Honor Indigenous and African Healing Practices:
A Global Dialog on Recognition, Preservation, and Innovation
A Sacred Gathering of Tradition Bearers, Healers and Culture Keepers.
Friday, October 16, 2026 to Sunday, October 18, 2026
City of Light Sanctuary
100 Kerness Rd., Ellenville, NY 12428
LUNCH
Main Hall
Main Hall
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DINNER
Activity
BREAK
DRAFT PROGRAM
DAY 1 - Friday, October 16, 2026
Time
Location
5:00pm
Main Hall
Arrival/Check in, Cabin Assignments & Site Tour
— AI-26 Team
6:00pm
Main Hall
WELCOME, Libation Ceremony, Dinner
— AI-25 Team
Eternal Song
Documentary Screening - Courtesy of SAND
Announcements/Preparations for Day 2
— AI-25 Team
Presenter
Day 2 - Afternoon
END DAY 1
AI-26 Team
BREAKFAST
END DAY 1
DAY 2 - Saturday, October 17, 2026
Opening Day - Libation Ceremony and Ancestral Invocation
7:00pm
8:30pm
END DAY 1
Main Hall
7:00am
7:30am
8:30am
Main Hall
BREAK
BREAKFAST
Four Gatherings, One Turn: The Ancestral Institute from Critique to Construction
— Keith Watts, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky)
10:00am
BREAK
10:15am
12:00noon
12:45pm
Main Hall
END DAY 1
Outdoors
Main Hall
Honoring Indigenous and African Healing Practices
— Betty Pierre
Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom through Somatic Healing for Caribbean Communities
Rooted Holistic Inner & Outer Stability: Vedic/Nature-based Living with Ayurveda, Yoga, and Eastern Ancestral Practices
— Phadia Jean-Pierre
— Shweta Parmar
1:00pm
LUNCH
2:30pm
Reconvene—Afternoon Session
4:00pm
Main Hall
Yoga
— Kim Narayani
4:15pm
BREAK
5:15pm
Main Hall
Main Hall
Main Hall
Reclaiming Memory, Restoring Identity: Africentric, Human-Centered Design for Healing in the Afircan Diaspora
— James Singletary
7:00pm
Main Hall
Kato
BREAK
— AI-26 Team
END DAY 2
8:00pm
Putdoors
BREAKFAST
DINNER
Documentary Screening - Courtesy of SAND
9:30pm
END DAY 2
7:00am
7:30am
8:00am
9:30am
11:00am
11:45am
1:00pm
Main Hall
Main Hall
Main Hall
Main Hall
Closing Libation Ceremony/Ancestral Invocation
Announcements/Preparations for Day 3
END DAY 2
DAY 3 - Sunday, October 18, 2026
Opening Day- Libation Ceremony/Ancestral Invocation
Announcements
BREAKFAST
Genealogical Consciousness as Radical Resistance:Reclaiming Ancestral Identity for Black Healing and Social Work
Drumming and Percussion Workshop
Closing Libation Ceremony & Ancestral Invocation
Announcements: Packing up/Preparation for Departure
Grab-n-Go LUNCH
Departure - Bus/Private Transport
— AI-26 Team
BREAKFAST
Warren Graham, Ph.D., (Columbia University)
— Kwabena B. Agyeman & Ryan Greenidge (CUMBE)
— Kwabena B. Agyeman & Ryan Greenidge (CUMBE)
— AI-26 Team
Outdoor - Yoga Platform/Stones
Main Hall
Main Hall
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.