“We are the Messengers and when the message we carry is of truth, peace, beauty and love, we will always have the strength to find our way home, on this, our beautiful Mother Earth”
Micah True "El Caballo Blanco"
TRUE MESSAGES
True messages was created as a platform to continue the projects and share the inspirational Messages of our friend Micah True’s life, words and works in support of the Raramuri peoples of the Sierra Tarahumara.
Our operational approach continues the Message of Korima. A Raramuri tenet that speaks greatly to the kindness and community focus of the culture. What is mine, is also yours. If it is needed and it is available, it is not ‘given’ as it is already yours. There are no attached expectations because it is as it should be.
True Messages projects retain the focus of Norawas de Raramuri, the nonprofit founded by Micah, by supporting the running heritage that remains so important to the Raramuri peoples culture and self identity. We also place great emphasis on the youth of the community, joining in to help encourage an active and healthy lifestyle and providing resources that address special needs as they arise.
MICAH TRUE
Maybe the best biography for Micah we could share is his own words:
“Caballo is no hero. Not a great anything. Just a horse of a little different color, dancing to the beat of a peaceful drum, and wanting to make a little difference in some lives. If I were to be remembered for anything, is that I am/was authentic and real. No Mas. Run Free!” (January 2012)
Our name ‘True Messages’ of course pays homage to Micah’s chosen surname but it also is representative of many of the fundamental truths of humanity and our relationship with one another and with the natural earth that his life embodied and his simple words so often perfectly articulated.
Without question his approach to a simple and generous life deeply connected to the earth and all it provides, was greatly influenced by his reverence and respect for the culture and wisdom’s of the First Nations Indigenous peoples of the America’s. In the early 2000’s this connection led Micah to venture down to the majestic Sierra Tarahumara, a series of Canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental that is deeper and wider than the Grand Canyon of the United States.
The Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyons) are also home to the Raramuri (Tarahumara) peoples, who are known and widely recognized for the importance that endurance running games and events have played within their culture for countless generations. It was perhaps this awareness that led Micah to the Barrancas, but within the harsh and rugged landscape, and the challenges brought about simply based on the remoteness, he found much more. He found a way to give back, a way to share all the blessings that running in nature had provided him. He found Korima.
Micah’s relationships with the Raramuri and local National community and the beautiful trails brought him great joy. More than just the running aspect, many wisdoms of the Raramuri culture aligned with what Micah’s viewed as a path to a happy and fulfilling life: live simply, share, run, and respect the earth and one another.
As his time running the lands and his friendships expanded, he also came to know more specifically of the many challenges that the Raramuri face. Many of these challenges are not new, and