International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

My intention with this blog has been to comment upon whatever comes up in daily life from a metaphysician's heart and eye. Of course, so much comes up in any given day that I'm always selecting a slice of the whole. And sometimes, like tonight, because I'm in a demanding graduate program, work and give many hours of sacred service (seva), especially at Center for Spiritual Living, Davis, CA on Sundays, all I can do with the energy I have left is to pass on some information that I consider important. To do that, I try to follow the hints that come during my days.
Recently, I had conversations with two separate women in which I mentioned the 13 Grandmothers' Council. In each case it seemed potentially empowering to bring these great-hearted and wise women into the discussion. Neither of the women I was speaking to had heard of the 13 Grandmothers. I was surprised.
So, for anyone who reads this blog and has not heard of the 13 Grandmothers, the following is their mission statement, pasted from a recent press release I found at their website. By the way, all I had to do at Google was type in '13 gra' and the first option that came up was the 13 Grandmothers' Council. I am glad to know that they are attracting so many 'hits'.

Grandmothers’ Mission Statement:

We, The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We look to further our vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and through projects that educate and nurture our children.