The fundraiser is still on!
Help us raise $5000 for the Lumad Community, Indigenous people in the Philippines who are receiving NO governmental support and been forcibly evacuated from their ancestral lands (even before COVID-19).
How will the $5000 be used?
$400 will provide food and toiletries
$1000 will support (1) generator for the evacuation center or schools
$1600 will purchase a piso-wifi machine for indigenous students at a free boarding school for indigenous peoples (IP) from peasant backgrounds, CTCSM. The Dept of Ed is calling for classes to resume online on Aug 24 and many IPs are already at a disadvantage; not only with lack of access to wifi in the rural communities they come from, but not having access to wifi in their boarding school. State forces are trying to shut down the school's neighbors who provide piso-wifi as passive income to keep the school disconnected from the community, locally and internationally.
$2000 will buy garden tools, seeds, materials for the community of (540) in evacuation to support their sustainable agriculture rehabilitation efforts
Help us raise $5000 for the Lumad Community, Indigenous people in the Philippines who are receiving NO governmental support and been forcibly evacuated from their ancestral lands (even before COVID-19).
How will the $5000 be used?
$400 will provide food and toiletries
$1000 will support (1) generator for the evacuation center or schools
$1600 will purchase a piso-wifi machine for indigenous students at a free boarding school for indigenous peoples (IP) from peasant backgrounds, CTCSM. The Dept of Ed is calling for classes to resume online on Aug 24 and many IPs are already at a disadvantage; not only with lack of access to wifi in the rural communities they come from, but not having access to wifi in their boarding school. State forces are trying to shut down the school's neighbors who provide piso-wifi as passive income to keep the school disconnected from the community, locally and internationally.
$2000 will buy garden tools, seeds, materials for the community of (540) in evacuation to support their sustainable agriculture rehabilitation efforts
The Hosts
Adelina's Sessions:
- Everyday: Meditation, Prayer, Affirmation @11:11AM PST
- On Sunday 6/7: Standing Firm @11:45AM PST
Learn More about Adelina
Adelina Tancioco, MSW, is trained as a therapist, restorative justice practitioner, and certified coach & consultant, however, she most identifies with being a vessel of healing. She has intuitive gifts that have been passed down in her family for generations. She has spent more than half of her life learning from her ancestors and God about how to connect with those who have passed, those who are alive and in pain, and most importantly our own inner knowing. As the founder of Surrendered Healing, she specializes in serving Womxn of Color who question their inherent deserving and helps them trust their higher selves to create the abundant lives they truly deserve!
Meredith Curry
Owner
AdvancED Consulting, LLC
www.advancedconsulting.org
East San Jose, CA
Photo credit Serei Tun.
Owner
AdvancED Consulting, LLC
www.advancedconsulting.org
East San Jose, CA
Photo credit Serei Tun.
Mer's Sessions:
- Everyday: Closing and Feelin' Yo Self with music by DJ Shugga Shay @12:27PM PST
Learn More About mer
Mer works with entrepreneurs, nonprofit and education organizations to increase capacity organization-wide. She works with their leaders and professionals to enhance fund development, board management, programming, data analysis, Salesforce, and general operations strategies and processes.
Here are a few highlights about Mer: Commissioner for the Commission on the Status of Women, representing District 2 of Santa Clara County; Alumnus of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute's Civic Leadership Program, Class of 2019; Salesforce Certified Administrator + FormAssembly Partner; She was the founding Operations Director of the California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) who manages www.CaliforniaColleges.edu.
Mer started consulting in 2011 as a sole proprietor and has worked with several organizations across California. Mer founded AdvancED Consulting, LLC in May 2018.
Fun Fact: Mer speaks Tagalog fluently and has enjoyed a long history of Filipino cultural and hip hop dance. In addition to performing on collegiate teams, Mer performed with street teams and was featured in the TV Shows "Dance 360" and "Marty's Corner”. Mer has taught hip hop in dance studios across California to children as young as 4 years old to adults.
Here are a few highlights about Mer: Commissioner for the Commission on the Status of Women, representing District 2 of Santa Clara County; Alumnus of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute's Civic Leadership Program, Class of 2019; Salesforce Certified Administrator + FormAssembly Partner; She was the founding Operations Director of the California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) who manages www.CaliforniaColleges.edu.
Mer started consulting in 2011 as a sole proprietor and has worked with several organizations across California. Mer founded AdvancED Consulting, LLC in May 2018.
Fun Fact: Mer speaks Tagalog fluently and has enjoyed a long history of Filipino cultural and hip hop dance. In addition to performing on collegiate teams, Mer performed with street teams and was featured in the TV Shows "Dance 360" and "Marty's Corner”. Mer has taught hip hop in dance studios across California to children as young as 4 years old to adults.
