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[danielthomasfreeman]

You can now watch my experimental short film The Day After for free on both Vimeo and YouTube.

I'm very pleased to say that the film has now won awards at all four of the festivals it has been screened at: BEST UK EXPERIMENTAL SHORT at Dreamers of Dreams, PEOPLE'S CHOICE at the South Coast Film Festival and BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (RUNNER UP) at both Brighton Rocks and London Rocks.

I decided to make the film freely available today as it is exactly a year since I started making it as a personal response to the terrible events in Ukraine on 24th February 2022. This prayerful lament will not be to everyone's taste but I hope there will be something in the slow, meditational images and music which helps a few people.

Please note that, while there is nothing untoward in the images or sound, I would not recommend this film for young children.

Thanks for watching.

Daniel Thomas Freeman

https://vimeo.com/730493775 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUB6uRDcq6Q descendingangel.com

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Blue Hour Budds por Dan Davis Por Flickr: Just after sunset, R&N JTOS takes the switch onto the Ametek Siding outside of Nesquehoning to meet NRFF, with RDC-1 duo 9168 and 9167 beginning their return trip to Reading.

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RBMN NRFF @ Tamaqua, PA by Darryl Rule Via Flickr: I had to head up near the PA/NY line, so figured I'd grab a few photos on the way home. Here, Reading & Northern NRFF heads north through the MP99 signals behind a set of 5 EMDs.

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Augustine Eguavoen Takes Over As Super Eagles Coach On Interim Basis

Reports have it that following the announcement of José Paseiro on leaving his role as the Super Eagles coach, Former wingback and technical director, Augustine Eguavoen has been slotted in to fill the void. Read Also: NRFF Unveils Final Squad for African Games Campaign The 58-year-old former Enyimba, Sunshine Stars, Bendel Insurance, Gombe United, COD United and Sharks head coach is now taking…

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Rugby Federation  To Announce Final Roster For African Games  February 28

By; KATO P. LADAN, Kaduna The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is set to unveil the final squad for the upcoming African Games in Ghana. The men’s and women’s teams, known as the Black and Lady Stallions, have been undergoing intensive training in Abuja for the past nine days, led by head coach Steve Lewis and supported by General Manager Azeez Ladipo and technical assistants Uwangue…

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Reading & Northern NRFF @ Barnesville, PA by Darryl Rule Via Flickr: A pair of R&N SD40-2s and a GP38-2 lead NRFF across Orchard Rd in Barnesville, PA splitting the MP102 signals.

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Rugby Africa lifts Nigeria’s suspension from international championships

Rugby Africa lifts Nigeria’s suspension from international championships

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Rugby Africa has lifted the suspension barring the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation from participating in any international championship and pledged to help the game grow in the country.

It took the decision at an executive meeting held in Gaborone, Botswana on May 25, 2018.

Nigeria was suspended from all international activities following a leadership crisis that trailed last…

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Lagos Rugby Union League kicks off on Saturday The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) has revealed that the Lagos Men’s Rugby Union League will kick off on Saturday 13th April 2019 at the main bowl National Stadium, Lagos.

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170121 | Green Nature EXO Fan Festival 2017

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Earth Day Spotlight: Courtney Streett ‘09, Native Roots Farm Foundation

Interview by Cleo Hereford ‘09

A Delaware native and member of the Nanticoke tribe, Courtney Streett ‘09 is currently the President and Executive Director of the Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF). NRFF is a non-profit organization “dedicated to celebrating Native American cultures, protecting open space, cultivating a public garden, and practicing sustainable agriculture.” Prior to founding NRFF, Courtney was previously an associate producer at CBS News working on both the CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes and was also a senior news producer for the Business Insider. 

I was super excited to catch up with my friend and classmate about her exciting new work with the NRFF. 

Cleo: Thanks for chatting with me, Courtney! Before we talk specifically about the Native Roots Farm Foundation, you say NRFF’s story starts with your great-grandparents. Tell us a little bit about them and also your family’s Delaware roots.

Courtney: Thanks, Cleo, for inviting me to share my journey with the Wellesley Underground community!

