WE GOT US: HEALING JUSTICE CAMPAIGN
We Got Us: Weathering the Storm Through
Healing Justice Summit
The storm is here — but so are we.
Fanm Saj, Inc. and community partners gathered for a two-day summit on May 29 - May 30, 2026, rooted in healing justice, restorative justice, culture, and collective care. We Got Us: Weathering the Storm Through Healing Justice Summit brings together healers, organizers, artists, survivors, educators, youth leaders, and community members committed to building safer, healthier, and more connected communities.
This summit emerged during a time of political turmoil, family separation, violence, displacement, burnout, and policies that continue to harm our communities. Together, we gathered to name these realities while exploring how healing, culture, and collective action can help us weather the storm.
Through workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, healing arts, and community-centered experiences, participants engaged in practices that support resilience, safety, accountability, and transformation.
We Got Us: Weathering the Storm through Healing Justice
Impact Report and Videos
Interactive workshops and breakout sessions
Film screening of One Million Experiments
Healing justice and restorative justice practices
Survivor-centered spaces and conversations
Herbalism, somatics, Reiki, and healing arts
Know Your Rights and safety planning workshops
Youth-centered circles and leadership spaces
Community altar installations rooted in ancestral wisdom and collective healing
Cultural performances and community gathering
Portals of Care: Healing Arts & Community Altars
Throughout the summit, participants experienced activated community altars designed to support reflection, release, ancestral connection, and healing. Rooted in African cosmology and reverence for the elements, these spaces invite participants to reconnect with themselves, their communities, and the wisdom carried by those who came before us.
This year’s summit invited participants to explore healing and movement-building through the elements:
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Ori - Consciousness - Elevation
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Earth — Grounding
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Fire — Activation
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Wind — Change & Navigation
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Water — Healing & Feeling
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Iron — Tools & Justice in Motion
Flip through our report to learn more about Our Portals of Care Art Installations and Watch the videos below to hear more about each element.
In these videos, Iyanifa Ruth Ifakemi Jeannoel, Founder and Executive Director of Fanm Saj, shares an introduction of the elements of nature from the Healing Lineage African Yoruba Tradition of Ifa. She details the description of each element: Ori, Earth, Fire, Wind, Water and Iron.
Exploring the Elements of Ori and Earth
Exploring the Elements of Fire, Wind, Water and Iron
Thank You for Being Part of This Journey
Whether through your time, resources, or presence, there is a place for you here. Together, we are building something rooted, revolutionary, and full of care — because no matter what comes, We Got Us.
SAVE THE DATE
May 28 - May 29, 2027
📢 Check Out the Report + Video
See stories, photos, and reflections from the We Got Us May 2025 Summit.
[Download the Report Here and Watch the Video from Cambeul Productions Below]
Promotional Video
Sponsoring Organizations
Fanm Saj, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Black Voters Matter, Collective Sistahood, Florida Student Power, Women with Broken Heals, Organic Transitions
"In moments of crisis, we embody care in our ourselves and our communities.
This is the role of Fanm Saj. Let us midwife each other."
-Ruth Ifakemi Jeannoel