021 I did just that. It was blissful connecting with the land & dreaming of a new life. A quieter setting. A place to rest deeply & practice my medicine. I'm calling this home/land in. For myself & for my community. My vision is that this home/land will never be sold again. It will be freely given to me & then another Two Spirit on the Red Road who, like me, chooses to follow their heart & brings that medicine, heart medicine grounded in indigenous ways, to help uplift other Two Spirit/QTBIPOC relatives. And just like that, this home/land will be given freely again & again creating a cycle of love, generosity & healing.
This home/land will serve as a community ceremonial space. To start with, I see this home/land being used for Two Spirit/QTBIPOC vision quest ceremonies, which are profoundly healing & I am trained in how to conduct them. As an avid gardener, I also envision a medicinal garden that will provide free medicine distributions within our community. The home/land would also invite other Two Spirit/QTBIPOC healers to come & share their medicine with our communities. In addition, we would be certain to cultivate good relations with our local indigenous relatives by making a ceremonial offering, asking permission & sharing nourishment together.
I need help to make this sacred vision a reality. Due to student loans & medical bills that were accumulated during a time when I didn't have health insurance & was hit with illness, my credit score is too low to qualify for a loan. That's why I'm reaching out. I do have one supporter who has promised up to 20k toward this project & that's a very good start!! I'm also blessed in that I have a realtor friend helping me who is someone I know from ceremony so I know the prayer is being guided in a good way by her. She is suggesting that I purchase land first & have a mobile home placed on it. This does seem to be the most cost effective & as of March 2022, I am ramping up the search & the fundraising for this. My hope is that the land will be manifested & ready for ceremony starting in the Spring of 2023!
Can you help? All contributions towards this project are greatly appreciated!! As stated above, this land will NEVER be sold again! Papers will be written up so that at the time that I should cross over, this land will be given freely to another Two Spirit/QTBIPOC relative who can carry on this healing project. Your contribution will continue to have ripple effects for the Two Spirit/QTBIPOC community for generations to come. Also, there will be a special ceremony held on the land for those who contribute!
.
Please take a few minutes to view this short "work sample" that I created for a grant that a project, which I co-founded, Spirit Root Medicine People: Indigenous Two Spirit Lifeways recently applied for. It's a good example of the work I'll be doing on the Home/Land. BTW, we won that grant & are guaranteed funding for the next two years! ✨✨✨✨✨
This home/land will serve as a community ceremonial space. To start with, I see this home/land being used for Two Spirit/QTBIPOC vision quest ceremonies, which are profoundly healing & I am trained in how to conduct them. As an avid gardener, I also envision a medicinal garden that will provide free medicine distributions within our community. The home/land would also invite other Two Spirit/QTBIPOC healers to come & share their medicine with our communities. In addition, we would be certain to cultivate good relations with our local indigenous relatives by making a ceremonial offering, asking permission & sharing nourishment together.
I need help to make this sacred vision a reality. Due to student loans & medical bills that were accumulated during a time when I didn't have health insurance & was hit with illness, my credit score is too low to qualify for a loan. That's why I'm reaching out. I do have one supporter who has promised up to 20k toward this project & that's a very good start!! I'm also blessed in that I have a realtor friend helping me who is someone I know from ceremony so I know the prayer is being guided in a good way by her. She is suggesting that I purchase land first & have a mobile home placed on it. This does seem to be the most cost effective & as of March 2022, I am ramping up the search & the fundraising for this. My hope is that the land will be manifested & ready for ceremony starting in the Spring of 2023!
Can you help? All contributions towards this project are greatly appreciated!! As stated above, this land will NEVER be sold again! Papers will be written up so that at the time that I should cross over, this land will be given freely to another Two Spirit/QTBIPOC relative who can carry on this healing project. Your contribution will continue to have ripple effects for the Two Spirit/QTBIPOC community for generations to come. Also, there will be a special ceremony held on the land for those who contribute!
.
Please take a few minutes to view this short "work sample" that I created for a grant that a project, which I co-founded, Spirit Root Medicine People: Indigenous Two Spirit Lifeways recently applied for. It's a good example of the work I'll be doing on the Home/Land. BTW, we won that grant & are guaranteed funding for the next two years! ✨✨✨✨✨
BONUS: Documentary on LGBTQ youth that my 20 year old self is featured in. This film is a testament to why the work I'm doing with the Two Spirit/QTBIPOC community is essential. It was 6 years after this film was made that ceremony found me & made me the person I am today. Every Two Spirit/QTBIPOC deserves this opportunity to heal in community & reclaim their rightful place in the circle of life.
Would you like to make a contribution?💚 Venmo: @RaheNi-Gonzalez PayPal: raheni13@gmail.com For large contributions requiring a transfer, find me on Chime at $Ra-Gonzalez-22 or please contact me.
