475: Eli Painted Crow
Eli Painted Crow is a 22 year retired Army Veteran who served in Iraq in 2004. A Native American from the Yaqui Nation, grandmother of eight and a mother of two sons who both served in the military, she has been called upon by her conscious and her spirit to play and pray for peace.
Eli created Turtle Women Rising as a gathering of women, the grandmothers, mothers and the daughters of all. To see our sisters, our friends and lovers who are ready to start something great. It’s all about you; it’s all about me, together it is “We”. Imagine how powerful this can be, listening to our heartbeats growing strong. A heart beat that is a stand for Peace.
We the Turtle Women are rising, rising to help our mother, rising to witness her cries for the loss of all lives. We the Turtle Women are rising, rising to speak through our hearts, through the beat of the drum that connects all life for all times. We come together to shake loose the parasitic thinking in the heart of the wound.
We have no words. We have no anger. We are Turtle Women Rising, rising for Peace. Rising in Love, in Song, and in Prayer. Our faith grows strong in our own knowing. The Power of Love, the Power of life. Yes, we can imagine that.
We rise to support the tears of all life givers and hold in our hearts the pain of violence, the hope of healing. We are strengthened by the faith in our own walk. We are here to raise the vibration, and to bring the Light closer to ourselves, to each other. We are here to shine this Light on the wounds of our Mother who is so desperately trying to heal. This is the Light that will heal the holes in our hearts. Our drums resonate that Vibration, that Light, and the remembrance of Life.