My family has been in Delaware…since time immemorial. Through my father, I’m a member of the Nanticoke Indian Association and our family tree goes back several hundred years in lower Delaware (since European records were taken). The Nanticokes’ first contact with Europeans was in 1608 with Captain John Smith, yup, the man who kidnapped Pocahontas. The community has survived since then by assimilating into the mainstream, but many aspects of our culture were lost. That includes our relationships with food and nature – rather than seasonally moving between fishing, hunting/foraging, and growing regionally adapted crops, the Nanticoke had to adjust to the European practices of private land ownership and farming in one place year round.

At the turn of the 20th century, my Nanticoke great-grandparents bought a farm. It was unusual for people of color to own property at that time, but they cultivated the land and sold produce like strawberries, raspberries, peas, and tomatoes to passersby at the beach. Through hard work, dedication, and tenacity that property passed down through generations of my family and is now owned by my father’s cousins. I grew up visiting the farm and it’s provided a connection to both the natural world and to my ancestors.

Cleo: Native American communities, like all minoritized communities, are not monolithic. What would you like WU readers to know about the Nanticoke, the tribe that your great-grandparents were members of?

Courtney: We can thank Hollywood for creating the stereotype that all Native American communities live on reservations, have long straight hair, have tepees, and operate casinos.

Indigenous communities have been largely erased from American history – today Pennsylvania doesn’t even recognize any tribal communities. But we know the Lenape, Susquehanna, and Iroquois were some of the area’s first inhabitants.

We are still here! The Nanticoke have a Powwow every September that’s open to the public. Mark your calendar: September 10 and 11, 2022! It’s a celebration of our culture and community and an affirmation of our roots in Delaware.

Cleo: Let’s talk about NRFF. You previously worked as a producer for CBS News and the Business Insider. What made you take the leap into establishing a non-profit organization? Why focus on a public garden and farm?

Courtney: I was living in Brooklyn and working my dream job; and then my dream changed.

After Powwow in 2018, I saw that the farm my great-grandparents had nurtured was for sale. I knew this cultural and agricultural history couldn’t be lost – and I also knew that my partner and I couldn’t afford to buy 100 acres, 10 minutes from the beach.

I had nightmares about the farm disappearing. Because in this area, the crops have been replaced by condos. Lower Delaware has been one of the fastest developing regions of the country. After months of conversations and research, we realized our limitations as individuals,  but that as a collective, we could make a difference. So, we created Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF).

Why plants? When creating NRFF, we wanted to celebrate Indigenous communities, the farm’s agricultural history, and also native plants. So, NRFF has a few different components to its mission. We’re working to celebrate local Indigneous communities by protecting open space, creating a public garden with native plants and highlighting what they’re called by the Nanticoke and Lenape, and cultivating a farm that feeds the community using Indigenous agricultural techniques.

I also love plants and getting my hands in the soil – I did research in the Wellesley’s Greenhouses my junior year and presented at the Ruhlman Conference. I didn’t know how that would manifest in my life, but it was a building block for NRFF. Sibs, while on campus (as students or alums) check out the new greenhouse, explore the edible ecosystem, and walk one of the many beautiful trails! You never know how it’ll change your life!

Cleo: Building an organization in the best of times is not easy. How has it been attempting to establish and grow NRFF during the ongoing (never ending) pandemic?

Courtney: Hahaha what an interesting question. We launched NRFF in January 2020…and the rest is history. Lockdown meant we had the time to sit on the computer, file paperwork, and really build a strong foundation for NRFF.

It also meant that events we had planned couldn’t happen. So, we pivoted and started building an online community which has continued to grow and flourish during this never ending pandemic. Every week, we post on social media about native plants, food systems, and Indigenous communities.

(Shameless plug—follow us on Instagram and Facebook!)

Cleo: In addition to protecting land at risk of development, how does climate change factor into your goals for establishing NRFF?

Courtney: Right now, the buzz words in food production are “regenerative agriculture”. Regenerative agriculture is *Indigenous Agriculture*. But, of course, the Indigenous roots of this land stewardship practice are rarely recognized. Instead, regenerative agriculture is celebrated as a brand new way to farm.

