Last year my son died ...and then came back. I had just said goodbye to him at the restaurant he worked at and then left for Nova Scotia where I stayed for the whole month of August. I was there to shoot my By Her Roots series for RootsTelevision.Com. It took two days for me to get there. I called my mother when I arrived and found out that he was in an accident with his bike and now had his jaw wired shut. After frantically trying to get him through text and email I got him on the phone though he could barely talk. He had just been released from the hospital and told me he was fine, that it was just a fracture and that the wires would only be in for two weeks. His roommates were there with him and he had tons of protein shakes he would keep me updated and I was not to turn around and come back.
He lied. He didn't want me to cancel my long time dream of shooting this documentary. The truth was that he broke his jaw on both sides separating it from his skull. He had been lying for a long time in the halls of the hospital in excruciating pain and no one could understand him as he couldn't speak. Finally they took an x-ray and immediately operated on him. When he awoke he said he thought he was Neo in the Matrix..he couldn't open his mouth to speak and didn't know why... he was thrashing about in a panic.
I sent out a request for Blue Light through our prayer network, My Elder says bathing a subject in blue light is the best form of healing prayer as it does not interfere with their free will. Hundreds of people were sending him this light. I told everyone that it was just a fracture perpetuating the story he told me.
After I finished the video in Nova Scotia at the end of August, I went to New York to videotape the Youth For Human Rights Conference at the UN. The LCFHD had a few young people who were invited to speak and Grandmother wanted me to videotape it. At the end of that weekend i got some private time with her where she told me what actually happened to him and that he had actually died and she pulled him back. There had been some kind of discussion between him, her and some elders on the other side ..something like that. She said he knew something like that happened but he doesn't understand it.
I couldn't get back to Toronto fast enough, my wheels didn't hit the ground. When I got there i had to wait as he was in a meeting with some film people about a project they wanted him to be involved in....so i waited.... Finally I shared with him what Grandmother said and he said "so that's what happened" then he proceeded to tell me the whole story.
Just before I was preparing to go down to Ohio for this year's annual Sun Ceremony I found out about a new Filmaka contest for a 3 minute video about "the other side". I had about a half an hour to shoot this at the very end of a very packed and intense 10 days, then drove 10 hours home and had one evening to edit and upload it. I just found out it was not accepted in the entry level probably because most everyone else has a crew of professionals working on their videos. I am sooo going to resist entering anything again until I have a pro editor and cam op as I have been doing everything myself and I think it shows.
Anyway Now that it didn't make it in the contest I can post it. We want to share to help people lose their fear of death and come to the awareness that we are trapped light in physical form. We chose to experience form on this our Mother Earth, but it is not all that we are. My son and I both welcome your comments ...
Showing posts with label Youth for Human Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Youth for Human Rights. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, September 15, 2008
UN SPEAKERS/DELEGATES
There were several international organizations represented at this summit at the UN. From Monks to Activists and many impassioned speakers came a plea to the youth delegates representing their countries. More often than not the biggest issue raised was human trafficking and the sex trade especially when it came to the young of third world countries. Even though my friend Mary and I tried not to be in the way of the organizers as we never left our young wards, their initial resistance gave way as they all came to see that it was an extremely wise thing to do.
The actress Ann Archer founded the Artists for Human Rights as another non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to raise awareness of these 30 articles so they can be implemented and defended. Ms Archer headed a panel of speakers among them my favorite Jack Healey. Mr Healey was with Martin Luther King and helped organize the march on Washington in '63. For 12 years he was the Director for Amnesty International - U.S. and made it a household word. During those years he arranged 4 musical tours that included Sting, U2, Bruce Springstein and Peter Gabriel. He speaks like a lion and in a very strong voice he advised all the youths to become presidents of their countries so human rights will not have to be a struggle and something to strive for. He also was very passionate when relating how badly the Native Americans of this continent have been and are still being treated by our governments and shared with us that he has Cree blood and proud of it.
Here is a video on his life and the concerts he organized for human rights...
