Minnesota / Wisconsin Gathering 2019

For those of you who want to help people impacted by Hurricane Florence, we have a Rainbow related relief effort moving into position.  If you want to help or just learn more, visit United Peace Relief . The FFRE Kitchen is the current incarnation of the relief efforts that started with Hurricane Katrina in New Waveland, Mississippi. If you haven't heard of the New Waveland Cafe, check out these links MSNBC Article "The un-organization" Read peoples' own perspectives of the New Waveland Cafe Or watch this video

Just an FYI, no one speaks for the gathering and there are as many different opinions as there are gatherers. Six years ago, a gatherer did a training for those new to the gathering. This is the video tape of that training called Rainbow Gathering 101 .

How to focalize what you want to see at the gathering. Depending on what you what to focalize, you will have to arrive early. If you want to focalize an art camp, probably arriving a few days after the solstice will work, but if you want to focalize something that requires prime real estate (main boggie pit, handicamp, CALM, etc) you will probably need to land on site within a few days of the site being known. This doesn't mean you have to do all the work yourself, but you n eed to be the person who is there, holding space, talking to everyone and anyone about your vision, making signs to gather workers to help you build your vision, etc. The focalizer is the person who communicates the need. If others agree with the need or you can convince others of the need, then people will join you in manifesting your vision. If no one else agrees, or they think their are more pressing needs, they will go do other things. From WelcomeHome.org "We don't have leader