"Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument."
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Native American/Native Hawaiian
501 C-3 Non Profit Organization
​In May of 2023 the River Sidon Peace with Justice Project hosted a phenomenal Gathering of Elders on the Mississippi River in Nauvoo, Illinois.
This 3-Day Gathering was the fourth of its kind and drew Grandmothers, Elders, Presenters, Healers, and Ceremony Keepers from many Tribes and Countries to Turtle Island.
We invite you to step into our Dream as you feel the Love that we share now and Forever.
One Love. One Heart. One Family.
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Meet Our Administration
Founder/
Chairman of The Board
Grandmother Susan Ka'iulani Stanton
Haudenosaunee / Kanaka Maoli
CEO/
President
Art Roberts
Blackfoot Elder
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Albert Mayhew
Kiowa
Vice President
John Pappan
Omaha Elder
Secretary
Anne M Tiller
Treasurer
Monica Thompson
Global Relations Officer
LauraSa Pele Lafoia Ava Hawaiian / Samoan
Chief Operations Officer / Recorder
Alejandra Villalobos McAnderson Purhepechans & Huichol
Senior Grandmother
Laurel Robertson
Odawa
Humanities Consultants
Senior Elder
Brad "Walking Bear" Stanton
Narragansett Silver Cloud
"In Our Hearts Forever"
Media Specialist
James Alan Thompson
Natural Resource Consultant
Dr. Kevin Price, PHD
Remote Sensing Specialist
Keeper of Grandmother Turtle Lodge
Angel Marks
Keeper of Grandmothers Circle the Earth Drum
Sewa Valencia
Yaqui
Keeper of Cultural Integrity
Sarina Kįh Golán Deyol
Apache / Lakota
Board of Directors
Grandmother Pooki Lee Kanaka Maoli
Grandmother Gail Whitlow Mohawk
Chris Ford
Narragansett
Wayne May
Cherokee
Grandmother Riversong - Luana Ogi
Kanaka Maoli
Tony Smigiel
Chibchan / Muisca / Yuca Mayan
Walking Crow
Semisi Tukuafu
Tongan
Jeremy Rubio
Sue Shunatona
Pawnee
Niko White Bear
Mohawk
Our Sacred Purpose
Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" kidnapping of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labor and exploitation. This definition is substantially wider than the same document's definition of "trafficking in persons". Children may also be trafficked for the purpose of adoption.
Though statistics regarding the magnitude of child trafficking are difficult to obtain, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. That is more than the entire number of people who live in the State of Rhode Island!!
Grandmothers Circle the Earth, the Turtle Island Grandmothers Council and the River Sidon Peace with Justice Project are sending the message to these children that WE ARE COMING FOR YOU! Nothing will stop us because we have nothing to lose. Like a Stone rolling down a mountain we are announcing tonight that your Grandmothers are on our way and we will gain momentum as each hour and day goes by!
