Belvie Rooks & Dedan Gills
Belvie Rooks and Dedan Gills are the cofounders of Growing a Global Heart, a vision that inspires the ceremonial planting of memorial trees to honor the forgotten souls of the past—victims of urban violence, the Underground Railroad, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Route in West Africa—as part of a process of collective healing and to aid in the struggle against climate change. The Growing a Global Heart motto is: “Healing the wounds of the past—in the present—while creating a sustainable future.” This project brings communities together to ceremonially plant trees in honor of the millions of lives lost to acts of violence, and to seed new hope for humanity and the earth. Their vision is to inspire the planting of millions of trees. “To plant a tree is to plant hope.” They both have essays included in a book that features Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Jane Goodall and others, entitled Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet.
In the Media
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“What Would Healing Look Like, Part I”
Kinship Podcast
Belvie Rooks and Beth Tener
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“What Would Healing Look Like, Part II”
Kinship Podcast:
Belvie Rooks, Beth Tener, Liz Miller, Matthew Davis, Fran Grace
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“Growing a Global Heart”
The Cosmic We Podcast:
with Barbara Holmes, Donny Bryant and Belvie Rooks
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“From Slavery to Stardust with Belvie Rooks and Thomas DeWolf”
Bioneers Podcast:
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“The Power of Love with Belvie Rooks and Fran Grace”
TJ and Taj Jackson and the Dee Dee Jackson Foundation Podcast:
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“The Power of Love with Dr. Fran Grace & Belvie Rooks”
TJ and Taj Jackson and the Dee Dee Jackson Foundation
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“Belvie Rooks Guest Host, Restorative Justice on the Rise”
Van Jones Redemption Project:
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“No Time to Lose: What Would Healing Look Like?”
One Earth Sangha: recorded at Spirit Rock
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“Dedan Gills and Belvie Rooks New Book”
Inner Pathway Announcement
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Belvie and Dedan at Redlands University:
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“Beyond Us vs. Them”: Dedan Gills and Belvie Rooks
Inner Pathway Highlight
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“Healing and Revisioning with Belvie Rooks”
Journey of the Universe Highlight
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Belvie Rooks Shares Poems in Oakland
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“Belvie Rooks and Journey of the Universe: Meet Our Experts”
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Belvie Rooks and Fran Grace interviewed by Christy Wagner
KZYX, June 2020
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“Belvie Rooks at the Parliament of the World's Religions 2018”
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“Nothing Stands Alone”
Center for Contemplation and Action (Dedan)
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“Trees 4 Life”
United Roots, Oakland, CA
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“Intercultural Intergenerational Gathering at RDI Permaculture Community”
United Roots
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“Thomas Berry at 100 Celebration”
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“The House on Coco Road”
Produced & Directed by Damani Baker
Written by Damani Baker, Jon Fine, Eisa Davis, Cameron Russell
Executive Producers: Max Osterweis, Cameron Russel, Danny Glover, and Belvie Rooks
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“The House on Coco Road with Damani Baker & Belvie Rooks”
Forthright Radio:
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“Belvie Rooks and the House on Coco Road”
Sense and Sentences
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LA Times Review "House on Coco Road"
Los Angeles Times
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Greene County Democrat
Civil Rights and Environmental Justice Groups Plant Longleaf Pine Trees at Bridge Crossing Jubilee (2011)
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YES! Magazine
Journey To a New America: “How can all Americans, of all races, help build a country that ‘has never been and yet must be?’”
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Peace Talks Radio
The Media and Peacemaking: Belvie & James O’Dea