CCCADI AND THE DEALMAS WOMEN’S INSTITUTE HAVE PARTNERED ONCE AGAIN TO PRESENT THIS ANNUAL INTERGENERATIONAL WEEKEND RETREAT FOR WOMEN OF COLOR. THIS JANUARY PROGRAM IS A CALL TO ACTION. ALIGNED WITH DIVINE FEMININE POWER, WE CALL ON OUR PARTICIPANTS TO SET THEIR HEARTS ABLAZE – HEALING, REIMAGINING AND EMPOWERING A NEW VISION FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD.
Join CCCADI and DeAlmas Women’s Institute as we create a radiant temple of sacred sisterhood to enliven, embolden & passionately embody our soul goals and intentions for 2023.
EVENT INFO:
DAY 1: MEET & GREET (VIRTUAL)
Friday, January 27, 2023
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Link will be provided to all registered participants.
Join the organizers and facilitators of this retreat for an introductory session where they will create community and guide participants on setting intentions for the weekend together. Learn more about each facilitator and all that they have planned for the Saturday in-person full-day workshop. Link will be provided to all registered participants.
DAY 2: FULL-DAY WORKSHOP (IN-PERSON)
Saturday, January 28, 2023
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Riverside Church
91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027
Using Indigenous, Eastern, African based, Goddess inspired, and Women centered rituals of soul-visioning, the Visiones in-person activities will include reflective exercises, journaling, heart-sharing, meditation, song, music, movement and more!
COST:
EARLY-BIRD PRICING: $85 PER PERSON
Includes access to the virtual and in-person sessions.
Early-bird pricing is available until January 15, 2023.
REGULAR ADMISSION: $100 PER PERSON
Includes access to the virtual and in-person sessions.
This pricing will go into effect for all participants who register after January 15, 2023.
THE 25TH ANNUAL VISIONES WOMEN’S RETREAT:
HEARTS OF FIRE - IGNITE YOUR PASSION, EXPAND YOUR VISION
Visiones will guide you into the depths of your fiery heart allowing for emotional release, cleansing, forgiveness, and healing from all that is old, toxic, and damaging. By connecting with our life-source/force, we can access a powerful ignition that helps us to create a vision of infinite possibility and the realization of our deepest desires and soul goals for 2023.
FACILITATORS:
GLORIA M. RODRIGUEZ
Gloria M. Rodriguez is a Professor of Psychology at Bronx Community College of The City University of New York. She specializes in womanist/mujerista feminism and community/social psychology, and is the faculty director of BCC’s first Women’s Center. She also holds advanced certifications in Executive, Spiritual and Group coaching. Gloria is the founder and director of the DeAlmas Women’s Institute, a community-based organization, literally meaning “of the soul.” Dealmas’ grounding philosophy centers intersectional identities, spirituality, culture and social justice to address mental health and holistic wellness, empowerment, and is dedicated to providing women and girls the opportunity to reclaim, honor, heal, express and celebrate their Divine Feminine power and potential – whereby transforming the larger society for a just, sustainable and compassionate world. Gloria is a mother, grandmother, and Oshun initiate in the Lukumi-Yoruba religious tradition.
MANUELA ARCINIEGAS
Manuela Arciniegas is an Afro-Dominican woman, mother of 4, roots drummer, Ifa, Orisha and Mayombe priestess. She is the founder and director of an all-women's Afro-Caribbean drum troupe, Legacy Women. Manuela is a resource organizer, cultural worker, scholar, and Embodied Leadership somatics coach committed to the empowerment of youth and women of color.
DESIREE GORDON
Desiree Gordon is a multidisciplinary healing artist, curator and cultural strategist from Antigua. A heart-centered leader, she has cultivated pipelines to power and nourished eco-systems of care.
At several museums and cultural institutions. She is a founding member of multiple performance collectives including Matriarch and the women’s sound healing ensemble, Seya. Her current projects explore the topics that have proven thematic in her life, values and work: rebelling, healing and loving.
THE BRUJAS OF BROOKLYN
The Brujas of Brooklyn (Dr. Griselda Rodriguez-Solomon & Dr. Miguelina Rodriguez) are identical twin PhDs who merge the magic of ancestral medicine with sharp intellect. As certified yoga instructors, they design multi-sensory workshops that provide sacred spaces to address intergenerational forms of trauma, with a focus on womb imbalances. Both are professors of the Social Sciences within the City College of New York (CUNY). Each has authored academic pieces on the effects of racialized oppression on communities of color, Afro-Dominicans in particular. Their work has been featured across platforms including: ABC, NPR, Univision, Google and Facebook.
ABOUT DEALMAS:
The DeAlmas Women’s Institute, founded and directed by Gloria Rodriguez, is dedicated to providing women the opportunity to reclaim, honor and express their divine feminine gifts and human potential.
Ms. Rodriguez is a tenured Professor of Psychology at Bronx Community College of The City University of New York, holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and is a Certified Professional Life Coach specializing in spiritual and relationship coaching. She frequently presents workshops, keynote addresses and lectures to national and international audiences at major colleges, conferences, and retreats. Ms. Rodriguez practices New Thought/Ancient Wisdom teachings and is an initiate in the Yoruba/Lukumi religious tradition. For more info on Gloria Rodriguez and Dealmas visit: www.dealmas.net
CCCADI & DEALMAS
For two decades CCCADI has partnered with DeAlma Women’s Institute (formerly known as DeAlmas Latinas) to present empowerment and holistic healing programs specific to the experiences of women of color.
Beginning in 1999, CCCADI & DeAlmas curated a weekend retreat in the Poconos - Woman Spirit: Sacred Ground for Feminine Empowerment and throughout the years have hosted their annual program: Women of Light, Peace and Power. In January 2019 in commemoration of our 20th anniversary of collaborations, we partnered with DeAlmas in presenting the 21st Annual Retreat - Visiones 2019: Soul Brilliance & Divine Badassery! And Visiones 2020: Living Waters ~ Her Power Overflowing. Over 50 women attended both sold-out weekend gatherings.
Visiones 2023: Hearts of Fire - Ignite Your Light, Expand Your Vision marks the launch of DeAlmas 25th anniversary celebration and our continued collaboration.