The 2024 Matriarch's Gathering at Wicuhkemtultine

The 2024 Matriarch's Gathering at Wicuhkemtultine

The 2024 Matriarch's Gathering at Wicuhkemtultine is going to be a powerfully transformative three-day event dedicated to fostering unity, healing, and empowerment among women.

This year's Matriarch's Gathering looks deeply into the collective trauma that women have experienced across time. Our focus this year will be on healing the deep grief that has been passed down mother to daughter, generation-by-generation. This event will feature insightful discussions and facilitated healing practices led by a lineup of powerful speakers representing diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences. Expert speakers will guide participants in identifying and understanding the many ways that women have carried grief in their hearts, minds, bodies, and spirits. Together, we will begin unraveling the threads of grief that have been woven into our lives and family histories. Participants will leave with tools and insights that will help move us closer to healing the legacy of transferred pain that we have all inherited.

We will be assisted in this work by the incredible gina Breedlove, a sound healer, vocalist, composer, grief doula, author, and oracle for Grace. gina has spent decades exploring the many ways that sound and vibration can enable us to grow, heal, and connect. She shares profound insights, heart-opening stories, and powerful ritual and daily practices to bring the medicine of Grace and love to the world. Learn more about gina here: https://www.ginabreedlove.com/about

Other speakers include:

Sherri Mitchell Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset - Penobscot, author of Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change, is a wisdom teacher and social/spiritual leader, she is the founder of the Land Peace Foundation and Wicuhkemtultine Kinship Community, and the convener of the global healing ceremony Healing the Wounds of Turtle Island.

Tipa Mahuta and Maori women's delegation - This year we will be joined by a group if powerful Maori women who are each working in some healing capacity within their territory. These women bring a perspective of deep time to their teachings, carrying the knowledge of their own lineages back to their arrival in Aotearoa.

Brenda Salgado - Honduran, spiritual and mindfulness author, speaker, wisdom keeper, and healer. She brings generations of wisdom to her healing practices that have a profoundly transformative impact.

Letecia Layson - Filipina, Feminist, Futurist, Priestess of Morphogenesis (Form Coming Into Being) and High Priestess of Diana ordained in the Dianic Tradition

Kirsty Blattner - is a transformational coach, speaker and author and two time cancer survivor. She helps people alleviate grief, anxiety, and overwhelm to open space for more freedom, peace and joy.

Readings by Robin will once again be available. A sign up list will be sent to registrants the week before the event to make the process move more fluidly this year.

We anticipate that this will be a well attended event. We encourage you to register early.

*Full Scholarships are available for Wabanaki women from Maine and Canada - email: info@landpeacefoundation.org

**A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available for those who cannot afford the full ticket price.

Please email: info@landpeacefoundation to request a scholarship.

Lodging: we recommend searching Airbnb, VRBO or hotels in the towns of Bangor, Belfast, Hampden, Winterport or Brewer, which are all within 25-20 minutes from our location.

Supporting One Another

We have added an option that allows you to help sponsor other women who would like to join but may not be able to attend for financial reasons. You will find this option as an add-on when you purchase your ticket.

Scholarships

If you are interested in a partial (50%) or full scholarship please contact Kortney Simonds at Kortney@landpeacefoundation.org

*Please keep in mind that our event fees cover our direct costs and do not result in a

profit. We rely on the generosity of other participants to help cover the costs of our

scholarship program. In completing this section, please think about an amount that

you are able to contribute to participate in this event that will not overburden you

or your family. Any contribution that you can make helps to extend the number of

scholarships available to other participants.