Plus, for every $10 you donate you get a chance to win these AMAZING prizes!! (See below)
Prize / Gift |
Donor/Vendor |
Learn More At |
"Be A Parent Champion: A Guide to Becoming a Partner with Your Child's School" with accompanying workbook |
Tici'ess, Inc |
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"Express: Love, Light, Truth" is a 9"x9", chromographic print, by multidisciplinary artist Sami See |
Sami See Art |
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"We Are Inspiring: The stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American women" |
Angel Trazo |
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18" x 25" Maiz Poster |
Lilia Reynoso Art |
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3 hours of DJ services with DJ Shugga Shay |
DJ Shugga Shay |
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A copy of Janice Sapigao's first book, "microchips for millions" |
JaniceWrites.com |
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A double pointed Amethyst pendant - a stone perfect for a surrendered healer |
Original Gems |
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"Anti Imperialist Social Club" T-shirt |
Ugat Clothing |
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One Wonder Woman cup koozie and one Papyrus patch |
Apple's Handmade Creation |
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One 4oz. Lemongrass Water |
Kyra's Shea Medleys |
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"The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook: Classic and Modern Filipino Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker" |
The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook |
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Value Hand Sanitizers, CBD Infused Bath Bomb for Pain and CBD Infused Massage Oil |
Malaya Botanicals |
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Handmade and painted Monarch Butterfly earrings |
MonarchMigration Shop |
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Handmade earrings : wrapped hoops |
Native Sol |
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A set of handmade crystal earrings. These hoops are made with quartz, also known as the master healer |
woundedhealingart |
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Blended essential oil 15 ml vial |
The Healing Life Center |
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Test print Garden V, part of the Garden Series |
Laura Ho |
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One pair GUAVA LEAF earrings / mini leaf hoops. (Solid brass) One pair mini DIVINA earrings / mini bar hoops. (Solid brass) One hand-stamped "MAGANDA" cuff bracelet. (Solid brass) One hammered cuff bracelet. (Solid brass) |
The Groggy Owl |
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Organic CBD Peppermint Muscle Salve |
Mica Organics |
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Goddess Gang T-Shirt |
Goddess Gang Tee |
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Worry Stone Bracelet |
Full Moon Mami |
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Art pieces Ifugao, Batak, and Yakan |
Sourmouth Sweetheart |
The Speakers
We're delighted to bring you a dynamic group of speakers each day of our event!
Everyday
June 6-12, 2020
"Feelin' Yo Self" Movement with Mer and Music by DJ Shugga Shay or AstraLogik
Shantá Franco-Clausen
DJ Shugga Shay
@12:30PM-12:45PM PST
DJ Shugga Shay
@12:30PM-12:45PM PST
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHAY
Shantá Franco-Clausen, also known as "DJ Shugga Shay," is a fierce, strong, dynamic powerhouse, who works tirelessly to create a voice of the voiceless in Santa Clara County. Shay has been a community organizer for the last 15 years, leading community cleanups, beach and creek cleanups, advocating for environmental social justice, mentoring youth, advocating for justice-involved women and girls, and running political campaigns.
"Her energy and passion is contagious," is what many say about Shay, because her passion is shown in her undeniable advocacy and leadership. Shay's leads to create stronger, comprehensive legislation outcomes for marginalized and oppressed communities and was instrumental in two California legislation victories; Senate Bill 273, Authored Senator Susan Rubio, "Expanding the Statute of Limitations on felony Domestic Violence" and protecting 1,000 acres of California's most threatened pieces of land in Coyote Valley.
In her spare time, Shay is elected to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, while also serving as Director of Gender and Equity for the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee, Adult Advisor for California High School Democrats, Chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women, Chair of the Justice and Advocacy Committee, Board Member and Chair of the San Jose Evergreen Bond Oversight Committee and Board Member Save By Nature. Shay is also a mother of five children with her wife and a local Bay Area DJ.
"I am just trying to be the Women I wished I would have met at 14" Shay says, because gaining knowledge and influence to change outcomes for her community, is the impetus to her advocacy."
"Her energy and passion is contagious," is what many say about Shay, because her passion is shown in her undeniable advocacy and leadership. Shay's leads to create stronger, comprehensive legislation outcomes for marginalized and oppressed communities and was instrumental in two California legislation victories; Senate Bill 273, Authored Senator Susan Rubio, "Expanding the Statute of Limitations on felony Domestic Violence" and protecting 1,000 acres of California's most threatened pieces of land in Coyote Valley.
In her spare time, Shay is elected to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, while also serving as Director of Gender and Equity for the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee, Adult Advisor for California High School Democrats, Chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women, Chair of the Justice and Advocacy Committee, Board Member and Chair of the San Jose Evergreen Bond Oversight Committee and Board Member Save By Nature. Shay is also a mother of five children with her wife and a local Bay Area DJ.
"I am just trying to be the Women I wished I would have met at 14" Shay says, because gaining knowledge and influence to change outcomes for her community, is the impetus to her advocacy."
Saturday
June 6th, 2020
Mental Health is Everything
Jessica Dagum
Empowerment Coach
BAKS NAMAN! Self Care Through Boxing
@11:23AM - 11:45AM PST
Empowerment Coach
BAKS NAMAN! Self Care Through Boxing
@11:23AM - 11:45AM PST
session details
A quick boxing lesson tying in self-care practices to help tap into your inner strength.
What to Bring: Please dress comfortably for a light workout.
What to Bring: Please dress comfortably for a light workout.
Learn More about jessica
Since childhood, martial arts has always been part of Jessica’s life. She studied various forms including karate, tae kwon do, kali, wing chun, muay thai, and boxing. As she continued her craft, Jessica’s self-confidence and the feeling of empowerment thrived in her everyday life. This was something that she wanted to carry and help others with. It was through a series of difficult life situations and challenges that led to lessons in self-care, including the understanding of resilience and how finding one’s voice happens when you take the time to nurture yourself. Jessica’s loss of one of her closest friends led her on a mission to act as a resource and coach, developing self-care practices that tie naturally to boxing/martial arts, specifically for women and the LGBTQ community. She envisions her teachings building confidence and one's ability to not only survive, but thrive. Thus, Baks Naman! was created.
Jeannie Celestial, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Dalawang Buslo, Two Baskets:
Integrating Stress & Joy in the Present Moment
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Clinical Psychologist
Dalawang Buslo, Two Baskets:
Integrating Stress & Joy in the Present Moment
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
session details
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a myriad of stress and anxiety in most, if not all, of us. This session offers a framework for honoring difficult emotions and experiences (such as, grief, loss, and anxiety) as well as life-enhancing ones (such as, faith, gratitude, and radical joy).
