About Us
Grandmothers’ Village Project
MISSION 🔹 VISION 🔹 VALUES
We are a nonprofit intentional community organization developed to house our diverse, and marginalized grandmothers/fathers in an environmentally safe and ecologically sound “Grandmothers’ Village.”
Meet Our Board of Directors:
Rev. Dr. Sandy Range, Grandmother of Excellence / Founder/Board Chair/CEO
Misha Thomas, Grandmother of Justice / Board Co-Chair/Treasurer
Jasmin Davis Shearer, Grandmother of Creativity / Secretary
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
Mohandas Gandhi
Our Mission
Our mission is to foster a healthy and sustainable environment; promote social, economic, environmental, housing, food, and spiritual justice; and strengthen community well-being for marginalized Elders: our Grandmothers and Grandfathers.
Our Vision
Grandmothers’ Village Project envisions Wisdom Tree Village, a living, land-based community where Elders are surrounded by beauty, safety, ceremony, and ecological harmony. Our vision is to build an intentional village of net-zero, eco-sustainable homes designed specifically for Elder health, mobility, and dignity.
Our community will include:
• A regenerative organic farm providing fresh food, herbs, and plant medicine
• A Healing & Retreat Center offering ceremony, arts, meditation, storytelling, and creative expression
• A Sanctuary for cultural and spiritual practices from a diversity of Indigenous and ancestral lineages
• A Community Kitchen and Gathering Hall for shared meals, teachings, and celebrations
• Walking paths, gardens, and quiet spaces that honor the land and protect wildlife
• A learning environment where Elders pass down wisdom to families, youth, and future generations
• Off-grid water, energy, and land-tending systems rooted in Indigenous Technologies and regenerative design
Wisdom Tree Village will be a place where Elders live independently yet in community; where they are honored for their lived experience; where ceremony is part of daily life; and where the land is treated as a living relative, not a resource.
It will be a blueprint for environmental justice, land stewardship, ancestral continuity, and Elder-centered community care.
Our Values
Integrity
We honor the highest integrity in all actions, relationships, and decisions.
Reverence for All Beings
We show deep respect for our human and other-than-human relatives, the land, the waters,
the air, and all of nature.
Commitment to JEDIA
We uphold Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Ability for all Elders, especially those who
have long been marginalized or excluded.
Environmental & Community Well-being
We commit to clean air, clean water, organic food, regenerative farming, and zero-carbon
living as essential to Elder health and community resilience.
Spiritual & Animist Foundation
We are guided by Indigenous Technologies, Values, and Customs. Our work rests on a spiritual and animist worldview that honors ancestors, land, ceremony, and the interconnectedness of all life.
Meet Our Board of Directors
