What is the Role of Elders in Our Lives and in Our Programs?

Webinar

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Elder: el-der: (noun) 1) one living in an earlier period, 2) one who is older, 3) an aged person, 4) one having authority by virtue of age and experience.

On Tuesday, October 19 from 8pm-9:30pm ET, Elders from various communities will inspire NCN members and guests to reflect on the role of Elders, traditionally, in healthy cultures and today in our efforts to rebuild regenerative communities through nature connection.

This will be an opportunity for deep listening - to Elders and by Elders - bring your questions, your curiosity and your longing for the medicine that Elders can carry.

Who are the “olders” in your life?
Have you had any “Elders” in your life?
What was their impact on you?

Meet our Elders...

Iya Tahirah Abubakr

Iya Tahirah Abubakr, is a gifted Seer, Priestess of Ifa/Yemoja, Art of Mentoring Staff Elder, Founder of the Intergenerational Counil of St. Croix. NCN BIPOC circle member and advisor, as she is to many Nature Connection organizations throughout the country and internationally. Iyatahirah.com

Susanne Swibold

Susanne is an artist, explorer, teacher and naturalist. Her artistic vision and passionate curiosity have led her to collaborate with renowned paleontologists, Bering Sea Aleut communities and modern dance choreographers. Susanne has a BFA from the Chicago Art Institute and University of Chicago and an MFA, University of Michigan. She has taught art, photography and film in the United States and Canada.

Sangoma Olodoye

Sacred Activist, is a wife, mother, and grandmother. A traditional Yoruba priestess, Afin chief and member of the Egbe Moremi, National African Women’s Society in the Kingdom of Oyotunji African Village, located in Sheldon SC.. North America’s oldest, authentic African community, Sangoma met Oyotunji’s founder and Father of the Cultural Restoration movement in 1969 at the age of 12. A Sangoma speaks of a tribe of healers and diviners with indigenous gifts of ancestral medicine from South Africa.

Ilarion Kuuyux Merculieff

Ilarion Merculieff has more than forty years experience serving his people, the Unangan (Aleut) of the Pribilof Islands and other indigenous peoples locally, nationally, and internationally in a number of leadership capacities.