Upcoming eventS
Men's Gathering 2026
Overview
Hosted by the Land Peace Foundation
You deserve to be accepted. And you deserve to be held accountable for unacceptable behavior. Both of these statements are true and they are both expressions of love.
Unfortunately, knowing how to discern the difference between being accepted as a person and being responsible for unacceptable behavior is a skill that is not consciously taught. However, it's essential for a healthy sense of self and for the development of emotionally healthy relationships.
There is no shame in failing to know something that you have never been taught. Yet we have been negatively conditioned to feel shamed by a society that crucifies those who make make mistakes and those who demonstrate a lack of knowledge. As a result, men are often taught to fake-it-til-you-make it. This conditions us to perform knowing and prevents us from having the space to actually learn. And because the social programming to "perform knowing" has been so deeply embedded, shame often rises when something that we haven't learned is pointed out to us.
Learning how to stop the shame loop is one of the most beneficial skills you will ever learn. It allows you to remain present in your own growth and in the work needed to build trust, intimacy, and connection with those around you. One of the first steps in this process is seeing shame as a teacher rather than an enemy, to create space for curiosity to move around the thing that shame is attaching to, which helps create greater self-awareness and understanding. This gathering will provide tools for disrupting shame cycles and changing the narratives you tell yourself when shame rises, as well as providing tools for embodying this learning in tangible ways.
This year's gathering will also include a powerful opportunity to be guided through a woman-led ceremony that invites us to withdraw our consent from paradigms of harm and toxic archetypes. This ceremony allows participants to dismantle embedded codes of domination and conquest, and release social values that associate male worth with productivity and commodification.
There will also be a workshop on dismantling core elements of patriarchal training from the male instruction manual. This will involve learning key emotional development skills, while unlearning habits and social training around "men's work," in personal relationships and in relationship to the larger society.
Sessions will include large group projects on the land and small group talking circles. On Saturday night, there will be a men's ceremony around the fire in the arbor.
We are looking forward to welcoming both familiar and new faces this year. Each year, the gathering has expanded and participants have grown, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This year feels like a catalyzing year, with critical opportunities for shifting our trajectory for the next phase of human growth and for walking out a more authentic expression of our shared humanity.
We would like to thank you for walking with us on this path of healing. We are grateful for you all.
Kci Woliwon
For ticket information please go to Men’s Gathering Eventbrite Page.
Global Matriarch's Gathering 2026
Weaving Tapestries of Support
In these times of upheaval and uncertainty, we need foundational wisdom to guide our steps. This year's Matriarch's Gathering is focused on seeking the refuge of the maternal heart and weaving a tapestry of love and support.
We will be diving into matriarchal mythology and connecting with the sacred feminine. We will be guided through the practices of multiple traditions by a team of skilled teachers - Indigenous, Celtic, Maōri, Filipino, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim.
Our sisters from Aotearoa will be bringing some new relatives, who will offer us somatic healing from the Maori tradition.
We will also have the gift of an Earth Loom on the land during this year's gathering. Over the course of the weekend, we will all contribute to the weaving of a living tapestry to hold our prayers together. This will be facilitated by 'Weaving a Life' facilitators Cathi Belcher and Stacey Akeley.
Our goal this year is to help quiet the heart and balance the nervous system, so that we are better able to receive the wisdom of the sacred Mother to guide us through these perilous times.
We are looking forward to being in sacred circle with you all under our newly completed ceremonial arbor. Many of your prayers are in the soil under this arbor, where they join the thousands of others who will gather here over the years. Already, the heart of feminine wisdom is holding us <3
Daily Times:
Friday - 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM Lunch Provided
Saturday - 10:00 AM to 7:30 PM Lunch and Dinner Provided
Sunday - 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Lunch Provided
For ticket information please go to Global Matriarch’s Gathering Eventbrite Page.
Healing Turtle Island 2026
This year marks the 10th year of this twenty-one-year prayer. Wisdom keepers and thought leaders representing cultures and religions that span the globe will be coming together to join hearts, minds, and voices in one collective prayer for peace, unity, and healing.
*If you would like to attend in person please RSVP here, so that we can have an in person head count.
Divided We Fall: Walking Back Towards Unity
Join this dynamic group of social, political, and spiritual leaders as they discuss the very real dangers that polarization creates for all members of a society, and hear their reflections on what is needed to move our communities toward becoming more kind, respectful, and compassionate places to live for us all.
New Horizon in EJ - Building Resiliency and Cross-Sector Collaborations
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Join us for this in-person gathering designed for Maine-based nonprofits that are working in the environmental, ecological, or climate fields.
This full day event will serve two purposes. First, it will provide a sincere wellness check for organizations that are struggling to understand, navigate, and survive in the current climate. Second, it will offer meaningful support in the following areas:
Getting up to speed on the Current Environmental Legal and Policy Landscape.
Developing a Clear and Concise Organizational Needs Assessments.
Connecting Organizations for Collaboration and Cooperation.
Helping Identify Funding Opportunities.
Providing Tools for Emotional and Organizational Resilience.
Through shared learning, small-group discussions, and system mapping, participants will build a stronger sense of organizational identity, assets, resilience. And leave with new insights, practical strategies for next steps, and a network of peers committed to advancing environmental justice.
Mens Gathering 2025
The Men's Healing Gathering at Wičuhkemtultine provides an intentional space for men to work through the complex issues of evolving images of masculinity.
Together, we are seeking a new baseline. We acknoweldge that there is no one size fits all image of masculinity. In truth, there are likely more than 8 billion versions of what masculinity represents. We aren't trying to shrink ourselves into one image, but to free ourselves from the stereotypical images that have been perpetuated across time, so that we can more clearly (re)imagine ourselves from within healthy, balanced, and grounded hearts.
During the gathering, healing discussions will be led by spiritual and thought leaders from diverse backgrounds. Discussion leaders include: Indigenous ceremony leaders from the United States, Canada, and Aotearoa, black clergy, and white peace and movement leaders. The men leading these discussion have all invested in their own healing, while also contributing to deep social healing in the broader world.
Every year, we are asked - what is the agenda? The answer, there isn't one. We purposely keep the agenda loose, so that those in attendance can work on the issues that are most present for them at the time of the gathering. There are themes, but there is no set-in-stone agenda. Each year, themes emerge amongst participants and they work through them together. This year's theme is: Becoming the elders and ancestors that we needed. The gathering will include both small and large group discussion, sacred growth work, collective projects on the land(optional), lots of wonderful food, and emotional intelligence and resilience learning, and relationship building.
We are gathering in a time of dangerous social disruption, when humanity and our planet are both deeply wounded, to work on our personal growth and community healing. Our goal is to empower one another to do the deep inner work that is necessary for us to show up in the world kind, grounded, and brave, so that we can build strong relationships with our family, friends, and communities.
**Please note: scholarships are available for those who wish to attend but need financial support to do so. If you would like a full or partial scholarship, please email: info@landpeacefoundation.org and we will help you register for the event.
*If you play an instrument and would like to bring it, feel free. There are many musicians in the group.
Men's Healing Gathering at Wicuhkemtultine
Join thoughtful men and skilled facilitators for 2 days of growth and healing, focused on stories, strength, and ceremony.
Matriarch’s Gathering
The 2024 Matriarch's Gathering at Wicuhkemtultine is going to be a powerfully transformative three-day event dedicated to fostering unity, healing, and empowerment among women.
This year's Matriarch's Gathering looks deeply into the collective trauma that women have experienced across time. Our focus this year will be on healing the deep grief that has been passed down mother to daughter, generation-by-generation.
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