ABOUT THE SUMMIT
May 4th & 5th, 10am - 4pm MDT (GMT-6)
In its third biennial cycle, the Women Leading Regeneration Online Summit is centering women's leadership as a key to planetary health. As a 100% female-led team, it is Regenerative Rising's honor to gather women leaders from around the world for a highly engaging 2-day online summit focused on elevating, nurturing, and resourcing the capacity of women's leadership to facilitate change and positive impact across sectors. With dynamic speakers, wisdom-filled working sessions, and invaluable networking opportunities, this summit's goal is to activate our power and bravery, as women, to change the world.
All of our power comes from the Earth. By feeding the Earth, we are feeding ourselves and that allows us to empower each other. We want you to come away from this gathering with that knowing. By the end of this event- we seek to activate our shared ableness to CARE: Connect, Activate, Reflect and Embody!
ABOUT THE SUMMIT
May 4th & 5th, 10am - 4pm MDT (GMT-6)
In its third biennial cycle, the Women Leading Regeneration Online Summit is centering feminine leadership as a key to planetary health. As a 100% female-led team, it is Regenerative Rising's honor to gather women leaders from around the world for a highly engaging 2-day online summit focused on elevating, nurturing, and resourcing the capacity of female leadership to facilitate change and positive impact across sectors. With dynamic speakers, wisdom-filled working sessions, and invaluable networking opportunities, this summit's goal is to activate our power and bravery, as women, to change the world.
All of our power comes from the earth. By feeding the earth, we are feeding ourselves and that allows us to empower each other. We want you to come away from this gathering with that knowing. By the end of this event- we want you to CARE: Connect, Activate, Reflect and Embody!
WOMEN LEADING REGENERATION LEADERSHIP DAY
May 3rd, 10am - 2pm MDT (GMT-6)
Leadership Day is our unique kick-off event to the 2022 Women Leading Regeneration Online Summit. This convening of women, femme and non-binary leaders from around the globe brings us together to strengthen and inspire the brave pathway forward for women's leadership. We’ll hear from the Equal Rights Amendment Coalition and discuss the necessary change to political and institutional structures in order to secure women’s wellbeing under the law.
We seek to strengthen our inner, outer and unique skillsets through a Regenerative Leadership Workshop that includes the aspiration of cultivating ongoing cohorts of women who will continue their development by participating in the Regenerative Design Lab offered by nRhythm following the Summit.
Why we charge for our events: We charge for tickets at our gatherings because we are not a grant supported non-profit. However, we don’t want that to be a constraint for folks who can’t afford the prices that we have set, so we always offer a “Pay What You Can” ticket price.
WOMEN LEADING REGENERATION LEADERSHIP DAY
May 3rd, 10am - 2pm MDT (GMT-6)
The Leadership Day is our unique kick-off event to the 2022 Women Leading Regeneration online summit. This day is a convening of women, femme and non-binary leaders around the globe coming together to strengthen and inspire the brave pathway forward for feminine leadership. We’ll hear from the Equal Rights Amendment Coalition and discuss the necessary change to political and institutional structures in order to secure women’s wellbeing. We’ll work to strengthen our inner, outer and unique feminine skillsets through a Regenerative Leadership Workshop with an aim to inspire participation in our ongoing cohorts and Regenerative Design Lab offered by nRhythm. Join us to connect and collaborate with key decision makers, experts and fellow sisters accelerating the impact of female leadership in business, policy, community care and planetary regeneration.
Why we charge for our events: We charge for tickets at our gatherings because we are not a grant supported non-profit. However, we don’t want that to be a constraint for folks who can’t afford the prices that we have set, so we always offer a “Pay What You Can” ticket price.
WHO'S COMING?
Women Leading Regeneration draws from a diverse community of contributors and participants, which includes entrepreneurs, executives, farmers and ranchers, activists, writers, academics, investors, and innovators of diverse backgrounds. We are a tapestry of women who celebrate the rising leadership and influence of women in our communities, as pioneers and leaders. We aim to create a welcoming for all women to join our banquet. There are many seats at this table and we hold as sacred the inclusion of any woman who has not felt welcomed in other contexts. We are growing a movement for the regeneration of how we define leadership and the means to positively impact our world so all life thrives.
