At a time of great unrest,

BIPOC SPIRITUAL INNOVATORS

are leading the way forward…

“Lineages of Love & Liberation”

is a short film featuring BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) stories from across the nation supported by the Fetzer Institute.

Spiritual innovation reimagines and provides access to spiritual practices in new ways, while remaining rooted in lineage and ancestral wisdom.

Together, we are an emerging ecosystem of multi-faith, cross-cultural innovators and organizations committed to amplifying collective action in the world.

For this ecosystem to flourish, we need leaders to join the conversation and funders to fuel and sustain this movement.

Will you answer the call?

Join our national BIPOC spiritual innovation ecosystem!

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Innovators

Throughout history BIPOC Spiritual Innovators have offered bold and transformational leadership. We gather today to continue to point the way forward for communities calling for love and liberation.

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Funders

There are many pathways for nourishing, resourcing and connecting BIPOC spiritual innovators. Learn how funders can contribute to this emerging ecosystem with awareness and skill.

“We are at a time of deep divisions. The colonial legacy of separation and segregation needs to be challenged and reimagined. We must walk closer to a BIPOC community because where they thrive, we will all thrive.”

– Reverend David Vásquez-Levy, Pacific School of Religion

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Meet our Featured Organizations

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Faith Matters Network

Faith Matters Network is an innovative organization centered on womanist wisdom that accompanies spiritually grounded leaders in their journey to heal themselves and their communities.

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Glean Network

Glean Network is a growing community of faith-rooted leaders who find themselves at the crossroads of tradition and innovation. We seek to reimagine the role of faith in an ever-changing world that yearns for meaning, belonging, and justice

Embrace Community

Embrace Community is dedicated to nourishing spiritual innovators and their callings. Embrace builds beloved community and small businesses through leadership development, programs and gatherings.

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Rematriation

Rematriation is a multi-media initiative engaging in film production, digital content creation and community engagement. Rematriation is the home of Rematriation Magazine and, most importantly, a community of Haudenosaunee and Indigenous women choosing to heal together.

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Abolitionist Sanctuary

Abolitionist Sanctuary is a national faith-based coalition united against the moral crisis of mass incarceration and the criminalization of impoverished Black motherhood.

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Black Earth Festival

The Electric Black Earth Festival was the second of a three-part Afro and Ancestral Futuristic stream of events at Naropa University. This gathering aligned with the planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus and symbolizes a period of idealism, radical vision, and creative breakthrough.