Liberatory Designs from The Root to the Fruit
What would our society look like if we could marshal whole systems thinking that combined the best cultural and spiritual blueprints of our ancestors with our most radical contemporary creative imaginations? Some of the greatest visionary activists of our time, who happen to be women of color, gather to share stories and lived experiences to inspire us to rebirth ourselves personally, re-imagine our relationships to each other, and collectively manifest new systems, structures, policies and practices. With: Sonali Sangeeta Balajee, founder of The Bodhi Project; Brandi Mack, National Director of The Butterfly Movement; Taij Kumarie Mooteelall, founder and Co-Leader of Standing In Our Power.
Women's Tent
October 19th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Brandi Mack
National Director
The Butterfly Movement
Brandi Mack, an Oakland, CA-based holistic health educator, massage therapist, and Permaculture designer, has worked in holistic health and ecological sustainability with youth and adults for 16+ years. She is currently National Director of The Butterfly Movement and serves on the boards of: Northern America Permaculture Magazine, Northern California Resilience Network, and Northern California Women in Permaculture.Sonali Sangeeta Balajee
Founder
The Bodhi Project
Sonali Sangeeta Balajee, former Senior Fellow at The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley, is the founder of The Bodhi Project, which promotes practices at the intersection of Belonging, Organizing, Decolonizing, Health, and Interconnectedness. Sonali previously spent 13 years in government in Portland, OR, and also has 20 years’ experience in dance and music performance and 35 years’ practicing yoga and mindfulness.Taij Kumarie Moteelall
Founder
Standing in Our Power
Taij Kumarie Moteelall is a writer, performer, facilitator and coach as well as a highly successful fundraiser for social movements. She founded Standing in Our Power, a national network of women of color leaders committed to holistic transformation, sustainability and wellness for all across the gender spectrum, and co-founded Media Sutra, which seeks to be a vehicle for self-determination and collective liberation for creative entrepreneurs of color.
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