Spirit and Activism Along the Patuxent River with Fred Tutman & Rabiah Nur

Join us in this deeply engaging episode as we sit down with Fred Tutman, the Patuxent Riverkeeper, and Grandmother Rabiah, a renowned medicine woman and healer. Fred and Rabiah dive into the hidden familial connections Fred has to the Patuxent River, and the profound power of sharing personal stories that bridge connections between people and the environment.

Explore their shared experiences supporting traditional Senegalese healers, and discover what it means for Indigenous people to be synonymous with their place. They discuss falling in love with the Earth's beauty, defining community through natural cycles, and the importance of rituals and ceremonies in restoring balance.

Fred and Rabiah also shed light on the challenges people of color face within the environmental movement, how passion for the environment is often restrained by systemic barriers, and the contradictions between movements focused on saving wildlife versus saving communities. They delve into Earth's sentient energy, colonial mindsets that harm ecosystems, and the importance of activism in creating systemic change.

From the role of intelligent life forms in understanding our destructive ways to the dangers of corporatism in big environmental movements, this episode covers it all. Listen to the inspiring stories of resilience and resistance, and the rising of divine feminine energy as expressed by children in the Riverkeeper summer camp. Don't miss this enlightening conversation that connects the dots between activism, community, and the environment.