# Restoring Lifeways ## Posts - [2016 Gathering Report: A Shared Story](https://restoringlifeways.org/2016-gathering-report-a-shared-story/): We set out as an organization to hold our first ‘official’ gathering over four days in the beautiful Temescal Gateway Park nestled in the Pacific Palisades just outside Los Angeles. We endeavored to bring together around 70-100 leaders of youth initiatory experiences from LA County, across the United States, and around the world to “build a foundation,” supporting each other and the work as a whole. We ended up with a diverse group of folks, 25% of whom were from Los Angeles, which was in line with our target. You can see our full demographics and participant list HERE. Intentions: Early […] - [From the Participants: Water & Fire](https://restoringlifeways.org/from-the-participants-water-fire/): Highlights of Healing and Justice Stewardship Council member Kruti Parekh describes an experience on the way home from the gathering with two other participants. We Bring Our Voices Into One Beyond Boundaries/School of Lost Borders Attend the Youth Passageways Gathering. A reflective offering by Siri Gunnarson, Will Scott, and Gigi Coyle Thoughts & Reflections Offerings by Pınar Ateş Sinopoulos-Lloyd, Sobey Wing & Favio Lovos Seeing | Believing Reflections on Process & Experience by Stewardship Council Chair Darcy Ottey *These are just some of the many voices that were present. We’re looking for more, please send your reflections or experiences HERE Highlights […] - [Seeing | Believing - Reflections on Process & Experience](https://restoringlifeways.org/seeing-believing-reflections-on-process-experience/): More than a month has passed now since the Youth Passageways gathering. I’ve found it very difficult to put my experience into words.  When folks have asked me about it since, I typically respond, “the gathering changed things for me, and now I need to figure out what that means.” As someone whose whole life revolves around rites of passage, the process of initiation is known terrain, in some ways even comfortable terrain.  And yet, the whole point of initiation is stepping fully into the unknown. It’s a mysterious dance, to feel myself as someone who experiences a sense of recognition, […] - [Cross Cultural Protocols Working Group Retreat - April 2017](https://restoringlifeways.org/cross-cultural-protocols-working-group-retreat-april-2017/): The Cross Cultural Protocol met in Boulder Colorado from Friday, 4/14 to Sunday, 4/16 to connect in person, collaborate and move forward on visionary work we are committed to. Dane, Darcy and Kruti flew in to meet Pinar and Ramon’s community for the retreat.  Sobey was able to join for most of the retreat via Zoom video conferencing or phone.  Members Clementine and So were unable to join us.  Special gratitude goes out to Ramon and his family for hosting the retreat at his home.  There was inspiration from all members that helped us understand the community impact of local environmental […] - [2018 Gathering: The Invitation - From Los Angeles to Pine Ridge](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-the-invitation-from-los-angeles-to-pine-ridge/): Youth Passageways Advisor Frederick Marx first introduced Rebecca (Becky) Chief Eagle to Youth Passageways in 2016, and she attended the 2016 gathering in Los Angeles. Over the course of the weekend, Becky fell ill and Marisa Taborga Byrne, JO Jett Cazeaux and Sharon Black Wolf (three amazing Stewardship Council members) nursed her back to health. Even a bit under the weather, Becky showed up in a strong way and it was made clear that tending this new relationship and the unfolding bond among her and those she met at the gathering was important for many people, and for Youth Passageways. There […] - [2018 Gathering: Place & Preparation: A Learning Journey Continued](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-place-preparation-a-learning-journey-continued/): Though Youth Passageways holding a gathering at All Nations would be a momentous gift and opportunity, it felt important to be very thoughtful saying ‘yes’ to the invitation. Embedded in the very fabric of YPW from the start has been a steadily evolving practice of permission seeking and the intention of coming to the places it gathers in service and in right relationship with those places and the peoples that reside there. Over the rest of 2017 and January 2018, finding that ‘YES’ was explored deeply alongside Becky, as a new SC member, and in collaboration with the Cross-Cultural Protocols Working […] - [2018 Gathering: Spirit Weaving - YPW at All Nations](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-spirit-weaving-ypw-at-all-nations/): This fall, in the Yellow Bear Canyon just outside of the Black Hills, Youth Passageways brought together a small intergenerational delegation, for relationship building, truth-telling and healing, and explored an alliance to support and uplift indigenous youth throughout the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This gathering was one of the many threads that have and continue to build the tapestry of Youth Passageways over the last few years and feels like a foundational step towards actualizing YPW’s mission. The theme of the 2018 gathering was Spirit Led. What this meant for the group was to allow the unseen to be welcomed and […] - [2018 Gathering - From the Participants: Everyone has a Medicine](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-from-the-participants-everyone-has-a-medicine/): *These are just some of the many voices that were present. We’re looking for more, please send your reflections or experiences HERE Delacina Chief Eagle The youth gathering held at the All Nations gathering center was an empowering experience within a safe & nurturing