Join us for these three days to connect and collaborate with key decision makers, experts and fellow sisters with the intent that together we can and must accelerate the impact of female leadership in business, policy, community care and planetary regeneration as our shared service to all life!
WHO'S COMING?
Women Leading Regeneration draws from a diverse community of contributors and participants, which includes entrepreneurs, executives, farmers and ranchers, activists, writers, academics, investors, and innovators of diverse backgrounds. We are a tapestry of women who celebrate the rising leadership and influence of women in our communities, as pioneers and leaders. We aim to create a welcoming for all women to join our banquet. There are many seats at this table and we hold as sacred the inclusion of any woman who has not felt welcomed in other contexts. We are growing a movement for the regeneration of how we define leadership and the means to positively impact our world so all life thrives.
Join us for these three days to connect and collaborate with key decision makers, experts and fellow sisters with the intent that together we can and must accelerate the impact of female leadership in business, policy, community care and planetary regeneration as our shared service to all life!
POST-SUMMIT REGENERATIVE DESIGN LAB COHORT
Tuesdays & Thursdays from May 10th - June 2nd, 4:00 - 6:30 PM MST (GMT-6)
Women Leading Regeneration Cohort participants will come together over a one (1) month Regenerative Design Lab Workshop to accelerate their individual and collective contributions to our regenerative future. The Regenerative Design Lab is an opportunity to design your project, business venture or role as a regenerative leader using a regenerative, living systems approach. With a variety of different engagement opportunities, we will support you on an intentional design journey using nRhythm's Regenerative Principles and Regenerative Framework.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Tiffanie Drayton
Author, Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Tiffanie Drayton is a mother, world traveler, and journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Vox, Marie Claire, Playboy, Salon, and Complex, and on Yahoo, among other outlets. Tiffanie fled the U.S. in the face of persistent racism and economic struggles. In her new debut memoir, "Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream"... Read More
Seleyn DeYarus
Founder & Executive Director, Regenerative Rising
Seleyn DeYarus is Founder and Executive Director of Regenerative Rising. She is recognized for helping to galvanize the global regenerative movement by convening thought leaders from business, civic, academia and agriculture networks for shared solutions to extractive models in the food, fashion and beauty industries. Seleyn designs experiences to accelerate achieving broader commitments to social and environmental justice, climate action and building a regenerative economy... Read More
Sophia Rakel Armen
Co-Founder and Co-Director, The Feminist Front
Sophia Armen is a Middle Eastern-American community organizer and writer from Los Angeles, California. She is the co-founder and serves as the Co-Director of The Feminist Front, a youth gender and racial justice organization of 15-35 year olds building rooted feminist futures. The Feminist Front is fighting for women’s equality by building intersectional education, trainings, campaigns and mobilizations of young people, especially young women and girls of color, and working on key issues ... Read More
SPEAKERS
LEADERSHIP DAY SCHEDULE
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Time Zones are in Mountain Time (MDT)(GMT-6)
Welcome and Introduction to the Leadership Day Tay Lotte, Summit Activator & Events and Communications Manager, Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising | |
Performance Offering: D-EmpressEvoke offers a poetry recital from her book, Evoking Belonging: Poetics of the Urban Indigene. Evoking Belonging is a poetic enquiry into identity, indigeneity and belonging from an African heritage Diaspora perspective. Dr. Dianne Regisford, Director: Evoking Belonging Living Practice, Centre for Social Sculpture | |
Keynote with Q&A We as women need to understand WHAT the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment signifies for women’s standing under the Law. As part of exploring the unique role of Women's leadership, we will hear from women who are working on the ratification and learn more about how women’s lives and rights are impacted as long as we are not officially recognized as having equal protection under the law as men. Sophia Armen, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Feminist Front | |
