Ancestors in Training

We shared a love note with some surprises and updates on what's to come.

As we continue to find ways of sustaining the project and remain committed to being community-powered, we do believe in letting folks invest in us in as many forms that feel aligned. Go visit our revived Substack to read the full love note and subscribe while you're there!💌

https://open.substack.com/pub/ancestorsintraining/p/moving-towards-something-sustainable

Want to help shape the next cycle of this work? We're intentionally sharing this on our birthday (December 10th), as an invitation to share feedback around content, topics, and timing of our programming. We deeply appreciate everyone who has been rocking with us throughout this journey, and can't wait to see how it unfolds.

AIT Programming Feedback + Development Help shape the future of AIT Programming by sharing your thoughts on the timing and potential themes of gatherings. Please be as open and thorough with your responses as you feel comfortable with. Unless you give us consent to use a testimonial, responses will not be shared publicly. This form is an...

Another evergreen consideration 💭

If you are shopping with intention this holiday season, don't forget about us!

We've got something for all of the AITs in your life, including stationery, wall art, and wearable affirmations that bring our ethos to you while supporting the work. We are a people-powered projected and love seeing you in your gear.

Be a part of it by visiting our store now: www.bit.ly/AIT-shop

Every cycle that you break is also a portal of possibility. 🌌

We're so grateful to be well on the path of Ancestors in Training the book. You can look forward to more reflections and info, including the tentative title, as this cycle unfolds.

Thank you to the team at for believing in our vision and all of your support! Leave a love note in the comments and stay tuned. Invite us to your pods, universities, organizations, and more to help us spread the word! 💌

Want to support us along the way? Grab your wearable affirmations and artwork on our site 👩🏾‍💻 www.ancestorsintraining.org

If you're reading this, you're so much further along your future ancestor journey than you may realize 💌

With extra credit and emphasis during spooky season 👻🕯🫗

Leave some room on your bookshelf for us! 📣

In case you missed it! We're so grateful to be well on the path of Ancestors in Training the book. You can look forward to more reflections and info, including the tentative title, as this cycle unfolds.

Thank you to the team at for believing in our vision and all of your support! Leave a love note in the comments and stay tuned. Invite us to your pods, universities, organizations, and more to help us spread the word! 💌

It's that time year! Meet us under the archway for the annual festival! ✨️🪘🎪🥳

This year we'll be building the 🌀Embodying Change Ancestor Altar🌀 an interactive art installation in reverence of change, joy, and resistance.

Tended to by , this year’s altar arrives in a moment when the world continues to feel heavy with grief, injustice, and uncertainty. It can feel almost impossible to imagine joy. Yet through this annual festival, we understand that joy isn’t a luxury - it is a necessary practice of survival, resistance, and healing. Our ancestors navigated oppression, displacement, and violence, and still found ways to sing, to dance, to gather, and to love. They y is not separate from struggle, but woven into how we endure and transform.

This altar installation honors change as both inevitable and sacred - a threshold that clears space for joy to take root. Inspired by Octavia Butler’s wisdom that “God is Change” and the powerful orisha Oya, the altar is designed as a portal: one side dedicated to release, the other to invite in possibility. 🔔

Meet us under the bridge on October 3rd! Offerings are encouraged! 🫴🏾 thank you for all the things and beyond 🫂💐💛

www.brooklynbrujeira.org | www.ancestorsintraining.org/take-action

3 📸 Sisterhood of Our Lady of Good Death, Cachoeira, Bahia, 1993 by Adenor Gondim. Seen at the Museo de Afro Brasil, São Paulo, last September 🇧🇷

We've adored hosting our first-ever book club this year! 💙

But we also know when to pause, reflect, and adjust. Our founder is in the midst of writing her debut book, and needs to zoom in on that before resuming the club. We'll be back tentatively on October 16th!

🎟 All members who purchased tickets for this week will have theirs moved over to the new one.

Want to support this project and community in the meantime? Grab our gear, bring this work to your spaces, and be in touch with aligned opportunities 🙌🏾

⛓️ where they're found for all the things! We'll see you soon 👩🏾‍💻💭