Curanderismo, the Healing Art of Mexico

01/19/2026

01/19/2026

“We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the pressing urgencies of the great cause of freedom.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.

Artist: Desiree Kelly

01/17/2026

We push on and act on
Our responsibility to bring visibility
To the most vulnerable:
To bring freedom to those who didn’t have a choice,
To bring volume to those who are using their voice.
We clear a woman’s way,
We don’t fear the day
She steps into the light
Because we are with her
Every step of the fight.
— Amanda Gorman

Art by Jay Mercado

01/17/2026

How far have you come, Mother?

You continue to cross borders, seas, and rivers to care for your sons and daughters.

You travel within hearts, along highways and across open fields.

Wrapped in a shawl or dressed in a starry cloak, you change your finery to be seen without being seen.

You are in the churches and on the walls of bars; your eyes look down on us from the top of an altar or are revealed in the aroma of a tamale.

You are the flower and song of open corn, the spirit of the earth that dresses in stars.”
—Christian Ortiz
(Translated from Spanish by
Laura González)

“¿Hasta dónde vienes, Madre?
Sigues cruzando fronteras, mares y ríos para cuidar de tus hijos e hijas.
Viajas dentro de los corazones, por carreteras y a campo abierto. Envuelta en un rebozo o vestida con un manto estrellado, cambias tus galas para ser vista sin ser vista.
Estás en las iglesias y en las paredes de las cantinas; tus ojos nos miran desde lo alto de un altar o se revelan en el aroma de un tamal.
Eres flor y canto de maíz abierto, el espíritu de la tierra que se viste de estrellas.”
—Christian Ortiz

Art: Unholy Es**rt by Katie Jo Suddaby

Books by Christian Ortiz at https://linktr.ee/ChrisOr

01/16/2026

"Wake up, greet the sun, and pray.

Burn cedar, sweet grass, sage —sacred herbs to honor the lives we’ve been given, for we have been gifted these ways since the beginning of time.

Remember, when you step into the arena of your life, think about those who stand beside you, next to, and with you.

Your ancestors are always in your corner, along with your people.
When we enter this world, we are born hungry, our spirits longing for us to live out the traditions that have been passed down for generations.

Prayer, ceremony, dance, language —our ways of being.

Never forget you were put on this earth for a reason —honor your ancestors.

Be a good relative."
— Being by Tanaya Winder (Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Diné and Duckwater Shoshone Nations)

Art: "Rising Sun Medicine" by Leah Dorion

01/08/2026

These are deeply sorrowful days for our country. May we find wisdom, strength, courage, and unity through these times of transformation.

Artist: Jade Leyva Art

01/07/2026

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to beam it back. In our best moments, we are the person for another.”
— James Baldwin

Art: Surrounded by Love by Kalliope Manis Findley

12/29/2025