Sacred Space

Living in North America, we are not accustomed to thinking there are naturally occurring sacred spaces within it...Onondaga Lake and the greater CNY area is one such place.

Positive Change

"Central New York State has a rich history, most especially notable for its contribution to the social and religious reform movements of the Nineteenth Century. Between Ohio and Massachusetts (most particularly between Rochester and Utica, New York) lived many of the leaders of the great reform movements whose contributions shaped the world of their time and dramatically altered the course of global events."
New York History Net

Democracy

As historian Sally Roesch Wagner notes the "Great Law Of Peace" exerted a profound influence on the Women's Movement. The area was a hotbed of abolitionism and had many stops on the Underground Railroad Escaping slaves would call it Northstar Country The evnvirons of Onondaga Lake is home to much, much more.

Help us honor this national treasure.

Onondaga Lake Park
Willow Bay Section
Syracuse NY
July 1, 2006, 10AM to 6PM

Join us for the "Honor the Lake Gathering" as we honor the spirit of Onondaga Lake near Syracyse NY. The event will be held Saturday July 1, 2006 from 10 AM to 6 PM in the Willow Bay section of Onondaga Lake Park (Syracuse NY).

The Event

The event is free and open to the public. It will feature music, prayers, drum circles, chanting, educational programs, food and much more.

Bayview Shelter will feature musical performances through out the day.

Tree of Peace (located at the mouth of the Seneca River and Onondaga Lake) will have spiritual participatory events throughout the day. These will include, chanting, drum circles and prayers among others.

Willow Bay Shelter. Your chance to learn more about the "Where We Gather Community" and how you can participate in our other events in and around Onondaga Lake. We are hoping to have a mock sweat lodge set up. Community members around to tell you more.

TablingVarious groups will be tabling through out the Willow Bay area. Learn about the environment and what is being done to clean up the lake and help it heal.

Contact

If you would like to participate or have a group youu belong to participate or need to contact me please email me, madis senner.

Join us as we honor the lake and say thanks and in doing so help it heal.

Who We Are

We have been holding events in and around Onondaga Lake for the last five years.

“Where People Gather” is a community of people that have grown around the sweat lodges hosted by Cherie and John Sardella of Parish, NY. John is a Mohawk that has taken the mission of introducing others to his Native customs. He believes in the “Big Answer,” that we must all learn from each other and come together. His wife Cherie along with teacher Pam Rosati, hold spiritual and women’s events. Pam and her husband Lou, who is also a teacher, hold regular drum circles at their home in Camillus. They are members of the band called Gypsy Red

Loraine Mavins–Head of the Paine Branch Library will be working on tabling and lectures.

Cathy Kelly and Mike Newman, newly weds to be, will be working with vendors and various groups tabling at the event.

Madis Senner-- is a faith based activist that has been lead organizer for over 10 events around Onondaga Lake. He will coordinate and lead organizing and planning as he has done on other events. He will also lead the media/PR effort.