Online Special Event: Ancestors Welcome Here
With Ream and Kimber Simpkins
October 5, 2024
Ancestral Healing Practice Period for White Practitioners Committed to Racial Justice
Saturday, October 5th 10am – 12pm (PST)
Registration closes October 3rd at 11:59pm Pacific Time
In this special day of practice we will explore healing, and the action we can take to end injustice in the world, with the support of our wise and loving ancestors, the Earth and all our relationships. This ancestral healing work makes it possible for us to more fully embody our commitment to racial justice.
White people*: We need all the help we can get. Who can we be today to change the conditions of our world for the better, to right the wrongs of the past in the present, and to find the way to the future, so we can become good ancestors to the world to come? Working at the level of the body, we will welcome our wise and loving ancestors of blood and bone to extend their blessings to us, and to give us their full support and backing in our efforts to end white supremacy, and all its impacts, in our lifetimes. We are the representatives of our lineages here on Earth at this time, and our bodies know the way.
*For self-identified white people. If you identify as white and are committed to racial justice, land and liberation, this retreat is for you.
ABOUT THIS ONLINE PROGRAM
At registration you will receive a link with a landing page for the online community that includes the zoom and schedule information for this program, along with any other helpful tips before, during, and after your retreat. This link will be emailed to you again 24 hours before your retreat. Please visit our website for information on the cancellation policy for this retreat.
WINTER RETREAT
Ream and Kimber Simpkins will also be leading an in-person retreat December 3 – 8, 2024 at Big Bear Retreat Center with Em Morrison. For more information about the in-person retreat visit Ancestors Welcome Here: Ancesteral Healing Retreat for White Practicioners Committed to Racial Justice.
Teachers & Facilitators
Ream, pronouns: She/They. Ream is a queer organizer and somatics practitioner of European ancestry currently in Oakland, CA, organizing for economic and racial justice and immigrants’ rights, working for over 25 years in the labor movement and currently as the Strategic Campaigns Director for the United Domestic Workers’ Union. Ream is a graduate of EBMC’s PITA and WAS programs and is a co-founder of the Social Justice Sangha. Ream is a practitioner with Generative Somatics, teaching “Somatics for White Racial Justice Organizers” and holds trauma healing groups with activists and movement leaders.
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Kimber (She/her), for over twenty years, has been learning and teaching how to use meditation and movement to improve our relationships with our bodies, our spirits, our communities, and our world. Kimber is a white, cis, queer mom and author who’s taught movement and mindfulness in the San Francisco Bay area for more than twenty years, bringing a body love and social justice perspective to teaching and learning. As a dharma practitioner, Kimber has witnessed first hand how the practice of mindfulness brings more compassion, connection, and joy to relationships and to life. Lately she has been diving deep into…
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