Last four events of the season at rural school focus on environment, health, culture

Chilao School is tucked away in a quiet meadow at the gateway to the high country. Accessible from Angeles Crest Highway at Chilao Road, the school once belonged to La Canada Unified School District, and served the rural community that thrived in the mountains. Today the non profit group Redbird hosts a variety of arts, cultural and environmental programs there, all of which are free and open to the public.

The final four gatherings have a broad spectrum of focus. We encourage you to join us for any or all of our last four events for the season at Chilao School:

Saturday, September 5 beginning at noon - Face the Sun - a conversation with
Anaquad Cobe

Anthropologist, actor, activist, private investigator, urban Indian of the Anishinabeg nation, Anaquad is a well known and respected elder in the Native American community. Anaquad walk-in two worlds - one directed by the ancient teachings of his native people, and one very much touched by the present. We’ve asked Anaquad to join us for an afternoon of food and friendship, Chilao style. We’ll provide a main dish, drinks and snack items, and welcome guests to contribute food to our potluck-style feed. This event is free and bringing a food item is not a requirement. Everyone is welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1490249951195684/

Sunday, September 20 beginning at 10 AM - Moto Yoga with Jamie Sullo

This free and family friendly workshop targets those who ride motorcycles and bicycles, but everyone is welcome. You don’t need yoga experience, and we’ll provide mats and light refreshments. Jamie has fifty years experience on two wheelers and twenty years experience as a yoga instructor. His desire is to share practical techniques that will help you strengthen your body and sustain less injuries in the event of an unintended dismount. Jamie is also a massage therapist and will be available to do chair massage after the workshop.
https://www.facebook.com/events/447647598722105/

Saturday, October 3 beginning at 10 AM - Talking Trees
Co-hosted with Tree People
We are very excited about this workshop and encourage everyone who has an interest int he health and well being of trees and forests to attend. This will be an unparalleled learning opportunity, with guest speakers who have earned their knowledge hands on, including Johann Michael Lockard, Los Angeles County Fire, Forestry Division, Johann Melissa Lockard, Antelope Valley Resource Conservation District, Thierry Rivard, Roger Klemm, Kat High and others. This event is free; there will be a potluck style lunch with Redbird providing a main dish, drinks and snack items; contributions from guests are welcome but not required.
https://www.facebook.com/events/654475864658611/

Saturday, November 14 beginning at 10 AM - Bear and Butterfly,
Our Season Closing Event

Join us for a social gathering and learning workshop. We are inviting presenters to share both spiritual and scientific understanding of two of the forest’s best known inhabitants - the black bear and the monarch butterfly. Both animals are important in Native American culture, and both face a challenging future in today’s world. Our relationship to these animals today is more than myth and legend. Our dances emulate their flight, and their medicine; our environmental practices should be ones that allows these beautiful, fragile creatures to survive. Potluck style feed with Redbird providing a main dish, drinks and snack items; contributions from guests are welcomed but not required. This gathering is free, family friendly and open to everyone.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1579209035630273/

To reach Chilao School, DO NOT rely on Google or other search engines. Follow written instructions and look for Redbird/Chilao School signs. From the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley area, take the 210 freeway to Angeles Crest Highway/Highway 2 exit. Turn north, up hill, away from the city, toward the mountains. If you immediately come to Foothill Boulevard you turned the wrong way. Go up the highway 26 miles to Chilao Road. Turn left into Chilao Campground. Follow signs to Chilao School.

(Support for Redbird’s gatherings and for Chilao School come entirely from donations. For more information please visit our Get Involved page -
http://www.redbirdsvision.org/getinvolved.htm)

To visit Chilao School on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChilaoSchool