Food justice & Land Restoration
Our Food Justice and Land Restoration Bundle is focused on traditional knowledge sharing through art, culture, songs, storytelling, workshops & community advocacy & archiving.
This consists of the following programs and agendas…
Indigenous Food Care Packs (Food distribution)
Food Forest
Campo Santo Mexicano Cemetery
Food Systems Community Education
Land Based Advocacy
Indigenous food care packs
We provide indigenous food care packs with culturally relevant staples and foods native to the lands.
Food Forest
Youth from our extended communities have the opportunity to learn about our indigenous teachings and culture through workshops focused on plants and art. They learn practical skills and also spiritual values that show them how to be a good relative to people and how to take care of Mother Earth. In addition, they build companionship with another and take on leadership qualities that build on their confidence and help guide them in school and their families.
Campo Santo mexicano cemetery
The Campo Santo Mexicano Cemetery is a historic site that dates back to the 1890’s, when the land was still Mexico. This cemetery is home to families of farmers and ranchers that lived in the area and worked the land. Over the past 44 years, this land has been protected from the pressures of development by devoted community members such as Timoteo Diaz and organizations such as Pioneers' Cemetery Association.
The Cihuapactli Collective has been working with Diaz and PCA to push efforts for the city of Phoenix to provide proper fencing and visual recognition with a walkway so relatives can visit their ancestors. During this phase, the CC has been collecting stories from Diaz and PCA along with descendants of the cemetery to uphold the legacies of those buried. They hope more stories will surface in the community so the cemetery can have proper acknowledgement and its history will be accounted for.
Please visit our Campo Santo Project page for more information.