environment. I felt free to express who I choose to be all while being comforted with encouragement from those surrounding me. Pilamiya, thank you, to everyone who blessed us with the medicine of their spirit. Siri Gunnarson The healing balm of generous invitation and gifting supported a cross-cultural contact beyond my expectations… it felt like all participants […] - [2018 Gathering: A Delegation of Arrows](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-a-delegation-of-arrows/): I was lucky enough to have been blessed to meet Becky Chief Eagle in late 2016 at the Youth Passageways gathering in Los Angeles, and soon thereafter, her Wasani, Dallas. We were introduced by way of the man who knows everyone, Frederick Marx, who invited her to our circle. I’ll be forever grateful for that gesture. Over the past couple of years, Becky has come closer into the YPW family, most prominently jutting to the forefront of my awareness when she, alongside Hubert BlackWolf, performed a grief ceremony for me in Estes Park, a month after my mom died. It was […] - [2018 Gathering - March Site Visit to Pine Ridge](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-march-site-visit-to-pine-ridge/): This was a trip with two primary focuses that tied to each other, first on behalf of YPW to deepen relationship with All Nations while getting a working understanding of the place, its capacity, and ways of collaboration between our two organizations. Secondly, I went as an individual with my partner to deepen relationship with Becky and Dallas personally and in response to the start of our relationship at the Los Angeles gathering, and in gratitude, for the grief ceremony they provided for me on behalf of my mother. In keeping in integrity with our core value of not simply seeking […] - [Blessings & Beauty - An Evening of Healing & Transformation](https://restoringlifeways.org/blessings-beauty-an-evening-of-healing-transformation-2/): On Saturday, April 23rd, Youth Passageways in collaboration with Los Angeles Host Partners and many gracious volunteers opened its doors for the first time to the public for an evening of rhythm, poetry, ceremony & celebration AND action. The event was codesigned and facilitated by youth from the Tia Chucha’s Young Warriors. As Militza Tapia, a Young Warrior & Event Co-Organizer put it: “This is a celebration of what keeps us together as one. The blessings and beauty are in honor of our unity—Adults and young people, people of all ages coming together.” As people arrived they were asked to look at […] - [Kiln-worthy: Lessons and Reflections from a week in Los Angeles](https://restoringlifeways.org/kiln-worthy-lessons-and-reflections-from-a-week-in-los-angeles/): At my core, before I am anything else I am an artist, and the experiences I’ve encountered and lessons I’ve learned along my path more often than not fall back to art as a context that makes sense to me. Now returned from a week spent getting to know Los Angeles and putting faces, voices, and hearts to the work there has me thinking a lot about ceramics. On first glance, working with clay always seems rather simple or at least intuitive from the outside. However, to actually take what is basically mud and through a dedicated practice mix, knead, shape, […] - [2016 Gathering Impact Stories](https://restoringlifeways.org/2016-gathering-impact-stories/): Highlights of Healing and Justice for Kruti Parekh Youth Passageways Gathering 2016 in Los Angeles – What an incredible experience! One of the highlights where I continued to serve as a bridge. Four generations in my car, driving out of the retreat center – with Rebecca Ann ChiefEagle, from the Pine Ridge Reservation, Dayvon Williams, Youth Organizer with the Youth Justice Coalition and Khalil Parekh-Richardson, my 8-year-old son. I asked Dayvon if he knew what two spirited meant and he said no. I asked Rebecca to explain. She shared that two spirited were the community’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer population […] - ["Be Heard. Be Healed" The Poetry of Initiation at the Los Angeles Gathering](https://restoringlifeways.org/be-heard-be-healed-the-poetry-of-initiation-at-the-los-angeles-gathering/): From the start, as we began fostering connections and taking stock of who felt called to organize around pulling this gathering off, we engaged with a small number of Los Angeles-based organizations and practitioners around the nuances and themes that come out of LA who would go on to become our host partners. Chris Henrikson of Street Poets Inc who stepped forward early on, observed, Los Angeles is the “PR system for projecting the West’s collective wounds onto the world.”  The stories coming out of Hollywood continue to promote unsustainable ways of living, perpetuate unequal structures of power, and glorify values […] - [2018 Gathering: Reintegration - From Pine Ridge all the way back to LA](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering-reintegration-from-pine-ridge-all-the-way-back-to-la/): In the most fitting of ways, after the journey to Pine Ridge, YPW was brought back again this November for the 2018 Stewardship Council retreat to Los Angeles. YPW had been offered the use of a beautiful home in Malibu that had been used for a smaller retreat directly after the 2016 gathering. Much can be said of the time in California–updates on new SC members and what to expect in 2019 are forthcoming–but more than nearly anything, what is most present was the fire. The morning of the retreat, the Leadership Circle woke up the next day to a phone […] ## Pages - [Keycon](https://restoringlifeways.org/keycon/) - [2023 Gathering - Frog Creek Lodge](https://restoringlifeways.org/2023-gathering-frog-creek-lodge/): Marking a Decade in Service In October of 2023 the Youth