Vandria Borari is a ceramic artist, activist, and Indigenous leader of the Borari territory of Alter do Chão in the Lower-Tapajós region of Pará, Brazil. She holds a degree in Law from the Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA).

Iya Affo is a trauma specialist and founder of Healing Historical Trauma, who brings over two decades of experience in mental health, social services, and community advocacy. Iya’s ancestors hail from the Sacred City of 41 Mountains in West Africa, Barbados, Jamaica and the Bahamas. Affo’s work focuses on empowering individuals and communities to break cycles of trauma through culturally-responsive healing practices. Her approach integrates traditional wisdom with modern therapeutic techniques, emphasizing the importance of reconnecting with cultural roots. She is a sought-after speaker and educator with a mission to facilitate re-culturing and the subsequent healing of indigenous people all over the world.

Mr. Belleau is a fluent speaker of the Secwepemctsin language from Esk’etemc (Alkalai Lake), and an Indian Residential School survivor. Once a trainer in the Horse Racing circuit at the Santa Anita Race Track in the early 1970s, he is now training people. Dave has been involved for many years in the training of community healing movements. Presently Dave is a trainer team member delivering services in First Nation communities that give an overview of intergenerational, complex trauma.

Frederick Johnson is the Cultural lead for his Esk’etemic community and a facilitator/trainer for Indigenous Perspectives of Intergenerational Trauma. He is commited to helping end violence against women and children. An undergraduate from Emily Carr School of Art, a certified counsellor through Nechi Institute, an Indian Residential School survivor and a fluent Secwepemctsin speaker, Frederick is dedicated to healing, wellness, and sobriety.

Tiokasin Ghosthorse, a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation, is a lifelong Indigenous activist and advocate. He is the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of First Voices Radio, which has aired for 30 years in New York City and Seattle/Olympia, Washington. In 2016, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy. He has also been nominated for the Indigenous Music Awards, the National Native American Hall of Fame, and the Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship. Tiokasin describes himself as a “perfectly flawed human being.”

Bayo Akomolafe, rooted with the Yoruba people, is a celebrated posthumanist thinker, poet, and author. His books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences and We Will Tell our Own Story, reflect his unique perspectives. Founder of The Emergence Network and host of ‘We Will Dance with Mountains,’ he lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute and University of Vermont. Akomolafe sits on boards including Science and Nonduality (US). He’s the inaugural Global Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute and Senior Fellow at The New Institute, Hamburg. Recent honors include the New Thought Leadership Award 2021 and Excellence in Ethnocultural Psychotherapy Award 2022.

Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson, is a proud Jiman, Bundjalung, Anglo-Celtic and German woman. She is the author of Trauma Trails – Recreating Songlines The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous Australia and has won many awards for her contributions to the understanding of trauma-related issues stemming from the violence of colonisation and the healing/recovery of Indigenous peoples. Presently she is the co-founder and patron of We Al-li Trust and continues to work across Australia and in Papua New Guinea.

Cacique Juarez Saw Munduruku is an Indigenous leader from the Sawré Muybu area in the Amazon. They have led a union of Indigenous and riverside people to protect the rainforest.

Dr. Diana is the Director at Te Kurahuna LTD and is of Ngāti Porou descent raised in Porirua under the umbrella of Ngāti Toa. Diana began her journey in the health industry, training first as a nurse and then as a psychiatrist and is a Fellow of the Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatry. Mahi a Atua became the philosophy behind Diana’s ground-breaking work. She and her husband, Mark Kopua, continue to grow a collective of Mataora (change agents who are trained in Mahi a Atua) to indigenise their respective communities.

Awhitia (Ngāti Kahungunu) is an Indigenous Master Practitioner of Rongoā Māori and a traditional birther. Born in Tokoroa she was guided into te ao Mārama by her grandmother. Today she is a mother, grandmother, healer, Tohunga Ruahine of Haputanga’ Rongoā, Kaiako of Rongoā, and a facilitator of Ho’oponopono. Awhitia has traveled internationally and brought Rongoā Maori into many places to uplift, energize, and heal. She is supported by Mana whenua Ngati Paoa , Ngai Tai, Marutuahu,and Ngati Whaatua ki Kaipara.