Truth and Reclamation Pilgrimage
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The Truth & Reclamation Pilgrimage is a journey toward healing and restoration. The beginning of a ceremony; the start of a much larger vision toward restoration and healing for Indigenous people and people of African descent in the Americas.
We are a collective of women from Turtle Island (America), who plan to start a pilgrimage from Cordoba to Huelva, Spain. The walk starts on Indigenous People's Day, October 10, 2016 and goes until Día de los Muertos, November 2, 2016. Our backgrounds are diverse and we come from different walks of life, but we are connected by our deep love for justice, truth and healing for our families, communities and Mother Earth.
The following women will be leading the pilgrimage and will invite others to join along the way: Caro Acuña Olvera, Lena Nsomeka Gomes, RaheNi I'naru, Tina Garnanez, Vaschelle André, Sara Vanderhorst and Alicia Lueras Maldonado.
The Truth & Reclamation Pilgrimage [Video]
Why walk from Cordoba to Huelva, Spain?
The pilgrimage is a step to a greater intention. In the spirit of the "Truth and Reconciliation" process in South Africa and most recently in Canada, we want to walk a pilgrimage in Spain from Cordoba to Huelva (350 km 215 miles) to pray and call for a truth and reconciliation process with the Catholic Church, the Vatican, the Spanish Government and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas & People of African descent .
The Catholic Monarchy Funded Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas, which started the process of genocide of Indigenous People in the Americas and gave rise to the Atlantic slave trade from Africa. Cordoba is the soil where Queen Isabella and the Catholic Monarchy agreed to and decided to Fund Christopher Columbus’ voyages. Huelva is the coast from which he left.
- We are walking to educate people about how this history continutes to impact our lives
- We will invite Spain to remove monuments of Christoher Columbus in Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla
- We will invite Spain and the Catholic Church to give a public apology to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and People of African descent who live in the Americas.
The Pilgrimage:
The walk from Cordoba to Huelva is approx 233 miles.
Walking days will be approximately 12 to 13 days total.
We need your help to get to Spain:
Your donation will help us with travel costs and expenses while in Spain such as housing and food, as well as the filming, photographing and documenting of this journey by Vaschelle André. Please consider a donation today and be part of this healing journey.
Give thanks!
Other Information/Resources:
Pope Apologizes to Bolivia
Taiwan Apologized to Indigenous Peoples 2017
Argentina: Columbus Statue Replaced by Female Freedom Fighter
13 Grandmas Bring Pleas to the Pope
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation 2016
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation 1995
http://qz.com/733463/germany-finally-apologizes-for-its-other-genocide-more-than-a-century-later/
We are a collective of women from Turtle Island (America), who plan to start a pilgrimage from Cordoba to Huelva, Spain. The walk starts on Indigenous People's Day, October 10, 2016 and goes until Día de los Muertos, November 2, 2016. Our backgrounds are diverse and we come from different walks of life, but we are connected by our deep love for justice, truth and healing for our families, communities and Mother Earth.
The following women will be leading the pilgrimage and will invite others to join along the way: Caro Acuña Olvera, Lena Nsomeka Gomes, RaheNi I'naru, Tina Garnanez, Vaschelle André, Sara Vanderhorst and Alicia Lueras Maldonado.
The Truth & Reclamation Pilgrimage [Video]
Why walk from Cordoba to Huelva, Spain?
The pilgrimage is a step to a greater intention. In the spirit of the "Truth and Reconciliation" process in South Africa and most recently in Canada, we want to walk a pilgrimage in Spain from Cordoba to Huelva (350 km 215 miles) to pray and call for a truth and reconciliation process with the Catholic Church, the Vatican, the Spanish Government and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas & People of African descent .
The Catholic Monarchy Funded Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas, which started the process of genocide of Indigenous People in the Americas and gave rise to the Atlantic slave trade from Africa. Cordoba is the soil where Queen Isabella and the Catholic Monarchy agreed to and decided to Fund Christopher Columbus’ voyages. Huelva is the coast from which he left.
- We are walking to educate people about how this history continutes to impact our lives
- We will invite Spain to remove monuments of Christoher Columbus in Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla
- We will invite Spain and the Catholic Church to give a public apology to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and People of African descent who live in the Americas.
The Pilgrimage:
The walk from Cordoba to Huelva is approx 233 miles.
Walking days will be approximately 12 to 13 days total.
We need your help to get to Spain:
Your donation will help us with travel costs and expenses while in Spain such as housing and food, as well as the filming, photographing and documenting of this journey by Vaschelle André. Please consider a donation today and be part of this healing journey.
Give thanks!
Other Information/Resources:
Pope Apologizes to Bolivia
Taiwan Apologized to Indigenous Peoples 2017
Argentina: Columbus Statue Replaced by Female Freedom Fighter
13 Grandmas Bring Pleas to the Pope
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation 2016
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation 1995
http://qz.com/733463/germany-finally-apologizes-for-its-other-genocide-more-than-a-century-later/
Organiser
Caro Carolina Acuña
Organiser
Albuquerque, NM