During a workshop held to assist the youth delegates to put a plan of action in place when they returned home, a young man shared his story. When he was 9 years old he awoke to the sound of guns in his small town in Africa. He fled with others on foot to the checkpoints at Sierre Leone where if you did not answer a question to their satisfaction..you were shot. At some point years later (I am going by my notes here) when he was able to find an internet connection there he googled human rights and read the Declaration and found out that Africa and many other countries all agreed to these articles, his shock was that they even existed. He then found the youth for human rights organization and has been inspiring people ever since.
The actress Ann Archer founded the Artists for Human Rights as another non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to raise awareness of these 30 articles so they can be implemented and defended. Ms Archer headed a panel of speakers among them my favorite Jack Healey. Mr Healey was with Martin Luther King and helped organize the march on Washington in '63. For 12 years he was the Director for Amnesty International - U.S. and made it a household word. During those years he arranged 4 musical tours that included Sting, U2, Bruce Springstein and Peter Gabriel. He speaks like a lion and in a very strong voice he advised all the youths to become presidents of their countries so human rights will not have to be a struggle and something to strive for. He also was very passionate when relating how badly the Native Americans of this continent have been and are still being treated by our governments and shared with us that he has Cree blood and proud of it.
Here is a video on his life and the concerts he organized for human rights...
During a workshop held to assist the youth delegates to put a plan of action in place when they returned home, a young man shared his story. When he was 9 years old he awoke to the sound of guns in his small town in Africa. He fled with others on foot to the checkpoints at Sierre Leone where if you did not answer a question to their satisfaction..you were shot. At some point years later (I am going by my notes here) when he was able to find an internet connection there he googled human rights and read the Declaration and found out that Africa and many other countries all agreed to these articles, his shock was that they even existed. He then found the youth for human rights organization and has been inspiring people ever since.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT & OUR HUMAN RIGHTS
"the destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities."... Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was already a member of the U.N.'s commission on Human Rights when the delegates voted her in as Chairperson. On December 10, 1948, after three years and thousands of hours of debates among the members, the men and women of the 46 nations of the U.N.'s General Assembly adopted The Universal Declaration For Human Rights.
Thirty Articles were assembled in the declaration to bring attention to the basic rights and freedoms of every human being in every country on our planet to promote dignity, fairness, peace, justice and equality.
Many attempts have been made to bring about a universal adherence to basic human rights as far back as our Early civilization. An eyeopening timeline has been created to display the ongoing struggle for human rights that includes The Magna Carta, U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation proclamation.
Since the 50th anniversary of the Declaration in 1997, efforts have been stepped up to emphasize the importance of these 30 articles and to create awareness as most people, including myself, never knew they existed. In countries where basic freedoms and rights are completely ignored, victims of oppression are suddenly given a chance to connect with support groups when made aware of the declaration.
I was shooting my documentary in Nova Scotia when I got a call to go to the U.N. in New York and document the Youth For Human Rights International Conference. This was four days that has changed my life, humbled me and given it a huge boost in purpose and meaning.
Eleanor Roosevelt was already a member of the U.N.'s commission on Human Rights when the delegates voted her in as Chairperson. On December 10, 1948, after three years and thousands of hours of debates among the members, the men and women of the 46 nations of the U.N.'s General Assembly adopted The Universal Declaration For Human Rights.
Thirty Articles were assembled in the declaration to bring attention to the basic rights and freedoms of every human being in every country on our planet to promote dignity, fairness, peace, justice and equality.Many attempts have been made to bring about a universal adherence to basic human rights as far back as our Early civilization. An eyeopening timeline has been created to display the ongoing struggle for human rights that includes The Magna Carta, U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation proclamation.
Since the 50th anniversary of the Declaration in 1997, efforts have been stepped up to emphasize the importance of these 30 articles and to create awareness as most people, including myself, never knew they existed. In countries where basic freedoms and rights are completely ignored, victims of oppression are suddenly given a chance to connect with support groups when made aware of the declaration.
I was shooting my documentary in Nova Scotia when I got a call to go to the U.N. in New York and document the Youth For Human Rights International Conference. This was four days that has changed my life, humbled me and given it a huge boost in purpose and meaning.
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