Be a part of our first

Confluence

June 1st, 2024

Long Beach, CA + virtual

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For the past four years, we have connected with Earthworkers, healers, artists, and teachers through online classes and platforms.

This year, we are hosting our first community-wide hybrid in-person and virtual gathering in Long Beach, California on Tongva Land.

Interested in attending, presenting, or tabling at the Confluence?

The Confluence includes:

community ritual and altar • tabling • presentations of work • Earth Doula book release

Our Confluence re-imagines the academic conference through Earth, body, and spirit. 

We come together to celebrate all that we have been cultivating and are a part of in the movement towards planetary liberation.

What is possible when we honor Black, Indigenous, neurodiverse, queer, and creative expressions of embodied Earth knowledge?

Our Confluence Elder

Queen Hollins is a queer Black Indigenous healer, Founder and Cultural Director of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation and author of Earth Doula. Rooted in Mississippi tradition, she came to understand that the legacy of African American indigenous healing practices inherited from her grandmother can be adapted to serve urban communities by putting them in direct contact with the earth (land, trees, nature, ocean) and building a relationship with nature. Earth Doula holds Earth Medicine teachings for restoring relationship with the Earth and transforming trauma. Join us in celebrating her book release at the Confluence on Saturday, June 1st, at 4 pm PST.

Our schedule

  • Opening Altar and Ritual

    12:00 - 1:00 PM PM

    Bring offerings and reverence to contribute to Flower Mountain, our Community Altar.

  • Presentation of Works

    1:00 - 2:00 PM PST

    Connect to the living pedagogies, practices, and creations of our DIY PhD scholars, here and abroad.

  • Mycelia Market

    2:00 - 4:00 PM PST

    The Mycelia Market is where the Science Fair meets the tianguis; sharing our works, wares, and offerings.

  • Earth Doula Release

    4:00 - 6:00 PM PST

    Celebrate Ecocene Press’ inaugural publication: Earth Doula by Queen Hollins!

Earth Doula Release Party!

Saturday, June 1st, 4 - 6 pm PST

Join us in celebrating Queen Hollins’ new book, Earth Doula! Queen’s teachings are rooted in community at the Earthlodge Center for Spiritual Transformation in Long Beach, California! She has been connecting communities to practical urban Earth Medicine for generations. Come listen to Queen read from Earth Doula, ask questions, and celebrate her legacy of transformative healing and love.

Have something to share?

Table at our Mycelia Market

Bring your wares, publications, offerings, exhibition, and Earth medicine to the Confluence and get designated table space to share with our community.

Present your work or skills

Are you a DIY PhDer or planetary scholar wanting to share research in a hybrid in-person and virtual presentation? We’re excited to see you shine.

Complete our interest form and you’ll hear from us soon!