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Multicultural Women Explore Social and Ecological Healing
Workshop Speakers 
Jeanine M. Canty, PhD, a professor at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, whose teaching intersects issues of social and ecological justice connected to the process of worldview expansion and positive change, is the editor of and a contributor to the collection: Ecological and Social Healing: Multicultural Women’s Perspectives.
Susan Griffin is the author of 21 books, including the ecofeminist classic, Woman and Nature and A Chorus of Stones, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Along with an Emmy for her play Voices, she has received many honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Northern California Book Reviewers Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement. She has recently completed a novel about climate change, The Ice Dancer’s Tale.
Melissa K. Nelson (Anishinaabe/Métis/Norwegian/enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band, Chippewa), a Native ecologist, writer, media-maker, and indigenous scholar-activist, is Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State and President of The Cultural Conservancy, an indigenous rights organization. She is the editor of the anthology, Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings For a Sustainable Future, and...
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Belvie Rooks, MA, co-founder of Growing a Global Heart, as well as a writer, educator and producer, weaves together the worlds of spirituality, feminism, ecology and social justice in her work. Her published works have appeared in a number of books and journals and she has served on the boards of many transformative organizations.
Anita Sanchez, Ph.D., has 35+ years’ experience providing diversity, inclusion, leadership development, etc. coaching and training to executives in dozens of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and major NGOs. A member of the Transformational Leadership Council, she also serves on the boards of Bioneers and the Pachamama Alliance, and contributed to or co-authored several books, including Discovering Your Positive Core; and...
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Co-Founder and President, Bioneers
Nina Simons, co-founder and President of Bioneers and founding Director of its Everywoman's Leadership program (which includes "Cultivating Women's Leadership” intensives and CoMadres retreats), co-edited the anthology book,Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart. An award-winning social entrepreneur, Nina previously served as President of Seeds of Change and Director of Strategic Marketing for Odwalla before co-founding...
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Nícola Wagenberg, Ph.D., a Berkeley-based clinical and cultural psychologist, educator and media maker, is Vice President of The Cultural Conservancy, where her work includes directing media projects, developing eco-cultural health programs, and helping with operations and development. She is also Director of Native Youth Guardians of the Waters project, and sees individuals, couples and groups in her private psychotherapy practice.
