Wabaronguóun lidan Garifunaduáü: iúnrahei warasan, agahabuda lun sánsiguaü, inebesei lun wanichigu

Garifuna Moving Forward: Honoring Tradition, Embracing Change, Strengthening Identity,

DRAFT 2025 Program

Cultural Gathering for Holistic Health & Wellness

Uniting Indigenous and Diasporic Practices

Monday, November 17, 2025 to Thursday, November, 21, 2025

LUNCH & Lunchtime Discussion

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Reconvene - Afternoon Session

BREAK

DINNER

Activity

BREAK

Presenter

DRAFT PROGRAM (Belize Time)

Monday, November 17, 2025

Time

Location

8:00am

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Check In/Coffee, Tea

— AI-25 Team

9:00am

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Opening/Call to Order

— AI-25 Team

Ancestral Voices - Invocations

— Aurora and Ernesto Saqui (Maya) and The Garifuna Youth Music Initiative, led by Eleanor Castillo Bullock (Garifuna)

Welcome, Introductions, Housekeeping

— AI-25 Team

9:30am to 10:30am

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Healing Through Culture: How traditional practices promote mental and emotional well-being.

— Gwen Nunez Gonzalez, Ed.D.

10:30am to 11:30am

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Mental Health: Exploring the application and wisdom of Indigenous psychological, spiritual, and wellness frameworks.

— Aurora and Ernesto Saqui, Ich-Komonil Organization

11:30am to 11:45am

BREAK

11:45am to 12:45pm

Coconut Palm Conference Room

The Decline of the Yucatec Maya in Belize:A fight for well-being.

— Delmer Tzib, IILI, University of Belize

Lánina Aüra Buni Amürü Nuni, Iáya Waü: A Garifuna Approach to Healing.

— Peitra Arana, MD

12:45pm to 1:30pm

Coconut Palm Conference Room

LUNCH & Lunchtime Discussion

Natural Disasters, Culture and Mental Health

— Facilitated by Delmer Tzib, IILI, University of Belize

1:30pm

Reconvene—Afternoon Session

1:30pm to 3:30pm

Coconut Palm Conference Room A

Ancestors Mapping & Meditations

— Ifetayo Ojelade, Ph.D., A Healing Paradigm, LLC

3:30pm to 3:45pm

BREAK

3:45pm to 4:45pm

Coconut Palm Conference Room B

The Ancestral Institute as Blueprint: A Watake on Building Decolonial Wellness

— Keith Watts, Ph.D., Angela Flowers Jones, DSW, Ifetayo Ojelade, Ph.D., A Healing Paradigm, LLC

4:45pm to 5:00pm

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Ancestral Voices - Closing Invocations

— Drumming by Hanigi Waguburigu (Garifuna)

5:30pm

Pelican Beach Resort Dining Room

DINNER

6:30pm

Q&A via Zoom—Coconut Palm Conference Room

“The Eternal Song” – documentary screening, compliments of Science & NonDuality (SAND)

— Documentary Screening and Q&A with Iya Affo, Heal Historical Trauma

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Coconut Palm Conference Room

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Martes, 18 de noviembre de 2025

Pre-Garifuna Celebrations

Walking Tour

  • Stann Creek Ecumenical High School/Ecumenical Junior High School

  • Dangriga Communities

Celebraciones Pre-Garífunas

Tour a pie

  • Stann Creek Ecumenical Escuela secundaria/Ecumenical Junior High School

  • Comunidades Dangriga

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Miercoles 19 de noviembre, 2025

Dangriga Celebration Day

  • Early Morning Gathering for Ancestral Worship where river meets the ocean

  • Parade to local church for service

  • Walk to Drums of Our Fathers Monument and Park

  • Official Garifuna Ceremony

  • Parade through Dangriga

Día de celebración de Dangriga

  • Reunión matutina para el culto ancestral donde el río se encuentra con el océano

  • Desfile a la iglesia local para el servicio.

  • Camine hasta el monumento y parque de los Tambores de Nuestros Padres

  • Ceremonia oficial garífuna

  • Desfile por Dangriga

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Jueves, 20 de noviembre, 2025

Cultural Immersion Experiences:

  • Maya Center Ceremony  (optional)

  • Garifuna Cultural Experience - Palmetto Grove (optional)

    Experiencias de Inmersión Cultural:

  • Ceremonia del Centro Maya - Centro Maya (opcional)

  • Experiencia Cultural Garífuna - Palmetto Grove (opcional)

Friday, November 21, 2025

Viernes 21 de noviembre, 2025

Open - Attendees free to depart or extend stay, explore Dangriga and surrounding areas.

Abierto: los asistentes pueden salir o extender su estadía, explorar Dangriga y sus alrededores.

Kindred Spirits

This beautiful sculpture was built by the Irish people in Ireland to honor the American Choctaw Indian tribe, to express their gratitude for the Choctaw People , who in 1847 sent money to Ireland when they learned that Irish people were starving due to the potato famine. The Choctaw themselves were living in hardship and poverty, having recently endured the Trail of Tears.

Kindred Spirits is a large stainless steel outdoor sculpture in Bailick Park in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. The shape of the feathers is intended to represent a bowl of food.

Espíritus afines

Esta hermosa escultura fue construida por el pueblo irlandés en Irlanda para honrar a la tribu india choctaw americana, para expresar su gratitud al pueblo choctaw, que en 1847 envió dinero a Irlanda cuando se enteraron de que los irlandeses morían de hambre debido a la hambruna de la papa. Los propios choctaw vivían en penurias y pobreza, habiendo soportado recientemente el Sendero de las Lágrimas.

Kindred Spirits es una gran escultura al aire libre de acero inoxidable en Bailick Park en Midleton, Condado de Cork, Irlanda. La forma de las plumas pretende representar un plato de comida.