Wombfulness Gathering #5 Sat., Nov. 20, 2021

This months presenters are:

IMAHKÜS Njinga Okofu Ababio 

IMAHKÜS Njinga Okofu Ababio is the CEO and owner of the beautiful Health Resort, Restaurant and Wellness Centre, which also operates a Tour Service, located in the Central Region of Ghana in the historic village of Iture, in Elmina. She has been in Ghana for 30 years after having repatriated with her husband, Nana Okofo, a retired New York City Firefighter from New York City.  Unfortunately, he was killed by a hit and run driver in July 2007.  One Africa has been recognized by the Ghana Tourist Board as one of Ghana’s leading Guest Houses and Tour services.

One Africa Health Resort and Restaurant is a unique and historically charming bed and breakfast (B & B), built as simple, traditional African Chalets, beautifully and colorfully decorated, overlooking the Gulf of Guinea, and situated between two major edifices, the Cape Coast and Elmina Castle Dungeons. There are twelve guest rooms to choose from, named in honor of famous Africans, i.e., Dr. John Henrik Clarke, the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Queen Mother Moore, Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X) and others.  Reasonable rates include Complimentary Breakfast and Taxes.

  Tai Chi Embodying the Heart Qualities with nialla rose

 nialla rose has been formally studying Tai     Chi for 3 years. She has been collaborating with her Tai Chi Chih teacher and other   movement partners to make this form of Qi Gong accessible  and available to everyone.   You don’t need shoes or special clothing,   simply an open mind. Movements can be practiced standing or seated, the qi, or life energy, in us all effortlessly flows.

Listen to nialla speak about her practice on Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Nov. 17, 2021. 

Facilitator: Sister Wanda Sabir, MAAFA SF Bay Area

Wanda Sabir is a journalist and poet moonlighting as a college professor in Alameda (wandaspicks.com). Her interests and expertise are historic & persistent trauma and trauma healing—the Maafa, specifically ancestral memories, dream tending and the use of Art & Appreciative Inquiry to stimulate those forgotten conversations, especially among Diaspora descendants free and legally enslaved. She is co-founder & CEO of MAAFA San Francisco Bay Area and recent recipient of the Distinguished 400 Award, 400 Years of African American History Commission (2019). She is a Transformative Justice (TJ) or Community Accountability facilitator who believes the true revolution starts at home.


Register in Advance:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOuorD4vG93axcURrIO1j5KnZADv3Xe1

“Wombfulness Gatherings’” bimonthly goal is create safety so wombs can finally speak. We are looking to invite wom(b)en whose wombs were surgically removed without permission as happened to women incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, CA and CA Institute for Women in Corona, CA. Bring wombs violated and oppressed; wombs invaded, wombs wandering and directionless—healthy wombs are of course welcome.  Black wom(b)an are invited. Register in advance. Please have a working camera on your device. Let us know in advance if this is a problem.