

Doors Open
Doors will open at 8:00 AM, with coffee, bagels, and pastries available as guests enjoy a welcoming atmosphere accompanied by music.

Kiire Wellness Family Pays Homage to our Dearly Departed of 2024
Kiire Wellness Family Pays Homage to our Dearly Departed of 2024

Welcome by Omo Obatala Egbe and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)
Mama Oseye Mchawi, Executive Director of Omo Obatala Egbe and Melody Capote, Executive Director & Sabine Blaizin, Deputy Director (CCCADI)
Introduction of Iya Tulani Kinard and Chief Baba Neil Clarke
Introduction of Iya Tulani Kinard and Chief Baba Neil Clarke by Mama Oseye
Musical Workshop Presentation by Iya Tulani Kinard
Musical Workshop Presentation by Iya Tulani Kinard
Egbe Iwa Tribute to the Ancestors
Group A- Iyalòrìsà Ọba Ọ̀rìàté Ná Monseratte Gonzalez- Òbátẹ́rò- Ibaye
Akekos- Samiah Grangroth, Leilani Davis, Ayoka Entzminger-Hinton, Christopher Council
Oluko- Iya Jen Sheehan, Iya Wilhelmina Cooper, Iya Ashanti Brown, Baba Kwabena Nson John
Introduction of Keynote
Introduction of Keynote by Mama Oseye Mchawi, Executive Director of Omo Obatala Egbe
Egbe Iwa Tribute to the Ancestors
Group B- Iyalòrìsà Betty Barney- Ṣàngó Fúnkẹ́ -Ibaye
Akekos- Yaaxche Whitaker, Stephen Burrell, Nayo Abebe
Oluko- Iya Imani Johnson, Baba Oludare Bernard, Iya Antoinette Emers
Panel: Matriarchal Pioneers of Lukumi Tradition: From Enslavement to Regla de Ocha
Iya Oloriwaa!, Marinieves Alba, Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
Moderator: Dr. Sheridan Booker
Dance Workshop: Palo with Baba Oludare Bernard
Dance Workshop: Palo with Baba Oludare Bernard
Lunch & Learn
Mama Carole Robinson’s Presentation on Underground Railroad Quilts
Egbe Iwa Tribute to the Ancestors Groups #3 & Group #4
Group C- Àràbà Olóyè Bàbáláwo Adédáyọ̀ Òlógundúdú- Ibaye
Akekos- Kaiden Payne, Aizen Warner, Camilla Muhammad, Laila Castillo
Oluko- Baba Ajani Ozier, Baba Ajamu Burke, Baba Malik Abdur-Razzaq, Iya Cassandra Luckey, Iya Folasade McMullen
Group D-Babalórìsà Reginald Brown- Olúyàré- Ibaye
Akekos- Yasmeen Taylor, Kailah Scranton, Maia Ologundudu-Gordon, Micah Daniel-Davis
Oluko- Iya Vanessa Moore, Iya Jeanette Johnson, Iya Itala Watson, Baba Ade Travitt Lee
Panel: Teaching the Next Generation
Baba Hector Gonzalez, Iya Dr. Michelle Bodden, Esq. and Iya Mel Adun
Moderator: Iya Ikhlas Abdullah
Panel: Roots of Power: African Spiritual Technologies of Resistance, Refuge, & Future -Making
Moderator: Iya Dr. Ayoka Wiles
Jim Crow and Jars: Hoodoo as a Form of Protection - Brooke “Bee” Sanders
Structural & Historical Listing of Primary Freedom Warriors/Liberators - Baba Brandon Rosser
The Future Is an Altar: Ancestral Technology and the Blueprint for Black Survival
Iya Fakemisola Osuntoke Monica Craig
Dance Workshop: Plena - Evelyn Jimenez and Nathan “Realm” Bunce
Let's get MOVING via Plena dance
. Presenter introduction
What is Plena versus Bomba
Breakdown of materials (Hand drums, Skirt, Guiro, Vejigante
Questions
Let's learn the Plena dance
Panel: What’s Now! What’s Next? Action planning and forming coalitions, institution building
Moderator: Baba David Sosa
Iya Antoinette Emers, Iya Esmeralda Simmons, Esq., Iya Kemba Mchawi, Iya Ivie Bien Amin
Closing Keynote Presentation by Queen Mother Dowoti
Closing Keynote Presentation by Queen Mother Dowoti