Lesbian / Women’s Land Preservation Project (LLPP)
Sponsored by Woman, Earth & Spirit, Inc ~ FIN 36-450-7584 ~ donations tax-deductible
Jae Haggard, Outland NM ~ Administrator
Reitha Jacobs, Laughing Waters MO ~ Coordinator
Gail Dunlap, Wiseheart Farm OH ~ Advisor
PO Box 130
Serafina, Nm 87569
JaeHaggard@gmail.com
575-421-2533 ~ office
480-745-6608 ~ reach Jae
April 2015
Our lands
provide spaces where women can come to learn, to connect, to celebrate, to be
with the Earth, to live and to die. We
provide opportunities for women to expand and find more clarity about what they
want in their lives and what they are in this life to do.
We want to
make sure all of this is as much as possible preserved and passed on to
succeeding generations.
Our mission
with this WE&S Project is to provide a wide range of services and options
to help women get to land, remain on land, make provisions for their land to be
taken care of both physically and legally, and pass their land onto like-minded
women.
We plan to provide
a range of information and options as well as referral to credible advisors as
women make provisions for their lands when they are incapable of doing the
maintenance tasks, are unable to remain living there, or die. Obviously, these decisions must be made
carefully and with caring. Obviously too
the needs of and interests of the individual, her land as well as of WE&S
and the women committing to do some part or all of the Administration must all be
fully addressed and protected.
We have
already been asked to possibly accept title to one land, to administer the land making
sure that land needs are met, to assure on ongoing dependable presence of women
on the land, to help organize the land as a home for aging women with a range
of physical assistance needs, and to accept and distribute the monies
designated in her will needed to maintain the land as home to aging women
indefinitely.
We are
currently exploring the range of questions that need to be addressed, the needs
and wishes that need to be understood, the legal implications for everyone
concerned, the wording and definition of terms that assure mutual
understanding, the scope of responsibility and compensation, and the specific
legal forms/ contracts to make sure all interests are fully and fairly
addressed. We plan to have this fully
explored and contracts written as needed.
It is this
kind of service that is essential and not provided by anyone else. We want to preserve and expand on the
marvelous accomplishments and connections on each land.
This is the inspiring
scope and work of the Women’s Land Preservation Project.