GRIEF EXPERIENCE SUMMIT ’26 COMING SOON!

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Join Hearts2Heal for the 2025 Grief Experience Summit—a full-day, immersive gathering for individuals and communities navigating grief and loss. 

This summit centers real stories, creative healing, and collective support across three key themes: Creative Healing, Unspoken Loss, and Grief in Everyday Spaces. The day includes powerful breakout sessions, a multimedia keynote, wellness activations, and a resource fair designed to equip you with tools for your grief journey. 

This is a space to engage grief with honesty, creativity, and the support of a community that sees you. Whether you’re grieving a personal loss, holding space for others, or working in healing-centered fields, this event invites you to process grief on your terms—with people who get it.

 

GES 2025 PROGRAM:

Emcee/Host: Naomi Onyebuchi

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Arrival, Light Breakfast & Resource Fair Opens

  • Light bites and tea bar available
  • Music and welcome experience
  • Explore vendor tables
  • Open spaces: Memory Wall, Legacy Station, Creative Lounge, and Grief Spa

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM | Opening Keynote: Marissa Rivera

 A creative keynote experience blending storytelling, music, and visuals to set the tone for a day of healing and connection.

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Breakout Session 1 – Choose One
Theme Focus: Grief in Everyday Spaces 

  • Option 1: Navigating Legal Complexities in Grief: Immigration, Family Law, and Beyond (Panelist: Kourtney Benton, ESQ.)
  • Option 2: To Be Announced

11:50 AM – 12:35 PM | Breakout Session 2 – Choose One

Theme Focus: Unspoken Loss or Creative Healing

  • Option 1: Who Am I Now? Identity, Change, and Emotional Loss (Panelists: Jason Barefield, Joseph DJ Bling, Dr. Shauna Sobers, The University of Texas at Austin)
  • Option 2: To Be Announced

12:40 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch + Legacy Lounge Activation

  • 20 min fireside (speakers to come)
  • Vendor tables during the lunch time
  • Creative journaling stations, grief letters, and reflective prompts 
  • Vendor/resource tables and quiet rest areas
  • Soft music and mindful ambiance

1:35 PM – 2:20 PM | Breakout Session 3 – Choose One

Theme Focus: Grief in Everyday Spaces or Cultural Healing

  • Option 1: Grief & Burnout at Work: Navigating Professional Grief
    (Speaker: Chela White, Keshana Odom)
  • Option 2: The Healing Garden: Ancestral Herbs & Grief Care (Facilitator: Jesus Garcia, The Herbal Action Project)

2:30 PM – 3:10 PM | Closing Keynote: LaTronda Artis

The Grief No One Talks About: When Relationships End

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM | Summit Concludes

 

TICKET FEES:

  • Early Bird: $20 (Limited availability through 8/5/25)
  • General Admission: $25 (Full access, meals, swag bag)
  • Student: $15 (Limited quantity; valid student ID required)


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