Gathering to Connect to the Ancestors
How do our Ancestors speak to us today?
Experiencing healing the painful past and shift into a thriving future by discovering the wisdom of your ancestors.
Your Ancestors are Whispering .....
Discover Wisdom, Belonging, and Justice
May 11-13, 2023
Sandhya R. Jha, keynote speaker and author of Rebels, Despots, and Saints: The Ancestors Who Free Us and the Ancestors We Need to Free
It's time for radical healing for you, your community, and the planet.
We think that appealing to the wisdom of our ancestors is just the ticket to do this.
Whether your ancestors were saints or jerks - or a little or both - we hope you'll take the time to explore healing the wounds of the past so that you can create a more peaceful present.
In this summit, we'll show you how to connect with your ancestors, heal the pain of the past, and thrive in the future.
Best of all, when we all do this together, we create more justice here on the earth.
Details of the Virtual Event
This is an entirely virtual event on May 11-13. It is a combination of LIVE pre-recorded interviews with some optional hands-on workshops via Zoom.
- Keynote Speaker Sandhya R. Jha will headline the event
- An AMAZING slate of speakers including artists, activists, and spiritual leaders (keep scrolling to see the bios) -- you DON'T want to miss them
- You can watch the talks on your own time with a flexible schedule
- LIVE Workshops to interact with the amazing keynote speakers via Zoom
- The summit hostess, Katy Valentine, will offer some hands-on tools to connect metaphysically to your ancestors
Best of all, this summit is entirely virtual and 100% free to register
We'd LOVE to have YOU attend.
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Summit Hosts
Katy E. Valentine
Summit Host
Katy is the founder of The Metaphysical Christian community. She is an ordained minister, a New Testament scholar, and most importantly, a metaphysical teacher. She loves to facilitate space for Christians to connect to metaphysics. She's been on her ancestral journey for a while, and believes that the more we connect, the more we are freed. You might find her deconstructing religion on the Heretic Happy Hour podcast and taking people on cool journeys at the Magical Mystical Journeys podcast.
Sandhya R. Jha
Keynote Speaker
Sandhya is a respected and inspiring speaker, preacher and workshop leader. Her particular areas of wisdom for speaking are violence prevention, diversity / cultural competency / radical justice, models of healthy communication for organizations, congregational transformation, community outreach, and addressing systemic justice issues (including housing and economic justice). She is the author of Rebels, Despots, and Saints: The Ancestors Who Free Us and The Ancestors We Need to Free and co-host of the Heretic Happy Hour.
Many Thanks to Chalice Media for their sponsorship of this event!
EVENT SPEAKERS
Wisdom
Belonging
Justice
Afro Spiritual
Hello, my name is Afro_Spiritual, I’m a Hoodoo practitioner, Aborisha in Lukumi Orisha practice, and psychic medium. I specialize in ancestral healing, communication, ancestral guidance, and education in strengthening the connection between oneself and their ancestors. You can find Afro Spiritual on Instagram @afro_spiritual
Tai Amri
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan is an African American Aborisha. He completed two years of seminary at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley and served as the co-pastor of First Christian Church of Oakland, California. He is Lawrence, Kansas' 2016 Langston Hughes Poetry Award Recipient, and is a co-founder of the collaborative group B.L.A.C.K. (Black Literature and Arts Collective of Kansas). He teaches middle school English & Language Arts in Topeka, Kansas and is currently working on converting his collection of poems beautiful ashe: memoirs of a sweet black boy & other poems. Find him at taiamri.com You can find Tai Amri on Instagram @taiamrithepoet
Micky
Micky ScottBey Jones is a visionary leader of spiritual accompaniment and movement chaplaincy with a MA in Intercultural Studies from North American Institute for Indigenous Studies with Portland Seminary and is trained in Kingian nonviolence. Micky is a certified and accredited professional enneagram teacher and coach. Find her at mickyscottbeyjones.com
Patricia
Patricia Contreras Flores, Purepecha humble medicine carrier and cultivator is profoundly connected to her ancestree. In every world a noble guerrera chingona bruja is an anarchist abolitionist here to remind folks of our power to heal, love and create together. Patricia spends moments rooting down in prayer, harvesting/sharing medicine, organizing, running hills and singing her way into deeper harmony. You can find Patricia on Twitter @purepechaflores
Patrick
Patrick B. Reyes, Ph.D. is the best-selling author of the award-winning books The Purpose Gap and Nobody Cries When We Die. He is completing his third book Pedagogy of the Ancestors (out in 2024). He is the host of the Sound of the Genuine podcast. A Chicano writer, futurist, and cultural change strategist, he currently serves as a non-profit executive and sits on boards in the higher education and non-profit sectors supporting the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and Chicano leaders and educators. Check out his website here: patrickbreyes.com
Angela
Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber is the author, artist, professor, and retreat leader at Tehom Center, a non-profit teaching about revolutionary women. With a Ph.D. in Art and Religion and over a decade as a Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, she is the award-winning author of 8 books. Her work awakens the revolutionary within women and it has been featured in Forbes, Ms. Magazine, NPR, and the television show Tiny House Nation. Find Angela at The Tehom Center.