Them vs. Us underlines quick and senseless racism: Cross project explained during Turtle Island Project first Native American Roundtable and conference; emotion filled video on human divisions and prejudices shown by Menominee, MI pastor William Shepard

Northern Michigan Lutheran Rev. Bill Shepard is on a quest - effectively showing how quickly racist opinions are formed - and documenting the sacred meaning of special crosses across the United States.

During the Turtle Island Project first Native American Roundtable and regional conference in northern Michigan, Pastor William "Bill" Shepard of Menominee played two videos he produced.

Rev. Shepard showed his dramatic "Them/Us" video that shows how easily prejudice can separate people into groups: Them vs. Us. 

Shepard is seeking stories from around the world on crosses - and why they are important or sacred to different people.

Rev. Shepard is videotaping interviews for his "Every Cross Has A Story To tell" project.

For more information:

Rev. William Shepard

2320 17th Avenue

Menominee, MI

49858

email:

wtshepard @yahoo. com

(close gaps in above email address)

Call: 906-863-2066

Summary of Turtle Island Project & TV sites:

Turtle Island Project main website:

http://www.turtleislandproject.org

Turtle Island TV (blipTV)

http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/

Turtle Island TV (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorse

Turtle Island (myspace)

http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProject

Turtle Island Project websites/Blogs:

http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtle

http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/

email:

TurtleIslandProject@charter.net

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By the way, my friends have also created the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative and the Manoomin (Wild Rice) Project here in northern Michigan. A keyword search will quickly bring you to their websites/videos.