Join the Pachamama Alliance upcoming Resilience & Possibility in These Times session with Pat McCabe (Woman Stands Shining) — Diné activist, ceremonial leader, writer and longtime friend and ally of Pachamama Alliance.
When bombs are dropped and families are torn apart, when power feels immune to conscience, it can feel like nothing we do will make a difference. And yet, Indigenous leaders like Pat McCabe remind us: another way is not only possible but it has always been part of the human story. She asks us to consider that what’s needed now may not be more urgency or sharper strategy, but a deeper kind of listening and remembering — one that aligns our actions with the profound intelligence of life. She invites us into “a mad love affair with the Earth” as the way through.
Pat brings a wisdom and worldview shaped by Indigenous tradition and a fierce devotion for life on Earth. Her work dissolves outdated paradigms around power, gender, even science, and offers, in their place, a sacred worldview rooted in kinship, reciprocity, and collective thriving.
Pat McCabe — also known as Woman Stands Shining — is a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker. Rooted in Indigenous sciences of “Thriving Life,” she weaves healing through her writing, talks and ceremonies—reframing power, gender, technology, and science into sacred systems of kinship, consent, and collective flourishing. She is a long time friend and partner to Pachamama Alliance. Register.