Why are we hearing about this now? Most food is grown using industrial agricultural practices that have been linked to pollution, soil erosion, intensive water use, reduced biodiversity, chronic illness, and greenhouse gas emissions which are causing climate change.

Regenerative agriculture differs because it’s a holistic approach to land management. It recognizes the interconnectedness of soil, plants, water, animals, and people without centering humans. In practice, regenerative agriculture focuses on nurturing soil health, because that determines the health of both people and the planet.

Most importantly, regenerative agriculture is about community and equity – principles and approaches NRFF celebrates. Let’s get back to the roots and work with nature to address climate change.

Cleo: In addition to posting about sustainable farming and plant life, you have also posted about rejecting blood quantum and have highlighted those with both Black and Native ancestry on the Native Roots IG page. As someone who is both Black and Native, why has it been important for you to post about those topics?

Courtney: My mother’s parents were from the Caribbean and I always saw my two cultures, Indigenous and Caribbean, as being separate. With mom you eat flying fish and callaloo. With dad you eat fry bread and succotash.

But then I heard a song that stopped me. It was “Ba Na Na” a blend of Caribbean beats and Native drumming (by the Indiegnous group The Halluci Nation). The lyrics are: “...Carnival season, this life for the books / I jump and I wave and I wine and I juke…” Just like this song mixes genres, I can and other people can, too. It’s time for all of us to embrace our full cultures and identities.

Cleo: What are your long and short-term plans for NRFF? Where do you see the organization in 5 years?

Courtney: In five years, I see NRFF welcoming the Wellesley family to its fully operational public garden and sustainable farm!

More immediately, we have our first big event of 2022 next weekend and I’m looking forward to continuing to build community, making Tehim Juice which has become an NRFF staple (Tehim is Nanticoke for strawberry), and meeting new people! We’re also hoping to have an intern this summer and just submitted a Hive Internship Project.

Cleo: Finally, how can your Wellesley sibs and WU readers support you and your organization?

We’re still a new organization, in the startup phase, and I’m so grateful for the support of the Wellesley family!

You can help uplift NRFF’s message by following us on social media, sharing the organization with your community, grabbing our signature shirt that says “This shirt saves farms”, or making a donation.

But don’t stop with NRFF, get to know your native plants! Plant them in your yard, window box, or planter. Learn what they’re called in the Indigenous language where you live. And foster a love for your local ecology.

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For more information on NRFF or to support the organization: https://www.nativerootsde.org

You can also follow NRFF on Instagram @nativeroots_de

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Fast Freight over the Lehigh por Lance Shott Por Flickr: NRFF heads north at White Haven

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RBMN NRFF @ Nesquehoning, PA by Darryl Rule Via Flickr: With the last bits of fall colors hanging on in the midst of a heavy wind storm, NRFF heads north just before the Industrial Rd crossing behind a lash up of EMD power almost as colorful as the leaves.

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NRFF signs kitting deal with British outfit

NRFF signs kitting deal with British outfit

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) has signed an exclusive long-term kit sponsorship/partnership deal with a British sports clothing outfit, BLK Sport, to kit the national teams.

According to NRFF, the partnership agreement involves BLK Sport producing match jerseys, shorts, socks and replica clothes among other items for the NRFF.

Speaking at the unveiling of the kits in London at the…

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Reading & Northern NRFF @ Jim Thorpe, PA by Darryl Rule Via Flickr: The new bridge over the Lehigh River is a really nice photo location. While the track level shot is nice, I figured th best thing to do was to get as many ground level angle shots now before the vegetation overtakes the area again. Here, NRFF rolls through the Lehigh Gorge Park behind a trio of EMDs.

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Rugby Africa suspends Nigeria over NRFF dissolution – Lagos Television. Lagos News. Politics. Entertainment. Events.

Rugby Africa suspends Nigeria over NRFF dissolution – Lagos Television. Lagos News. Politics. Entertainment. Events.

Rugby Africa has suspended the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation from participating in all Rugby Africa and World Rugby activities following what they described as “government interference.” The suspension of the NRFF is with immediate effect, according to a letter from the African body made available to our correspondent on Tuesday. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on…