Thank you from UVM Students

Earlier this fall Judy Dow met with students from UVM’s Place-Based Education program and led them on a memorable walking tour of Burlington’s Old North End. Starting at St Joseph’s Church on Allen Street, Judy led the group of 30 or so students through the streets of the Old North End. Winding their way through the neighbors of Park Street, North Street, North Avenue, Convent Square, and Manhattan Drive, Judy shared with the class a rich and largely unknown history of the area that highlighted the many ways the inhabitants of the land, from many different cultural backgrounds, adapted and survived.

“All time is now” meaning “there is no word for time in our language. When everyone is together and everyone is ready, it’s time.” These are words Judy shared with the class. Judy’s shares a story of the land, the people, that is not linear. There is no beginning, middle, and end. Only a story that leads to other stories until a circle is made back to the beginning. In this way, All Time is Now.

The class sent Gedakina a beautifully handmade thank you that really showed they received the lessons.