What to Bring: Please bring 2 small vessels or containers in your home (e.g. soup bowl, mug, basket, or other food container), 6 small pieces of paper, and a writing tool. I look forward to meeting you!
What to Bring: Please bring 2 small vessels or containers in your home (e.g. soup bowl, mug, basket, or other food container), 6 small pieces of paper, and a writing tool. I look forward to meeting you!
Learn more about Dr. Jeannie
Jeannie Celestial, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her ancestral lineage is from Cebu & Cavite, Philippines. Dr. Jeannie serves on the Steering Committee of the Filipinx Mental Health Initiative-Solano (FMH-Solano). She is also one of the authors of The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook, a best-selling guide to making beloved Filipino dishes in your electric pressure cooker. She is passionate about the holistic well-being of Filipinas/os/x people. IG: @jeanniecelestial | Email: [email protected]
Simone Hufana
Color Herstory, Owner/Founder
Knowing Herstory: Destress coloring session!
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
Color Herstory, Owner/Founder
Knowing Herstory: Destress coloring session!
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
session details
Color with the crowd while hearing about the womxn of color in the award winning Color Herstory books! Plus hear Simone's journey as a youth business owner!
What to Bring? Please print out one of these pages and have coloring markers, pencils, or crayons.
What to Bring? Please print out one of these pages and have coloring markers, pencils, or crayons.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SImone
Simone Hufana is a 19 year founder, community activist, speaker, and creative from Oakland, California. She created her business Color Herstory when she was 17 years old, the worlds 1st coloring book based on influential womxn of color! Learn more at www.simonehufana.com
Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Sunday
June 7th, 2020
Stand Firm Amidst Chaos
Krystle Liggins
Vivacious Radiance Consulting
Transformational Spiritual Life & Meditation Coach
Walking Meditation
@11:23AM-11:43AM PST
Vivacious Radiance Consulting
Transformational Spiritual Life & Meditation Coach
Walking Meditation
@11:23AM-11:43AM PST
SEssion Details
Find your innate flow through active guidance from your own two feet.
What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothes and be ready for a walking meditation.
What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothes and be ready for a walking meditation.
LEARN MORE ABOUT KRYSTLE LIGGINS
Krystle Liggins is a lover of life and an advocate for full self-expression. Living life 200% is her motto. 100% inner and 100% outer. Her experience in coaching, teaching, speaking, and facilitating transformation has been an ongoing way of being for the last 10 years. She has held space and lead transformation sessions, programs, and workshops for healing work in inner-city schools, corporate organizations, medical institutions, and recovery homes for veterans and survivors of human trafficking. In the midst of COVID-19 national quarantine, Krystle has been exploring the South African humanitarian way of being "ubuntu," meaning "I am because you are" and " I am fine today if you are fine today".She entertains us being vital together, radiating truth and the light of life. Embracing CommUnity, flow, and Selfcare. Learn more at www.vivaciousradiance.com
Adelina Tancioco
Surrendered Healing
Host, Spiritual Life Coach and Healer
Standing Firm
@11:45AM-12:05PM PST
Surrendered Healing
Host, Spiritual Life Coach and Healer
Standing Firm
@11:45AM-12:05PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
During this session we’ll be exploring the technology of how you navigate through those times in our lives when it may feel like the light is not shining on us, a time that is sometimes referred to as The Dark Night. we’ll be looking at the possibilities and potentials and how we can have our circumstances without allowing them to have us. We will learn that the Dark Night experience is inevitable for us all - but it is also a time when something greater is seeking to emerge through us.
Astralogik
Vocalist
Music and Sound Bath
@12:07PM-12:27PM PST
Vocalist
Music and Sound Bath
@12:07PM-12:27PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Sit back and relax as you listen to a mixture of visuals, sound healing, and original music.
LEARN MORE ABOUT AStralogik
Queer Pinay Duo from the Bay Area, California. They source their music from their experiences as nomads, seekers of their inner and outer purpose & the dynamic exploration of healing in the constructs of a capitalist-patriarchal society. Learn more at www.astralogik.com
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Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes! |
Monday
June 8th, 2020
Evolve Your Being
Fawad Akbar
Body Evolution, Owner
Full Body Workout
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
Body Evolution, Owner
Full Body Workout
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
SESSION DETAILS
A full body workout for all levels using your own body weight! No experience necessary! Come with a towel, water, and ready to sweat!
Learn More about Fawad
Twelve years ago I began my journey as a personal trainer and quickly realized that it wasn’t just my passion to help people physically, but also mentally. This drove me to create Body Evolution, a unique gym that personalizes group workouts to fit the physical needs of each client while supporting them to move past their mental blocks. We have supported hundreds of clients meet their goals and more importantly live happier lives! Learn more at www.bodyevo.org
SAMMAY
URBAN x INDIGENOUS, Founding Artistic Director / Vision Keeper
R(E)volution from Within
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Photo credit Mogli Maureal.
URBAN x INDIGENOUS, Founding Artistic Director / Vision Keeper
R(E)volution from Within
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Photo credit Mogli Maureal.
SESSION DETAILS
SAMMAY will ground us into the importance of ancestral wisdom in the desire to evolve and elevate into our higher purpose. From her journey as a competitive urban dancer to a diasporic community leader committed to sharing embodiment as it relates to spirituality and intergenerational healing - they will offer insight on learnings she has received in this ongoing dance of moving through light and dark, in journeying towards collective liberation.
