sankofa roots 2024 calendar
overnight ancestral skills gathering @shelterwood
may 11-12
Join Sankofa Roots in collaboration with Shelterwood Collective for a weekend of ancestral skill building. We’ll gather around the fire, camp-out creekside, and practice earth skills like basket weaving, making cordage, cooking traditional meals, and sharing stories from our lineages. All food, materials and camping equipment will be provided. Register here.
overnight outdoor preparedness training
may 25-26
Come skill up with us for this wilderness survival experience. Learn basic camping skills such as: tent set-up, fire-making, outdoor cooking, and self and Earth hygiene practices. Build advanced outdoor skills, such as: wild food/medicine foraging, making cordage/rope, building a natural shelter, filtering water, navigation skills, wilderness first aid, and nervous system regulation and emotional preparedness for emergencies. Register here.
tending our fire camp-out (oakland)
june 21-23
Gather with us as we deepen our relationship and practice to the ancestral skills of fire-making, fire-tending, cooking over fire, and nurturing the fire that lives in each of us. Register here.
cordage for connection
saturday, june 29th,
12-3pm
Join Sankofa Roots in learning and remembering the ancestral technique of making cordage or rope from natural fibers. This is a meditative practice, as well as an activity that facilitates relationship building and connection. All materials will be provided. Register here.
basket weaving at sasaul creek
saturday, july 27th,
11-3pm
Join Sankofa Roots in learning and remembering ancestral techniques for basket weaving, rooted in native Saponi culture and tradition. Register here.
overnight outdoor preparedness training
august 3-4
Come skill up with us for this wilderness survival experience. Learn basic camping skills such as: tent set-up, fire-making, outdoor cooking, and self and Earth hygiene practices. Build advanced outdoor skills, such as: wild food/medicine foraging, making cordage/rope, building a natural shelter, filtering water, navigation skills, wilderness first aid, and nervous system regulation and emotional preparedness for emergencies. Register here.
oakland plant walk
sunday, august 11th,
11-2pm
Join Sankofa Roots for a trail hike, where we’ll identify wild herbs, foods and medicines commonly found on Ohlone land (Oakland, CA.) Learn how to identify, ethically forage, process/prepare and build a reciprocal relationship with various wild herbs. Register here.
survival swimming at the yuba river
august 23-25
Join Sankofa Roots for a weekend camp-out at the Yuba River, where we’ll teach life-saving swimming techniques and sun-bathe all weekend. Our certified lifeguards will teach skills such as: back-floating, treading water, swimming against a current, and more. Register here.
overnight outdoor preparedness training
september 14-15
Come skill up with us for this wilderness survival experience. Learn basic camping skills such as: tent set-up, fire-making, outdoor cooking, and self and Earth hygiene practices. Build advanced outdoor skills, such as: wild food/medicine foraging, making cordage/rope, building a natural shelter, filtering water, navigation skills, wilderness first aid, and nervous system regulation and emotional preparedness for emergencies. Register here.
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