Passageways family gathered for our annual Spiral Leadership Gathering. We gathered in the Pacific Northwest on Squaxin Island and Puyallup homelands to mark 10 years of Youth Passageways; to renew and deepen our connection to each other and this ecosystem; review and bring imagination into the evolving futures of the network; and celebrate our collaborative good work over the past year. It was a weekend brimming with community magic – from shared meals to circling under the old growth redwoods to dance parties. https://vimeo.com/302503316 In the fall of 2018, in […] - [Our Gatherings - Copy](https://restoringlifeways.org/our-gatherings-copy/) - [Sign In](https://restoringlifeways.org/sign-in/) - [Dashboard](https://restoringlifeways.org/dashboard/) - [Single Location](https://restoringlifeways.org/single-location/) - [Resource Directory](https://restoringlifeways.org/our-resources/): Consultants Sponsees Search by Keyword Trustee Status Current Consultant Current Trustee Previous Trustee Show More 25 Listings Found Filter Sort By A to Z (title) Z to A (title) Random listings Current Trustee Tiognaka Tawowakan Otokahe Rapid City, South Dakota Former Trustee Skw-deh Arts Indian Island, Maine Current Trustee Sexual Trauma Transformation Fund Port Townsend, Washington Former Trustee Morningstar Conservancy Tucson, Arizona Former Trustee Kwapa Village Network Somerton, Arizona Current Trustee Circle of Stones Maine Former Trustee Fidel Moreno Canaan, New York Current Trustee Mark Winston-Griffith Brooklyn, New York Former Trustee Sharing Our Stories Kahnawake, Quebec Former Trustee Rite and Responsibilities […] - [Our Directory](https://restoringlifeways.org/trustees/): Back to Our Community Consultants Sponsees Search by Keyword Trustee Status Current Trustee Previous Trustee Show More Current Trustee Ashiyana Foundation Maharashtra Current Trustee Buffalo Visions Lame Deer, Montana Former Trustee Canadian Earth Institute British Columbia, Canada Former Trustee Charley Horses Keams Canyon, Arizona Current Trustee Circle of Stones Maine Former Trustee COPAL Project Glen Cove, New York Current Trustee Eagle Bear Cultural Center Tehachapi, California Current Trustee Enkiteng Lepa School Maji Moto, Kenya Current Trustee Ever Forward – Siempre Adelante Hayward, California Former Trustee Fidel Moreno Canaan, New York Current Trustee Fierce Allies Berkeley, California Current Trustee Global Center for […] - [Sponsee Resource Template](https://restoringlifeways.org/vcard-alt/): Back to Directory About: Highlights: Connect: - [Single Tag](https://restoringlifeways.org/single-tag/) - [Single Category](https://restoringlifeways.org/single-category/) - [All Listings](https://restoringlifeways.org/all-listings/) - [Add Listing](https://restoringlifeways.org/add-listing/) - [Search Result](https://restoringlifeways.org/search-result/) - [Search Home](https://restoringlifeways.org/search-home/) - [Cross Cultural Protocols](https://restoringlifeways.org/ccp/): Cross Cultural Protocols Serving as an anchor-point and guide star of our cross cultural community, Youth Passageways’ Cross Cultural Protocols (CCP) in Rites of Passage offer a powerful resource and map for how to lean into cross-cultural work and ceremony. Developed almost a decade ago by members of our community, guided by a powerful working group, the CCP form the baseline of how we continue to learn and move together as a community. Guiding Principles, Themes and Inquiry Youth Passageways has adopted these principles to guide its operations.  It is our hope that this document may support affiliated organizations in creating […] - [2 Columns Filter Vertical](https://restoringlifeways.org/portfolio/2-columns-filter-vertical/): Sort by: Show All Stewardship Council Leadership Circle Guardians / Elders Network of Support Trustee (Fiscal Sponsee) Gathering Load More - [2018 Gathering - All Nations Gathering Center](https://restoringlifeways.org/2018-gathering/): Spirit Led In the Yellow Bear Canyon just outside of the Black Hills, Youth Passageways brought together a small intergenerational delegation, for relationship building, truth-telling and healing, and explored an alliance to support and uplift indigenous youth throughout the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This gathering was one of the many threads that have and continue to build the tapestry of Youth Passageways over the last few years, and feels like a foundational step towards actualizing YPW’s mission. The theme of the 2018 gathering was Spirit Led. What this meant for the group was to allow the unseen to be welcomed and […] - [Portfolio](https://restoringlifeways.org/portfolio/): New Design vol2 Small images Big images Small gallery Big gallery Slider Big masonry Custom 1 Custom 2 Our Brands Perfect Line Outside the box - [General Resource Template](https://restoringlifeways.org/vcard/): Back to Resources About: Highlights: Media: Connect: - [What We Do](https://restoringlifeways.org/what-we-do/): OurWork Our Work We believe community and culture-rooted projects and dreams deserve to flourish on their own terms. We support their thrival by taking care of the logistics, and building a relational web of support so leaders can focus on serving their communities. 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Inspired and indebted to global traditions of youth initiation, which at their best require multigenerational participation and living wisdom traditions, we see the revitalization and reimagining of cultural traditions of all kinds as an acupuncture point for healing and resiliency, particularly for the communities that have faced the most oppression. […] ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/restoringlifeways.org/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)