Little Ave Fenix

The Phoenix rises from the ashes.

Our theme: "Unheard Voices"

Connect in spirit with incarcerated people who made errors early in life, when their brains were immature.

These are people who eventually come to know themselves. And they reflect on finding common ground with other beings, human or animal. Imprisonment, counseling, support groups, volunteering. Self-realization and wisdom come from many sources. Over time, forgiveness enters their hearts. Sometimes a Higher Being speaks to them. Or their ancestors, their cultural heritage. Some find their way through music, art, writing, a creative life.

So they can begin a journey to forgive those who jailed them, judges and juries and lawyers, and the whole criminal justice system, which judges the time, skin color, parents and birth circumstances of the young people who made mistakes. No one controls these circumstances. They earn the right to have their voice heard.

Native people, in this land for centuries, find ways to look at the life cycle, ponder beginnings (birth) and ends (death), interpret dreams and use ritual to be thankful for bounty and to honor ancestors. Their spiritual parents are Mother Earth and Father Sky.