Welcome to The Art of Being Creatures: A Gathering for Peace, Climate and Advocacy. We're so glad you're here!
On this page you'll find all the info you need for an inspiring and connecting weekend. If the info on this page leaves your question unanswered, please tap an organizer on the shoulder or email splett@mennonitechurch.ca
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An Evening of Ecological Storytelling
Anneli Loepp Thiessen and the Rapid Response Choir
Kakeka Thundersky
Kakeká ThunderSky (she/her) is a 27-year-old Anishinaabkwe from Winnipeg with family roots in Poplar River First Nation.
She is a mother to 2 young daughters and a member of the Thunderbird Clan. Kakeká is passionate about protecting the land, water, and sky for future generations. She believes it is our responsibility to care for the land, water, and sky, and that we have sacred obligations to be good relatives and good ancestors.
Organizing in Winnipeg for several years now, Kakeká has helped run anti-violent community gatherings around themes of youth opportunities, cultural resurgence, harm reduction and MMIWG2S. She has organized actions and campaigns, and facilitated community meetings and direct action training.
Kakeká has helped to answer nationwide calls to action and has travelled across so-called Canada to stand in direct solidarity with Indigenous land and water defenders against man camps and industry. She believes direct action rooted in culture and ceremony is necessary to get the land back and get justice.
Currently, she is the Northern and Rural Engagement Coordinator for the Climate Action Manitoba and sits on the stirring committee for 8th Fire Rising.
Bob Haverluck and The Court Case of the Creatures
The Court Case of the Creatures
Bob Haverluck, with the help of actor and musician friends, will be performing a reader’s theatre version of the play The court case of the creatures. In 40 minutes, the audience will hear the story of a pair of animals making a citizen’s arrest of resource developers who are cast upon a northern island by a lake storm. A judge, likewise stranded on the island, agrees to hear the animals’ case, and a group of marooned children are assigned to be the jury. The audience/choir will have a part to play.
Bob Haverluck is a Manitoba artist/storyteller whose recent books include When God was flesh and wild: Stories in defence of the Earth (Liturgical Press, 2017) and with Kathleen Dean Moore, Take heart: Encouragement for Earth’s weary lovers (Oregon State University Press, 2022). He is a former Trudeau Foundation Mentor, working with doctoral students on bridging academic research to the street.