Learn More About Sammay
SAMMAY (she/they/siya) is the daughter of Yolanda Peñaflor Dizon; granddaughter of Salvacion Orencillo Peñaflor and Carolina Agdeppa Dizon. Born from a collective dream where the ancestors danced, drummed, and sang around ceremonial fire in the mountain tops of the arkipelago - she is a healer, interdisciplinary artist, cultural producer, and performance maker of Bikol, Kapampangan, and Ilokano descent who celebrates “urban-indigenous futurism” as a pathway to collectively realize the potentialities through the intersection of our indigenous traditions and urban contemporary landscapes. Born and raised in LA County/Tongva Territory and a settler in San Francisco/Yelamu, she invokes ancestral healing and ritual within the intersection of performance art, dance theatre, music, and multimedia; their role as kinetic storyteller and healer is ancient medicine from their maternal lineage.
SAMMAY is the Founding Artistic Director of URBAN x INDIGENOUS, Founding Member of I Moving Lab, and Core Member of Embodiment Project. She has been featured by Dance Mission Theater, Red Poppy Art House, CounterPulse, Kearny Street Workshop, and East Meets West Festival among others. She is a three-time recipient of the "Presented by APICC" Artist Award; YBCA Public Imagination Fellow 2018; and first-ever Featured Artist for United States of Asian America Festival 2018. SAMMAY holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Sociology with minors in Dance & Performance Studies and Global Poverty & Practice from UC Berkeley. To follow her journey through the diaspora: www.sammaydizon.com.
SAMMAY is the Founding Artistic Director of URBAN x INDIGENOUS, Founding Member of I Moving Lab, and Core Member of Embodiment Project. She has been featured by Dance Mission Theater, Red Poppy Art House, CounterPulse, Kearny Street Workshop, and East Meets West Festival among others. She is a three-time recipient of the "Presented by APICC" Artist Award; YBCA Public Imagination Fellow 2018; and first-ever Featured Artist for United States of Asian America Festival 2018. SAMMAY holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Sociology with minors in Dance & Performance Studies and Global Poverty & Practice from UC Berkeley. To follow her journey through the diaspora: www.sammaydizon.com.
Mike Tinoco
Educator & Beatboxer
Beats From the Heart
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
Educator & Beatboxer
Beats From the Heart
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Experience story telling to illustrate how beatboxing, as a fundamental element of hip-hop, builds community while having fun learning basic beatbox sounds and techniques!
Learn more about Mike tinoco
I discovered beatboxing as a teenager during a very low point in my life. In many ways, it saved my life. What started out as a hobby developed into a deep passion that opened doors for me I couldn't have dreamed of when I started. I became part of a very diverse community of beatboxers in the Bay Area who performed frequently. I helped organize and produce beatbox shows in SF and Berkeley. Got to travel overseas, be on tv, share the stage with hip-hop legends including Rahzel and Scratch from The Roots, Doug E. Fresh, and more. But most importantly, beatboxing led me back to the classroom as an educator, for which I am eternally grateful.
As a teacher I am committed to working alongside his students, educators, and the people in transforming oppressive conditions and creating a culture of positive peace that demands justice, centers love, and holds room for everyone to be part of beloved communities.
I co-organize Critical Friends, a grassroots critical teacher inquiry group in the South Bay and have supported nonviolence work with several groups and organizations, including: East Point Peace Academy; Nonviolent Leadership for Social Justice; Maestrx: A Movement for Raza Liberation through Educación; the Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice (ITOC); Teachers 4 Social Justice (T4SJ); Rock the School Bells, among others.
As a teacher I am committed to working alongside his students, educators, and the people in transforming oppressive conditions and creating a culture of positive peace that demands justice, centers love, and holds room for everyone to be part of beloved communities.
I co-organize Critical Friends, a grassroots critical teacher inquiry group in the South Bay and have supported nonviolence work with several groups and organizations, including: East Point Peace Academy; Nonviolent Leadership for Social Justice; Maestrx: A Movement for Raza Liberation through Educación; the Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice (ITOC); Teachers 4 Social Justice (T4SJ); Rock the School Bells, among others.
Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Tuesday
June 9th, 2020
Connect With Ancestral Strength
Daphnee Valdez
Manghihilot, Intuitive Coach, & Reiki Practitioner
Hilot Through Story
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
Manghihilot, Intuitive Coach, & Reiki Practitioner
Hilot Through Story
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Hilot is the Filipinx indigenous form of healing. I will introduce hilot through storytelling, that comes from my family lineage of healers. We will tap into our highest selves and share stories of love, laughter and light.
Learn more about daphnee
I come from a lineage of ancestral healers on both sides of my family, my lola nena and nanay carnay. I bring with me spiritual resilience and guidance of the indigenous tao (people) of the philippines. My first spiritual teacher is my mother who taught me the roots and practice of hilot (indigenous filipinx healing). i received my level 1 & 2 reiki training (japanese healing) with marie kyoko morohoshi in "Buliyum Pyuuk (mt shasta) as referred to by the winnemem wintu tribe."
As a first-generation queer pinay, i am passionate about working with pinays, qtpoc, lgbtqia+, & transitional age youth. I've been involved in youth and lgbtqia+ activism for over ten years and on an ongoing journey of spiritual activism, focused on reclamation and remembering.
I truly stepped into alignment after I gave birth to teyo. I felt the love and light of my ancestors, womxn in my life, and inner strength while birthing my baby. Iconstantly embrace and am grateful for the gifts I have been given while staying humble to my own spiritual growth and healing as a mother, pinay, & queer woman. Learn more at https://www.daphneegvaldezintuitivecoach.com/
As a first-generation queer pinay, i am passionate about working with pinays, qtpoc, lgbtqia+, & transitional age youth. I've been involved in youth and lgbtqia+ activism for over ten years and on an ongoing journey of spiritual activism, focused on reclamation and remembering.
