Magic of Resilience Faire

76 Race Street,San Jose CA 95126

11 December, 2022

Description

When larger society debates about climate change it is usually lives in between two poles: inevitable suffering and fancy technology that might save us. At the California Native Garden Foundation, we believe community and our capacity to care for each other and the land is our greatest opportunity. On the 2nd Sunday for the next three months (October 9, November 13 & December 11), at our ELSEE teaching garden, we will host local experts on many different sources of ecological wisdom including: Local Indigenous knowlege with Patrick Orozco, Leader of the Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council, and Antonio (Tonio) Moreno, member of the PVOIC. They will be demonstrating their culture through songs, stories, and talks about native food plants and animals. The painting you see below is called First Contact. In 2014, Tonio was commissioned by the California Indian Heritage Center Foundation to answer the question: "What was the impact of the Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition of 1775-1776 on the native peoples it came in contact with?" The mission of the expedition was to settle the peninsula. Tonio, along with fellow collaborating native artists, painted this powerful depiction. The exhibition contains three addtional panels that journey from first contact thorugh the mission era and to the present day. They are owned by the CIHC Foundation and will eventully be homed at the future California Indian Heritage Center. DOORS OPEN AT 9am! Programming starts at 10am! Patrick will be presenting from 10am-12pm, and Tonio will be presenting from 1:30-2:30pm. We have a limited number of chairs for seating, so please do bring your own if you have them! 12 - 1pm: Lunch 12:15-1pm: Mindful eating and cooking demonsration with local certified nutritionist Mukta Gadkari. 3-4pm: Cooking demonstration with Therese Lichtle, local healthy foods and medicnal foods expert. We will also be preparing and selling native foods and hosting a ShareFair in the afternoon for community members to bring and exchange items. For the kids we will have a kids activity area with nature-based activities including and herb weaving activity, coloring pages, and a paper flower crafts. This page will continually be updated with more details for each of the Faires as we have them.