Highlights from this session:

• How our unresolved traumas affect our families and communities
• Understanding intergenerational trauma and how it relates to systemic trauma
• Serving communities traumatized by war

Peter A Levine, Ph.D., is the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma. He holds doctorates in both Biophysics and Psychology. He is the Founder and President of the Ergos Institute for Somatic Education and the Founder and Advisor for Somatic Experiencing International. He is the author of several best-selling books on trauma, including Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma. He has received Lifetime Achievement awards from Psychotherapy Networker and from the US Association for Body-Oriented Psychotherapy.

Highlights from this session:

• The need to recognize our basic fundamental oneness
• Our collective responsibility to address the resurgence of anti-Blackness, white supremacy, and other systemic harms
• How being in close proximity to different people helps to mitigate fear and promote healing

Dr. DeGruy is an internationally renowned researcher and educator. For over two decades, she served as an Assistant Professor at Portland State University’s School of Social Work and now serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Joy DeGruy Publications Inc. Her research focuses on the intersection of racism, trauma, violence, and American chattel slavery. She conducts workshops and trainings in the areas of Intergenerational/Historical trauma, mental health, social justice, improvement strategies, and evidence-based model development. Dr. DeGruy has published numerous refereed journal articles and authored her seminal book entitled Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury & Healing.

Highlights from this session:

• An invitation from our universe to consciously evolve
• How the fractal patterns underpinning human development mirror those of the cosmos
• Understanding love as the greatest fundamental force in the universe

Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, planetary healer, and author. She holds a Master’s degree in physics from Oxford University, specializing in quantum physics and cosmology, and a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Reading, researching ancient cosmologies. With a passion for understanding the nature of reality, Dr. Currivan has worked internationally with wisdom keepers from various traditions. She is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle and co-founder of WholeWorld View, an organization dedicated to unitive awareness and conscious evolution. Dr. Currivan has authored seven nonfiction books, including the award-winning and best-selling works The Cosmic Hologram and The Story of Gaia.

Highlights from this session:

• The painful but ultimately healing process of documenting the war and violence in Colombia that Ciro lived through
• How bravely speaking up and sharing truths about injustices creates space for others to do the same
• Embracing the power of forgiveness while accepting that it’s difficult for some people to access

Ciro Galindo is the protagonist of the documentary Ciro & Yo. He is a privileged witness, on the ground, of a war that seems distant and confusing. Like so many Colombians, Ciro is a survivor who, after sixty years of fleeing the war, dreams of living in peace and dignity.

Miguel Salazar Aparicio was born in Bogotá, Colombia. Director, producer, screenwriter and photographer of some of the most representative Colombian documentaries of recent years. Historian from the Universidad de los Andes (2000), with an MFA in film and television production and direction from New York University (NYU) (2004). Founder and director of Producciones La Esperanza.