Weaving intergenerational spaces where ancestral wisdom fuels liberation—cultivating healing, resilience, and justice through ceremony, cultural practice, and collective care.
The amazing team of practitioners come to the HYPE Center on a monthly basis providing Indigenous healing modalities to our community of young people ages 14-24. It has been really incredible to watch the healing that is done in community! We often forget that harm is not done in isolation, so healing also should not be done in isolation - and Sacred Roots reminds us of that collective power every time they enter the space.
—Francesca Gonzalez, Executive Director, Freedom Forward, San Francisco, CA
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The amazing team of practitioners come to the HYPE Center on a monthly basis providing Indigenous healing modalities to our community of young people ages 14-24. It has been really incredible to watch the healing that is done in community! We often forget that harm is not done in isolation, so healing also should not be done in isolation - and Sacred Roots reminds us of that collective power every time they enter the space.
—Francesca Gonzalez, Executive Director, Freedom Forward, San Francisco, CA
Sacred Roots has not only been a physical home for me but also a spiritual one. Sacred Roots helped me better understand and see what my values could look like in praxis. Sacred Roots showed me what community care looks like, and I am forever grateful.
—Exie Adams, Marriage & Family Therapist, Philadelphia PA
Sacred Roots beautifully opened the first year of our OUSD Racial Healing Fellowship with a powerful somatic ceremony rooted in African ritual and power. This activity was the most resonant of the whole day for our fellows, and spiritually gave us power to take on the school year!
—Lailan Sandra Huen, Racial Healing Coach, Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, CA
Sacred Roots offers opportunities for people seeking truth to do it in an emotionally, intellectually, and physically safe space. The invitation to do the deep work of unlearning and relearning in a community with a frame of equity is very powerful and encouraging. Absolutely have nothing but praise to share about the positive impact this work has had on me and the community!
—H. Jamison, Technology Manager, Oakland, CA
Lo recomendaría Sacred Roots con corazón. Me siento tan familiarizado, especialmente las hierbas. Me hace sentir mejor y la comunidad le encanta. Muy satisfecha y agradecida con ustedes y por el esfuerzo que hacen para la comunidad.
—Maria Vicente, Health Navigator, Street Level Health Project, Oakland, CA
Participating in the summer program marked a formative and liberating experience for me in my spiritual and personal journey that continues to ground me to this day. It was a space where I was reminded to continually re-connect with and honor my own voice and story as an act of resistance. It was a safe space that encouraged me to openly grieve the systemic oppressions that surround BIPOC communities and where I experienced a renewal of hope by witnessing the power of communal healing.
—Jessica Lopez, Interpreter Program Manager, Partnerships for Trauma Recovery, Oakland CA
Yu-Shuan has a wealth of knowledge and is able to communicate it in a palatable and meaningful way. Beyond knowing an immense amount of content, she brings a sense of humanity to this work which is greatly needed. She helped me better understand my role in this social justice work. What I can offer and how I can count on others to support me as well. This is definitely not work made for one individual person. We are strong together.
—Christina Shak, Social Justice Committee Chair, Ulloa Elementary School (SFUSD), San Francisco, CA
I often think back to the summer I spent at Sacred Roots in 2016. I got my start in immigration advocacy that summer, but more importantly I got to experience a place where justice was realized through collective reflection, repentance, and joy. I am forever grateful to Yu-Shuan and my cohort for teaching me how to hope.
—Justin Talbott, Immigrant Rights Advocate, San Francisco, CA
Sacred Roots shifted so many paradigms of faith, justice, and community for me. I continue to reflect on my time here as I pursue liberation and advocate for BIPOC communities. This program will continue to be one of the most impactful experiences of my adult life. In times of deep deconstruction in my life, Sacred Roots gave me ample space to develop new and sustaining spiritual practices, and find new theologies that were healing to my experience as a Black Queer man. I’m forever grateful for the sacred and generous leadership of Yu-Shuan.
—Rashad M, Clinical Social Worker, Seattle, WA
The Sacred Roots POC healing retreat was such a powerful experience of being led by wise POC women and reclaiming spiritual practices that are ancestral and embodied. Sacred Roots offers brave and loving space to encounter Spirit that is more mysterious and more beautiful than all the supremacies that try to shackle it.
—Albert (Iok-Piak) Hong, Pastor, Oakland, CA
The Sacred Roots summer program was a catalyst for me to engage more deeply with my own stories at the margin, equipping me with healing practices and sustainable advocacy led by the Spirit. Under the leadership of Yu-Shuan I was able to come as I was, broken and in pain, and yet realize again that me and my community's stories were still part of God's plan for the redeemed. Since then, I have pursued a career where I can utilize my gifts in pursuit of justice for communities.
—Sam Garcia, Urban Environmental Planner, Portland, OR
There have been a few moments in seminary and in life where I sense that prior life experiences have come together in a transformative way that brought those life experiences together and set me on my way forever changed. This course is one of those profound markers in my formation.
—Rev. Anthony Jones, Long Island, NY
Sacred Roots has offered a home to explore my spiritual journey of deconstructing and constructing theology. The retreat came at the right time for me to continue learning and practicing tools in the context of a safe and loving community. I am especially grateful to Martha Martinez who has been a wonderful healer in my life and to Yu-Shuan for her loving leadership and organizing.
A 7-week community series led by BIPOC healers, cultural workers, and restorative justice practitioners. Each week offers a unique theme weaving ritual, storytelling, and hands-on tools to transform conflict, repair harm, and reconnect with ancestral wisdom. Open to all generations and free for the community.
A 2-Part Series on African, Indigenous, and Asian community healing, featuring ancestral foods, altar-making, ceremonial dance, drumming, herbal medicine-making and more!
Free wellness sessions for immigrant communities. Sessions include Massage Therapy, Herbal Consultation, and Energetic Healing. Interpretation available in Mam and Spanish.
A bilingual workshop exploring two Theater of the Oppressed techniques to deepen understanding of how we move in the world and process the internal messages and tensions that we carry
A monthly Asian American Qigong class with Sally Chang, a Taiwanese queer martial artist, educator, acupuncturist, and founder of Evergreen Taiji Academy
Join us as we re-learn how to move grief out of the body, using the body's own wisdom in movements and sound. Grieving together with the support of one another is an effective, sacred practice that is indigenous to many cultures.
Explore how Jesus engaged in building people power, using a framework rooted in the Philippines movement for human rights and democracy - Agitate, Organize, and Mobilize (AOM)
Join educators around the country in person to engage in a professional development experience that goes to the heart of what you need right now: rest, joy, wellness, and radical-self-care in community.
Join us weekly for a high energy and grounded movement live-video class to build resilience, community, and liberation through Haitian and West African dance and its history.
In response to the pandemic, Sacred Roots Healers of Color Collective is offering a 5-week live-video series to Communities of Color, sharing traditional wisdom and practices to support us through this time of crisis.
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