Panel with Q&A: How We Found Sisterhood in Our Quest for Justice This panel is a brief look at how one of the most extractive systems on our planet has brought us together and is creating a movement of determination towards new levels of justice and freedom for women and children around the globe. We will discuss the essential nature of creating solidarity when navigating through the process of shifting a system towards health and regeneration. When you are in a movement or the day-to-day grind of systems change, it can be a daunting and overwhelming journey. However, when we come together, as sisters, we empower each other and nurture the belief in the possibility that human kindness and care can be infused back into our lives and the systems that were, in many ways, designed to keep us from thriving. Participants: Tina Swithin, Founder, One Mom's Battle; CEO of High Conflict Divorce Coach Certification Program; Board Member of Family Court Awareness Month Kaitlyn Jorgensen, Advocacy Manager, Custody Peace Tiffanie Drayton, Author, Black American Refugee, Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream Moderator: Traci Wallace, Women's and Children's Advocate, Communications Specialist, nRhythm | |
Breakout Chat Rooms for Discussion | |
Panel with Q&A: What is Unique About Women's Leadership and Why it Matters What attributes constitute Leadership has been defined in a male dominant manner for centuries. As the world stumbles to address the complex challenges of our Time, Women are rising. We seek to explore the unique ways in which women lead. There is an opportunity to redefine Leadership from a lens that draws on the complexity and richness of women's experiences, roles and unique ways of knowing. Participants: Dr. Liza Keānuenueokalani Williams, Director of Culture Transformation, Planet Women Clarenda Stanley, CEO, Green Heffa Farms Lara Dickinson, Co-Founder, OSC2 and JEDI Angela Rassi, Vice President of Innovation and Business Development, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc Moderator: Susan Skjei, President, SaneSystems | |
Regenerative Leadership Workshop Guiding our work into the world requires a new kind of leadership. One that unleashes the regenerative potential in people, organizations, and communities. It requires all of us to move away from command-and-control strategies that maximize performance and efficiency to focusing on creating the ideal conditions for health and potential to emerge. Join us for an interactive workshop on regenerative leadership to explore what it means for you in your work. Hosted by: Alex Groome Klement, Operations Manager, nRhythm Jen Cates, Director of Client Support, nRhythm Sherry Hess, Owner, Co Author, Tedx Speaker, Sensory Advocate for Flavor at The Flavor Remedy | |
Day 1 Round Up Tay Lotte, Summit Activator & Events and Communications Manager, Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising | |
Aprés Networking Meet-n-Greet |
WOMEN LEADING REGENERATION SUMMIT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Time Zones are in Mountain Time (MDT)(GMT-6)
Welcome & Grounding Tay Lotte, Summit Activator & Events and Communications Manager, Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising | |
Keynote with Q&A: Women and Mother Earth are Entwined As a thriver after breast cancer, it is clear that this illness is a wake up call for women around the world. Breast cancer is the most prominent cancer on Earth. The Mother is sick and her daughters are the canary in the proverbial coal mine. How can we use this insight to grow our bravery to stand up and protect the sanctity of life on Earth? What is in our way to take on the responsibility as the voice for the voiceless? Are we willing to lean into the fierceness of a protective Mother and speak up for systemic transformation of systems that do not serve life? Shall we Rise as sisters? Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising | |
Panel with Q&A: Other Ways of Knowing As women, we have each experienced knowing and having insights that operate outside of a linear context. Bringing our full capability to our efforts is part of empowerment and aligning with the deep or divine feminine. In this panel conversation, we seek to explore how we can be more open to this other way of knowing and having the courage to be guided by this gift. Participants: Angela McElwee, Board Chair, Regenerative Rising; Former CEO, Gaia Herbs; Venture Partner, Springdale Ventures Nora Bateson, President, International Bateson Institute Erin McMorrow, Author, Grounded; Multidimensional Spiritual Freedom Guide, and Artist Moderator: Esther Park, CEO, Cienega Capital | |
Breakout Chat Rooms to Explore Other Ways of Knowing | |
30 Minute Break Go on a walk, take a breath, tend to other tasks, and nourish yourself. | |
15 Minute Break Go on a walk, take a breath, tend to other tasks, and nourish yourself. | |
