Confluence
Thank you to all who collaborated to make our June 1st Confluence a resounding success!
Eden Hakimzadeh, coordinator; Mario Ybarra Jr. and Jynx Prado of Slanguage University; Studio One Eleven; Dean and Queen Hollins from the Earthlodge Center for Transformation; and School for the Ecocene stewards, community members, DIY PhDers, and Mycelia Market creatives.
June 1st, 2024
on Tongva Land at Studio One Eleven,Long Beach, CA 90802 in collaboration with Slanguage University.
We have connected with Earthworkers, healers, artists, and teachers for the past four years through online classes and platforms.
This year, we hosted our first community-wide hybrid in-person and virtual gathering in Long Beach, California on Tongva Land.
Thank you for being a part of the movement for Earth medicine, art, and education!
Our Confluence re-imagines the academic conference through Earth, body, community, and ancestors.
We come together to celebrate all that we have been cultivating and are a part of in the movement towards planetary liberation.
With Elder Queen Hollins
Queen is a queer Black Indigenous Earth Medicine teacher, Earth Doula author, Founder, and Cultural Director of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation.
Rooted in Mississippi tradition, she came to understand that African American indigenous healing practices inherited from her grandmother can be adapted to serve urban communities by putting them in direct contact with the land, trees, nature, and ocean.
Thank you for joining us in celebrating the book release of Earth Doula and Queen Hollin’s legacy of sharing Earth Medicine and healing as a right, regardless of your background.
Earth Doula Launch Party
Long Beach, CA, Saturday, June 1st, 4–6 pm
We celebrated Ecocene Press’ inaugural publication, Earth Doula by Queen Hollins. Since ecosystems and all beings on Earth are our relatives, we have a responsibility to become doulas in rebirthing a sustainable planet.
This multi-generational resource and reference book is filled with colorful illustrations, recipes, and rituals to support us in deepening our relationship with Earth, as Earth.
Confluence Flow
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Opening Altar and Ritual
12:00 - 12:30 PM PM
Bring offerings and reverence to contribute to our Community Altar.
In-person
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Presentation of Works
12:30 - 2:00 PM PST
Connect to the living pedagogies, practices, and creations of our DIY PhD scholars, here and abroad
Virtual and In-person
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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.
In-person
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Earth Doula Book Launch
4:00 - 6:00 PM PST
Celebrate Ecocene Press’ inaugural publication: Earth Doula by Queen Hollins!
In-person
What is possible when we honor Black, Indigenous, neurodiverse, queer, and creative expressions of embodied Earth knowledge?
The Beauty of Community
Mycelia Market
Our community of Earth stewards, artists, and mystics will be sharing their wares, publications, offerings, exhibitions, and Earth medicine at our Mycelia Market.
Research Presentations
Our DIY PhD students and planetary scholars introduce themselves and share their heart-centered research and skills in-person and broadcasted online.
Save the date for Confluence 2025:
May 31st and June 1st on Ohlone Lands, Bay Area
Help seed-fund our school
Calling Earth Angels and Sugar Zaddies! Your tax-deductible donation through our fiscal sponsor KARMA will go towards paying our volunteer school stewards, funding events such as the Confluence, and supporting us in launching more classes.