Please note that the agenda is subject to change.
Your first stop for check-in, event materials, and conference information.
- 9:00 AM
Welcome and salute to our ancestors.
- 9:15 AM
Agenda overview and opening reflections on learning, unity, and forward action.
- 10:30 AM
Panel + Q&A with spiritual elders, legal scholars, policy leaders and cultural practitioners.
In this time of climate catastrophe, rising authoritarianism, deepening racial and religious discrimination, and the fraying of our collective spirit—how can sacred traditions rise to meet the global crisis?
FACILITATOR: Ernestine Belgrave
- 10:45 AM
- 12:00 PM
Reflections and dialogue. In Yoruba cosmology, Oshun, Yemaya, Oya, and the Earth herself embody the most powerful forces of nature. This session explores feminine leadership as a sacred necessity in planetary healing.
FACILITATOR: Melody Capote
- 1:00 PM
Enjoy lunch while visiting the art exhibit/meditation room and vendor marketplace. Connect, share, and strengthen bonds.
- 2:15 PM
Dialogue on healing fractures, reconciling lineages, and building bridges across traditions. Includes a 'Unity Starter Kit' of example rituals, conversation prompts, and ancestral strategies for reconciliation.
- 2:30 PM
- 3:45 PM
Interactive workshop and discussion. How do we protect both our inner lives and our communities in a world increasingly hostile to what is sacred? This session blends ancestral practices of cleansing and shielding with modern, trauma-informed approaches.
FACILITATOR: Hakim Pitts
- 4:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
Community Design Lab + Vision Mural + Divination Reminder. Together, participants will envision thriving futures, contribute to a living 'vision mural,' and identify practices that promote peace, protection, and joy.
A final moment of gratitude, light, and blessing.
