Source: San Diego Reader.com Turning back the clock 2000 years is no easy task By Dorian Hargrove, Jan. 2, 2013 Images by Howie Rosen Where members of the Twelve Tribes want to go, they don’t need roads. Not only are roads unneeded, there is no need for cars or personal possessions. All…
Convene Magazine Barbara Palmer December 2012 In Samie Brosseau’s successful application for the 2011 Don Lawrence Memorial Scholarship, recently presented to her by PCMA’s New England Chapter, she summed up years of questioning and struggle in one short sentence: “At the young age of 18, I left home against my parents’ wishes, and pursued a…
Translated from the German Süddeutsche May 22, 2012 Von Stefan Mayr In the middle of Bavaria in a state-approved school racists educate children and young people. Several former members accuse the Twelve Tribes sect of just that. In addition, infants were chastised with safety pins and willow sticks. The Augsburg prosecutor now checks whether…
Source: San Diego Reader, March 2012 By Ruth Newell, March 10, 2012 As I wound my way up to Morning Star Ranch Farm tucked back in the hills of Valley Center located adjacent to the well visited Keys Creek Lavender Farm, I remembered a man from years back. He was a short bearded man with…
The Village Voice/November 10, 2011 By Rosie Gray Occupy Wall Street is almost two months old, but last night was the first time the Voice had noticed an odd-looking brown bus parked on Liberty across from Zuccotti Park. It kind of looked like a huge ’70s-style RV. A sign on the door read “Welcome. Please…
«Aucun commentaire à faire» affirme l’avocate de Tabitha’s Place tout comme les membres de la communauté sollicités sur place. © Nicolas Sabathier source: La Republique des Pyrenees Georges Fenech, député UMP s’en tient au rapport annuel remis au Premier ministre. © DR «Aucun commentaire à faire» affirme l’avocate de Tabitha’s Place tout comme les…
Samantha Brosseau was raised in a strict Christian commune. At age 18, she decided to run away to escape her oppressive lifestyle and go to college – but leaving wasn’t nearly as simple as she’d hoped. Tonic, California/July 19, 2010 By Lisa DeBenedictis Samantha Brosseau twists her ring around her finger absentmindedly. It consists of…
Source: Brattleboro Reformer Howard Weiss- Tisman July 10, 2010 Westminister, Vt – The state is alleging that members of the Twelve Tribes violated Vermont air pollution control regulations when they burned the remnants of the former Oonas restaurant on their farm in Westminister. The religious group was also cited for illegally operating a solid waste…
By Tanya Mannes12:27 A.M.JAN. 18, 2010 Twelve Tribes member Jeremiah and his three year-old son David work during the weekly “farm push” to clear weeds out of the organic crops on their farm. — John G TWELVE TRIBES FACTS • Founded in the early 1970s in Tennessee by former high school guidance counselor Gene Spriggs. Now called…
The San Diego Union Tribune January 18, 2010 Tanya Mannes Twelve Tribes Facts (Sidebar) * Former high school guidance counselor Gene Spriggs founded the group in the early 1970s in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is now called Yoneq and he is the undisputed leader. …