I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song

Dedan Gills; Belvie Rooks

ISBN 10: 1732318522 / ISBN 13: 9781732318526

Verlag: Inner Pathway Publishing, 2019

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1732318522-3-34723264

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The story of Belvie Rooks and Dedan Gills, their journey and their transformation, is "as old as eternity and as new as now." As individuals, Dedan and Belvie were already activists, mentors and voices for justice, but in their union, they became an even greater force for compassion and love. Dedan Gills (1945-2015) was a lifelong social justice and human rights activist who viewed himself as a "soulutionary." His favorite mantra - "Music is My Medicine! Kindness is My Song!" - was not only the hallmark of his work, but the quality of his presence. Barbara Holmes writes "His laughter, wisdom, and attentive presence set the example of how to soar while on this human journey." Belvie and Dedan's journey took them to Accra, where they were married; across the United States and Canada to plant trees and build community as a part of their organization, Growing a Global Heart; into dialogue with people of all ages; and through Dedan's diagnosis with cancer and passing at Zen Hospice in San Francisco in 2015. This book, born of this journey, speaks to love that is at once personal, collective and cosmic. Each page holds an invitation to seek beauty amidst heartbreak, and to raise the level of our humanity. Belvie's wisdom and listening for how this book wanted to be written, and the reflections of many who knew Dedan well, allow it to resonate with remembrance, but also with a future born of each of us.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Dedan Gills (1945-2015) was a poet and active member in one of the first urban intentional environmental communities in the country, the L.A. Eco-Village. Certified in Permaculture, he was a founding member of the L.A. Permaculture Guild. His poems have appeared in the International Sufi Association Journal. Born in Watts, California, Dedan was instrumental in the formation of the Black Student Alliance movement in Southern California and for a time was a member of the Black Panther Party. The demise of the Black Liberation movement was followed by years of despair while trying to find his activist footing on a different ground. He became an unrelenting advocate for human rights and Mother Earth. Dedan worked to integrate principles of permaculture design, sustainability, environmental awareness, and the greening of the inner spirit for healing and recovery. He gave tirelessly to groups of people abandoned by mainstream culture-the homeless and those suffering from addiction and incarceration. With Belvie Rooks, he co-founded Growing a Global Heart, a vision to inspire the ceremonial planting of trees to honor the forgotten souls of our past-from the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa to urban violence in the United States. Dedan touched many souls while actively addressing the physical, material, and emotional wounds. As he was known to say, Things come and go, but the soul is eternal. When souls embrace, it is like a kiss that lasts forever!

Belvie Rooks, who currently lives in northern California, is a writer, educator, and human rights activist whose work weaves together the worlds of spirituality, feminism, ecology and social justice. With her late husband, Dedan Gills, she is co-founder of Growing a Global Heart, a vision to inspire the planting of millions of memorial trees to honor the forgotten souls of our past. They have engaged in memorial tree-planting projects along the Trans-Atlantic Slave Route in West Africa, the Underground Railroad in the US and Canada and also for victims of urban violence. As an educator she was a member of the founding faculty of the College of Social Justice at the State University of New York (SUNY) Old Westbury. She has been a board member of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Bioneers, and the Ella Baker Center.

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Titel: I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing ...
Verlag: Inner Pathway Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good