Herbalists Without Borders Eugene
Health is a Human Right
Also: The Herbalists Without Borders Eugene Chapter August meeting will be Monday August 9, 6:00pm at TreeStead. Contact us to inquire about attending by zoom.
We’ll be at the Asian Celebration on Saturday, July 31. You’ll find us hanging out with the other service oriented non-profit folks and we’ll have Chrysanthemum tea in tiny cups. Come join in the fun!
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Shout out to Evan at Eugene Backyard Farmer for letting us snip a bagful of rosemary for medicine-making! Its abundant and aromatic uses will be a wonderful addition to our repertoire of remedies during this pandemic time of endurance and immune support. Thank you for sharing!
Since putting together the relief supplies for the Diné Nation’s devastating bouts of coronavirus last year, we’ve been busy!
We’ve been:
Organizing inventory.
Providing custom care packages to sick Latinx families..
Collaborated in February with Huerto de la Familia to provide 167 wellness packs for their member families during their annual garden registration events.
We’ve received a seed grant from HWB headquarters.
Most recently, we’ve partnered with Huerto to begin developing a bilingual outdoor herbalism classroom at Skinner City Farm. We are very excited to pull the blanket off of that bed and dig in with fresh enthusiasm!
June 2020
Hey Folks!
As many likely know, stark disparities exist in the impact of Covid-19 on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). This systematic racism and classism results in dramatically disproportionate rates of infection and death from Covid-19 among these communities. For example, data from former months from the Arizona department of health services reported that Native Americans make up 16% of the state’s Covid-19 related deaths, despite representing only 6% of the state’s population. These disparities are much more likely than the data suggests.
In the interest of sharing some of the awesome work our team is doing, below is the complete list of medicines that were just shipped to the Diné/Navajo Nation in Arizona as part of our local solidarity efforts with the Diné!
While we know we can’t undo 500 years of Eurocolonial and post-colonial oppression and genocide committed against these peoples, we’re proud to stand in solidarity.
Strength and resilience to all in these trying times,
HWBCRP Team