I truly stepped into alignment after I gave birth to teyo. I felt the love and light of my ancestors, womxn in my life, and inner strength while birthing my baby. Iconstantly embrace and am grateful for the gifts I have been given while staying humble to my own spiritual growth and healing as a mother, pinay, & queer woman. Learn more at https://www.daphneegvaldezintuitivecoach.com/
Susan Mai Lee HER
Master Hmong Shaman
Awaken Your Ancestral Bond
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Master Hmong Shaman
Awaken Your Ancestral Bond
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Awaken your ancestral bond
Persons who come from a lineage of trauma (war torn countries, murder, genocide, colonization etc.) often have ancestors that need help. In this workshop I will teach you simple practices that you can do from home to support your ancestors in healing in the afterlife! In doing so, you will also strengthen their ability to support, guide, and protect you!
What to Bring: Susan invites you to meditate or pray the day before asking ancestors to join you at the workshop.
What to Bring: Susan invites you to meditate or pray the day before asking ancestors to join you at the workshop.
LEarn more about Susan
Susan Mai Lee Her is a distinguished master shaman. Born and raised in a traditional Hmong-American family in Stockton, Ca. She has foundEd her true-calling as a healer in 2007. In 2015, Mai Lee opened The Healing Life Center, where she practices holistic healing. She has travelled all over the United States and Southeast Asia healing and guiding those in need. Mai Lee founded Uplift the Human Spirit, a nonprofit that aims to unify people through empowerment to uplift each other spiritually. Mai Lee’s other passion is to preserve and teach others about her culture. She holds a Master’s degree in Education with emphasis in counseling. Learn more at https://www.thehealinglifecenter.com/
Jana Lynne Umipig
The Center for Babaylan Studies, Core Member
Re-memberings of a Colonized Child
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
The Center for Babaylan Studies, Core Member
Re-memberings of a Colonized Child
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
This session is a somatic healing body session and visual art sharing to help us be in relationship to awareness of how we carry our Colonized and Decolonizing selves in relation to each other. I invite us to be in this prayer and to create together wayfinders for our individual and relational healing.
Learn more about jana
My name is Jana Lynne Caldetera Umipig, daughter of Rosemarie Caldetera Umipig (Pagudpud, Ilokos Norte) and Godofredo Peralta Umipig (Santa Maria, Ilokos Sur). Born and raised on the Kingdom of Hawaii and also raised on Yokuts Territory (Stockton, CA). My current and closest relation to land is the Lenape Territory (Bronx, NY). I am a cultural bearer and truth teller through my multidisciplinary artistic expression/creation work, my role as an educator and sharer of knowledge, my duty as healer in uplifting the healer within all who come to exchange with me and a warrior of resistance, radical change and liberation movements . I embody my Sacred Work at every turn of my existence and understand my life as Ceremony and Spiritual Practice. Because of this truth, I believe that the service of artistic and healing work cannot be conducted in this "Time of Decolonization" without seeing our spirits intertwined to our justice, dignity and freedom. I invite us all to be in relation to how our integrity and honor are tightly bound to our liberation, and when we compromise them to capitalistic, patriarchal and white supremacist ties, our freedom is ceded. I am a humble co-creator of the Sacred Circles of Center for Babaylan Studies, Raised Pinay, and Survival Arts. She currently is working on her first book- "Re-memberings of a Colonized Child."
Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Wednesday
June 10th, 2020
Enhance Self-healing
Kimberly Ky
Freedom Yoga, Founder
Accessible Self-Healing
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
Freedom Yoga, Founder
Accessible Self-Healing
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Learn how to fill your own cup with a concise Reiki practice. If you are feeling depleted from strenuous giving, this session is for you. Self-healing can leave you feeling energized, clear, and empowered.
Learn More about Kimberly
I am a new mother, teacher, artist, and community member. It is my integrity to teach from personal healing experience. My approach is to teach in a way that is accessible and comprehensive for all. My yogic teachings are an ensemble of ancient yoga philosophy, mindful movement, and deep personal introspection. Students can expect to feel embraced and confidently led inward. Learn more at www.freedomyogauc.com
Tovi Scruggs-Hussein
Tici'ess, Inc., Educational Leader & Healer
$tackin' for Spirit: Keeping Your Money Conscious, Connected, and Courageous
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Tici'ess, Inc., Educational Leader & Healer
$tackin' for Spirit: Keeping Your Money Conscious, Connected, and Courageous
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Learn tools and strategies for spiritual economics so that you can prosper and flow in your purpose and enjoy all that life has to offer!
Learn more about tovi
Tovi Scruggs-Hussein is an author, healer, and award-winning educator with over 25 years of leadership, meditation, and school transformation experience. She is a recognized leader in teaching meditation and wellness, has had a daily meditation practice since 1993, having also done four week-long silent retreats. Tovi serves as an expert leader in equity, leadership, resilience, and emotional intelligence development for educators so that the culture-climate of our schools is transformed to improve academic outcomes. She is on a mission to heal our schools through Adult Social Emotional Learning, Emotional Intelligence via Mindfulness, Equity/ Racial Healing, and Trauma-Responsive Resilience. Tovi is the co-founding teacher of Trauma-Informed Leadership at Mills College and is the National President for Coalition for Schools Educating Mindfully. Tovi cultivates conscious, connected, and courageous leaders world-wide. Learn more at www.ticiess.com.
Claudia Morales
Social Justice Healing, Therapist
Circulating Art Love Mail
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
Social Justice Healing, Therapist
Circulating Art Love Mail
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
During this session, we will be using pre-cut images from magazines, books, and photocopies in order to create a collage to snail mail to your loved one! But it doesn't end there, once your loved one receives it in the mail, they will be invited to add to it and mail it to someone else!
What to Bring:
What to Bring:
- Bring adhesive like a glue stick, glue gun, or tape
- Photocopies or other images that remind you of your ancestral legacy
- Images can be from books, coloring books, art books, photography books,
- doodles and art you made and copies or originals
- Images you printed out
- Don't overthink it. Gather items you are drawn to that you may incorporate and that speak to you
learn more about claudia
Claudia holds a license in clinical social work, and her private practice is based in Whittier in Los Angeles County where she provides Mental Health Therapy, Art Therapy, EMDR, Restorative Justice, and mental health workshops for students, organizations, and leaders throughout California.
Her work is informed by the writings of Paolo Freire, the poetry and teachings of June Jordan, the community work of Richard Valle, and the performance art of Marina Abramović and Kim Abeles, as well as the ancient native healing practices of Colombia, her maternal homeland. She is also inspired by the ongoing community organizing of creative people and social justice workers all over the world who work to reimagine more just, creative, and compassionate communities.
She has a guided meditation channel on youtube and provides these in written form in Instagram, both by the same name, Social Justice Healing as an offering for continuous self-soothing and care. Learn more at https://socialjusticehealing.com/
Her work is informed by the writings of Paolo Freire, the poetry and teachings of June Jordan, the community work of Richard Valle, and the performance art of Marina Abramović and Kim Abeles, as well as the ancient native healing practices of Colombia, her maternal homeland. She is also inspired by the ongoing community organizing of creative people and social justice workers all over the world who work to reimagine more just, creative, and compassionate communities.
She has a guided meditation channel on youtube and provides these in written form in Instagram, both by the same name, Social Justice Healing as an offering for continuous self-soothing and care. Learn more at https://socialjusticehealing.com/
Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Thursday
June 11th, 2020
Embrace Solidarity
Sponsored by
Jenny & Connie Wun Ph.D.
AAPI Women Lead, Founders
Healing & Solidarity
@11:23AM - 11:43PM PST
AAPI Women Lead, Founders
Healing & Solidarity
@11:23AM - 11:43PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Exploring why and how solidarity work is important under covid-19 and beyond.
learn more about AAPIWL
AAPI Women Lead aims to strengthen the progressive political and social platforms of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the US through the leadership of self-identified AAPI women and girls. Our goal is to challenge and help end the intersections of violence against and within our communities. We do this work in solidarity with other communities of color.
Ivy Lee
Luminae Wellness, Founder and Acupuncturist
Emotional Alchemy
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Luminae Wellness, Founder and Acupuncturist
Emotional Alchemy
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
I will be sharing about emotional alchemy and the practice of transforming challenging emotions into insight and wisdom. I will be drawing upon knowledge and wisdom from the traditions of Chinese Medicine, Daoism, and Buddhism.
learn more about ivy
Ivy helps you to feel empowered in your health and connect with your ability to heal yourself. She is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and energy worker. She draws upon an expertise in Chinese Medicine from her ancestral roots and infuses other therapeutic modalities to create a multi-sensory healing experience. Ivy takes an interconnected perspective of the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. She holds space for healing and transformation, for you to return to wholeness and remember the truth of who you are. Ivy is a speaker and teacher of women’s health, fertility, menstrual cycle, seasonal wellness, emotional alchemy, and life design.
Previously Ivy had a corporate career in investment banking in New York City and technology in San Francisco. Enduring health issues due to high levels of stress, she turned to acupuncture and other Chinese Medicine practices that were instilled from her family to heal the body and balance the mind. With these practices, she was able to gain more mental clarity, energy, and fulfillment, which helped her excel at work and improved her personal relationships. Inspired by the effect of acupuncture in her own life, Ivy decided to switch careers and return to her cultural and family traditions.
Ivy graduated with a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences, and a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Economics from New York University. She draws upon insight from Buddhism, Daoism, plant medicine, and the wisdom of nature. Ivy is from Taiwanese ancestry and speaks Mandarin, Spanish, and Portuguese. Learn more at www.luminaewellness.com
Previously Ivy had a corporate career in investment banking in New York City and technology in San Francisco. Enduring health issues due to high levels of stress, she turned to acupuncture and other Chinese Medicine practices that were instilled from her family to heal the body and balance the mind. With these practices, she was able to gain more mental clarity, energy, and fulfillment, which helped her excel at work and improved her personal relationships. Inspired by the effect of acupuncture in her own life, Ivy decided to switch careers and return to her cultural and family traditions.
Ivy graduated with a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences, and a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Economics from New York University. She draws upon insight from Buddhism, Daoism, plant medicine, and the wisdom of nature. Ivy is from Taiwanese ancestry and speaks Mandarin, Spanish, and Portuguese. Learn more at www.luminaewellness.com
Rod Penalosa Ph.D.
Filipino Advocates for Justice, Mental Health Specialist
Metta: Cultivating Healing, Kindess, and Compassion for Self and Others
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
Filipino Advocates for Justice, Mental Health Specialist
Metta: Cultivating Healing, Kindess, and Compassion for Self and Others
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Mindfulness of thoughts, emotions and physical sensations, along with the sacred breath, is highly regarded as a coping strategy in navigating ourselves through stress. When we bring our awareness internally without judgment and criticism, we are harnessing our capacity to bring attention and compassion to every part of our being, especially our own wounding that need to be loved and healed.
Learn more about Dr. Rod
Roderick D. Penalosa, PhD, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist in California. His practice of thirteen years has been devoted to advocating for and working with people of color, adolescents, families, women, and the LGBTQ community. Trained in the integration of spirituality and psychology, and as a mindfulness meditation and self-compassion teacher, Rod anchors his life's calling as a healing agent through a holistic approach in addressing wellness and wellbeing: mind, heart, body, and spirit.
Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Surrendered Healing Facebook group for a chance to win healing prizes!
Friday
June 12th, 2020
Move Beyond the Pandemic
Jenna Pascual
Laugh with Jenna
Chief Enthusiasm Officer/ Yogapreneur
Laughter Yoga for Wellness
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
Laugh with Jenna
Chief Enthusiasm Officer/ Yogapreneur
Laughter Yoga for Wellness
@11:23AM - 11:43AM PST
SESSION DETAILS
In this Laughter Yoga session you will be guided through playful laughter exercises to help reduce stress, boost immunity, and spark creativity! No yoga mats, yoga experience or workout clothes required. Just come prepared to breathe, laugh and have fun!
Learn more about jenna
Jenna Pascual is a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and Registered Yoga Teacher based in San Francisco. After losing her mom to cancer when she was 15 and being diagnosed with Repetitive Stress Syndrome while working at Facebook, she now enjoys helping people create more joy, positivity, and playfulness in their lives by breathing, laughing, and flowing with them - not just during class - but as they move through life. Learn more at jennapascual.com
Nova Kai-Ananda
Genesis Healing Institute, Vision Keeper
Revolutionizing Our Relationship to Death
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
Genesis Healing Institute, Vision Keeper
Revolutionizing Our Relationship to Death
@11:45AM - 12:05PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
Death is a complex force in our society- simultaneously stigmatized and glamorized. Yet for the most part, our society abhors death and creates many barricades to defend against it. However, there is a special power accessible to those who form a sacred and reverent relationship with death.
learn more about nova
My name is Nova and I am the founder & vision keeper for the Genesis Healing Institute. It has been the joy of my life to be a part of the maturation of Genesis over the last two years. I am truly blessed to know and work with a remarkable team of caring, courageous and visionary leaders who are all centrally committed to the healing of people and the planet.
As an Envoy, I spend most of my days in spiritual practice- trying as best I can to tend to all of my aspirations & my wounds as well as the lineage of gifts & trauma I’ve inherited. I hope by the time my life on this Earth concludes, I would have meaningfully interceded or laid to rest the cycles of separation, grief, violence and delusion which were gifted to me at birth.
When I began this journey in 2016, I was burned out, traumatized and relentlessly haunted by my own hypocrisy. I was hurting the people around me as a result of my addictions, suffering and fear. Unable to recognize the person I had become, I left everything I knew and set out to try to find some form of healing. However, I had no idea how to begin or what to do. This is why I am so grateful for my teachers and elders. They found me, welcomed me, loved me, supported me and guided me when I was at my most vulnerable and depleted. I’m sure it was not easy for my teachers, given the level of delusion, arrogance, fear and sorrow that I was carrying. It is because of their teaching and love that I am even alive today.
All of the ways I lived without integrity, out of fear or out of malice in my previous life, have now become essential teachings and guides for me. Though I have shed many of the imposed identities which had internally imprisoned me for most of my life, I am still a young Padawan in this journey and there is still much for me to tend to and much to learn.
I do my best to lead a fairly simple life and try to be a blessing to all those that I meet.
As an Envoy, I spend most of my days in spiritual practice- trying as best I can to tend to all of my aspirations & my wounds as well as the lineage of gifts & trauma I’ve inherited. I hope by the time my life on this Earth concludes, I would have meaningfully interceded or laid to rest the cycles of separation, grief, violence and delusion which were gifted to me at birth.
When I began this journey in 2016, I was burned out, traumatized and relentlessly haunted by my own hypocrisy. I was hurting the people around me as a result of my addictions, suffering and fear. Unable to recognize the person I had become, I left everything I knew and set out to try to find some form of healing. However, I had no idea how to begin or what to do. This is why I am so grateful for my teachers and elders. They found me, welcomed me, loved me, supported me and guided me when I was at my most vulnerable and depleted. I’m sure it was not easy for my teachers, given the level of delusion, arrogance, fear and sorrow that I was carrying. It is because of their teaching and love that I am even alive today.
All of the ways I lived without integrity, out of fear or out of malice in my previous life, have now become essential teachings and guides for me. Though I have shed many of the imposed identities which had internally imprisoned me for most of my life, I am still a young Padawan in this journey and there is still much for me to tend to and much to learn.
I do my best to lead a fairly simple life and try to be a blessing to all those that I meet.
Maylea Saito
Studio Maylea, Founder & Artist
Creating Sanctuary
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
Studio Maylea, Founder & Artist
Creating Sanctuary
@12:07PM - 12:27PM PST
SESSION DETAILS
What does sanctuary look like for you? What does it smell like, tastes like, sounds like? In this activity, we'll be activating cultural memories and sensory experiences to create a vision of sanctuary that you can always return to. This activity involves free-writing and/or drawing (whichever you feel comfortable with!).
learn more about maylea
Maylea Saito (she/her) is a jade-of-all-trades visual artist from San Jose, California. She draws, designs, but more recently, you can find her grooving out on a screen printing press. Through her work, Maylea explores the themes of identity, intimacy, and nostalgia, creating pieces that evoke a sense of shared experience. Aside from art, she enjoys being in grocery stores and on film sets. Learn more at http://maylea.co
Post your biggest take-away from the day to the
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Volunteers
Itanza Lawrence
Learn More About Itanza
Itanza Lawrence is a technology inspired entrepreneur, motivated by connecting marginalized communities with the necessary resources to help them transofmr their circumstances. As a graduate of both Columbia University (BS '12) and the Kellogg School of Management (MBA "20) she leverages her educational and professional background to transform organizations and increase opportunities for her community.
Lani Love
Learn more about lani
At 25 after going from close to 300lbs to less than 200lbs in less than a year, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with a tumor the size of a grapefruit. It became hard to breathe and walk. I saw this as a blessed invitation to awaken the buddha within, strengthen my relationship with God and love myself deeper while kicking cancer to the curb. Eleven years later soon after I got married to my soul mate I was faced with the biggest challenge of my life: severe heart failure at 37 years young causing me to be bed ridden for 2 years, flatlining, and having to have a pace-maker and 3 stents! I truly am grateful and embrace my beautiful journey. It has taught me how to fully surrender, trust and build my direct connection with God! Now in my late 40’s, I put the heart in heart-warrior and am in the best shape spiritually, physically and mentally! My healing has never been only about me though, it’s truly about awakening, assisting and reminding others to return back to love. I know there’s a reason that God keeps saving me over and over and that is to share my testimony of how God’s love continues to heal and transform me everyday. This has inspired my mission to assist families of colors to break generational traumas and receive guidance from our ancestors so today’s and future generations can thrive! I want us all to win and I am honored to serve any which way by sharing the tools, reinforcements, gifts and wisdom I have learned and continue to learn along the way. Sending you all endless love, light and blessings always to the utmost high!
Annie Do
" I am capable of good." -Annie Do
Annie Do and Meredith Curry (host) are fellow alumni of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APALI)!
" I am capable of good." -Annie Do
Annie Do and Meredith Curry (host) are fellow alumni of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APALI)!
Marissa Martinez
Learn More about Marissa
Marissa Martinez is a creative writer and youth development coordinator based in the South Bay Area. She strives to foster more confidence and creativity in youth and families so that they feel inspired to create art in their own backyards. Marissa is committed to sharing stories of underrepresented communities and creating an inclusive community. When she isn't writing or teaching art with youth, she enjoys ice cream, decorating her planner, and watching live theatre.
Michelle Dionisio
Learn more about Michelle
Hello everyone! My name is Michelle Dionisio, my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am a Filipino-American and first-generation student at SJSU. I am also a Pisces living in the bay area (haha).
Carolina Ayala-Velasquez
learn more about carolina
Hello my name is Carolina but many know me as Lena. I am a mom to 4. Two boys and two girls ages 13,12,9 and 2. I am a step-mom to our oldest but we only use that term when needing to explain our special situation. I am a wife, a teacher and coach. Alternatives in action is an organization I have been a part of since 2001 and is a big part of who I am/have become. I look forward to volunteering with this virtual pop up.
Nicole Tancioco
Amparo Diaz
learn more about amparo
With a Microsoft Office Certification and over five years of Salesforce knowledge, Amparo Diaz offers office administration, data and analytics, coordinator for team projects, and executive management expertise for clients like AdvancED. Amparo has worked in the nonprofit sector for over a decade with a focus on education and youth development. Her previous experience includes working as the Virtual Administrative Assistant in the Business Operations team for the California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI), the Office Manager for South Central Scholars, and the Administrative Assistant and Evaluation Coordinator for both South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project and South Bay Center for Counseling were she focused on data, grants, and special projects.
Mistie Jung
Learn More about Mistie
With a passion for bodywork that started in childhood, Mistie learned early in life that positive, caring touch can ease pain and suffering in ones body, mind and spirit. She began studying massage therapy at Mueller College of Holistic Studies in San Diego in 1999. Was part of opening the first Project Walk, a paralysis recovery center, in San Diego in 2001. Our goal was to provide improved quality of life for people with disabilities through intense activity-based recovery programs, education, training, research and development. This experience inspired her to seek further mentorship and training from leaders in professional and personal development with an emphasis on massage, holistic studies, holistic nutrition, physical therapy, neuroscience, psychology, psychotherapy, neurofeedback, personal training, wellness, human development, evolution, movement and performance. Mistie studied and found mentorship with industry leaders in metaphysics, bodywork, performance, yoga and Hawaiian culture through dance, music and movement. With experience working in health care, social services, organic produce and the cannabis industry (corporate and retail).
Specialties:
Circulation Swedish, Deep-tissue Performance/Sports, Myofascial Release, Trigger-Point, Manual Therapy, Facial Stretching Balance Emotional Release, Energy, Chakra Balancing CBD Infused Hemp-based CBD massage with Malaya Botanicals CBD Pain Cream
I am a bodyworker because I love making a profound difference in the lives of others through movement, touch and energy therapies. I consider my ability to be a gift, and I am passionate about growing, developing and sharing my talent. I believe that massage is a necessity in ones life not a luxury.
Specialties:
Circulation Swedish, Deep-tissue Performance/Sports, Myofascial Release, Trigger-Point, Manual Therapy, Facial Stretching Balance Emotional Release, Energy, Chakra Balancing CBD Infused Hemp-based CBD massage with Malaya Botanicals CBD Pain Cream
I am a bodyworker because I love making a profound difference in the lives of others through movement, touch and energy therapies. I consider my ability to be a gift, and I am passionate about growing, developing and sharing my talent. I believe that massage is a necessity in ones life not a luxury.
Rosanna Indalecio
Learn more about Rosanna
As a heart warrior goddess and a creator of @full_moon_mami, providing high vibrational reiki blessed jewelry, I'm always eager to learn different healing modalities. Our mission is to love, validate and support ALL Goddxss from all walks of life through the Love + Light Movement.
