A Note from the Editor

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the Winter 2024-2025 issue of Lilipoh! Our theme is “Healing the Land,

Healing Each Other.” I hope you find the articles offeredhere to be both challenging

and inspiring.

First, I want to let you know that – after two beautiful issues – Nico Haven has moved into a full-time position in Philadelphia! Best to you, Nico, in your new endeavors, and thank you for sharing your gifts and talents with us in Summer and Fall 2024.

Also a note that, as part of the Managing Editor transition, the second and

third articles of the three-part Alma Partners series on “Cultural Appreciation in Schools”

will continue in the Spring and Summer 2025 issues. Future articles will address

“Relationship” and “Reciprocity.”

My name is Karen Davis-Brown, and I will be the Managing Editor of Lilipoh starting with this issue. Some of you know me from my work with the Camphill and biodynamic movements. For others, I look forward to getting to know you as we share the content of these pages together into the future.

In this issue, shaped in the waning months of 2024, you will find stories of growth and healing from Northern California (“Growing with the Land”) to upstate New York (“The Healing Plant Initiative), as well as a beautiful artistic tribute to global efforts to

heal cultures’ loss of their languages (“Word Portraits from the Earth.”) I am also honored to share with you Sherry Wildfeuer’s telling of Rudolf Steiner’s personal development in his understanding of race (“Rudolf Steiner and Race”) as an offering to the larger community. There are several other articles sharing insights and news in the areas of medicine, psychology, early childhood/education, and community, and, with this issue, we reintroduce the “Poetry” feature, beginning with the poetry of Una Kobrin, the author of “Growing with the Land.”

It is a testament to these times that we are all becoming aware of the importance of listening to and sharing each other’s stories, and of critically examining the narratives that guide our lives. There are amazing people everywhere doing amazing things in spite or in response to personal, social, and cultural challenges. There are also stories and narratives that we didn’t even know existed, or that may challenge our own. These also need to be heard, respected, and considered. It is our goal to bring some of these stories to you for information, inspiration and possible action.

I hope we have met that goal with the content of this issue.

 

With warmth and gratitude,

Karen (she/her)