Re-Grounding and a Regenerative Slam™ Linda Black Elk, Ethnobotanist and Food Sovereignty Activist | |
Panel with Q&A: Women of the Water Water is life. How we relate to water around the world has enormous impacts on all life. Is water a living presence or merely a resource? We are gathering women whose work centers around stewarding the health of water, be it the vast Mother oceans to the many Sister rivers and streams. All life depends on access to clean water. Women are stepping into meaningful advocacy for water's care and we will explore how we can all become guardians of living waters. Participants: Niquole Esters, Senior Director of Development, Conservation International Marcela Olivera, Water Commons Organizer in Cochabamba, Bolivia Linda Black Elk, Ethnobotanist and Food Sovereignty Activist Moderator: Vicki Goldstein, Founder & Director of Special Projects, Inland Ocean Coalition | |
Breakout Chat Rooms for Discussion | |
Closing and Networking Meet-n-Greet Tay Lotte, Summit Activator & Events and Communications Manager, Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising |
Thursday May 5, 2022
Time Zones are in Mountain Time (MDT)(GMT-6)
Welcome and Grounding Tay Lotte, Summit Activator & Events and Communications Manager, Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising | |
Keynote with Q&A: Finding Purpose and Empowerment in a Struggling World Tiffanie Drayton, Author, Black American Refugee, Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream | |
Panel with Q&A: Women of the Wardrobe How we dress has many facets. What we wear reflects how we feel about ourselves, it can create a message to others about who we are and it unquestionably has enormous impacts on the health of the planet and wellbeing of people who work in the industry. The Women we have gathered represent a diversity of stories and paths exploring and changing the future of the apparel industry. We each have a role to play in being Women of the Wardrobe. Participants: Marci Zaroff, Founder & CEO, ECOfashion Corp Emily Alati, Director of Innovation, Materials & Sustainability, Vans Carol Shu, Senior Manager of Global Sustainability, The North Face Larkin Martin, Owner, Martin Farm Moderator: Beth Jensen, Director of Climate + Strategies, Textile Exchange | |
Breakout Chat Rooms for Discussion | |
45 Minute Break Go on a walk, take a breath, tend to other tasks, and nourish yourself. | |
Lunch Conversations & Networking Sign up to host a lunch conversation! Attendees can choose which conversation they would like to join. Join a breakout session with nRhythm to learn more about the Women Leading Regeneration Regenerative Design Lab Experience. | |
15 Minute Break Go on a walk, take a breath, tend to other tasks, and nourish yourself. | |
Re-Grounding and a Regenerative Slam™: Don't Ask Me What I Need, Ask Me What I Want Asking me what I need comes from a position of deficit, but asking me what I want comes from a position of power. Karen Washington, Farmer and Activist, Rise&Root Farm | |
Panel with Q&A: Women of the Land The ground beneath our feet contains a universe we barely know and yet it is the foundation of life. Soil is soul and how we treat the land is how we treat the people. These Women touch the earth as farmers, ranchers, scientists and business leaders - we will hear of their learnings, challenges and how they see the wisdom of the land guiding us toward healing. Participants: Jessica Chiartas, PhD Soil Scientist, University of California, Davis Karen Washington, Co-Owner and Farmer, Rise&Root Farm Kelsey Scott, Rancher & Owner, DX Beef, Director of Programs, Intertribal Agriculture Council Donna Kilpatrick, Ranch Manager and Land Steward, Heifer, USA Moderator: Bethany Davis, Director of Social Impact, Advocacy and Government Affairs, MegaFood | |
Summit Roundup for Impact and Commitments Final comments from our summit activators and breakout rooms with 4 other participants to share you takeaways and commitments Tay Lotte, Summit Activator & Events and Communications Manager, Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus, Summit Activator & Founder, Regenerative Rising |
DISCUSSION LEADERS
“The Women Leading Regeneration summit was a beautiful time to get inspired by like-minded women who are actively working to regenerate the health of our planet and people. This felt like a real sisterhood, and a chance to lift one another up and share positive energy toward solutions. I love that we came out of this event with a clear eye toward enhancing networking and support to one another: we have vast networks and a wealth of resources, so this platform is a beautiful way to exchange information and support one another in real world projects. Thank you!”
– Laura Hanson, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
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