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Grandmothers and Grandfathers Speak from the Heart of the Mother

Name: Grandmothers and Grandfathers Speak from the Heart of the Mother
Start: 2025-10-20T21:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-20T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Virtual

October 20, 2025 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Grandmothers and Grandfathers Speak from the Heart of the Mother

October 20, 2025 | 9:00 PM EST (Online)

Featuring: Grandmother Lorna Shuford and Phillip Šúnkawakhán Sápa Black Horse)
📍 Watch live on Facebook & YouTube @GrandmothersVoice

About the Event

This week, Grandmothers and Grandfathers Speak from the Heart of the Mother welcomes Grandmother Lorna Shuford and Phillip Šúnkawakhán Sápa Black Horse, two respected elders and knowledge keepers who carry forward teachings of spirit, healing, and Indigenous identity.

Together, they offer reflections on walking the sacred path with humility and courage — honouring the Earth, the ancestors, and the responsibility we each hold to live in balance with Creation. Through story, ceremony, and lived experience, their voices remind us that healing begins with remembering who we are and where we come from.

About Grandmother Lorna Shuford

Cuban Taíno Grandmother | Community Activist | Human Rights Advocate

Grandmother Lorna Shuford, PhD, is an Indigenous grandmother of Cuban Taíno descent, a lifelong community activist, and a champion for Indigenous human rights. Based in Miami, she has been a respected figure in grassroots organizing and cultural advocacy since the 1980s, using art, music, and community celebration as tools for visibility, resilience, and unity.

Grandmother Lorna’s work uplifts Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous voices throughout the Caribbean and the Americas, connecting people through shared struggles and shared strength. Her activism is rooted in the belief that all people carry ancestral medicine — and that remembering our stories is a sacred act of resistance and healing.

About Phillip Šúnkawakhán Sápa Black Horse)

Traditional Healer | Ceremonial Leader | Educator | Founder, Ancestral Voice – Institute for Indigenous Lifeways

Of mixed ancestry and thrice struck by lightning, Phillip Šúnkawakhán Sápa Black Horse) has walked the Native path for more than forty years. Adopted, sanctioned, and guided by Medicine People, Elders, and Wisdom Keepers from many Nations, he has become a respected Ceremonial Leader and Traditional Healer—entrusted to share Indigenous Knowledge, Medicine Ways, and spiritual understanding with the contemporary world.

For over three decades, Phillip has Sundanced in the Lakota Tradition and is part of respected Medicine families dedicated to the protection of ceremony and Mother Earth. As Founder and Director of the Ancestral Voice – Institute for Indigenous Lifeways in Northern California (est. 1994), he offers healing, ceremony, and education to bridge traditional teachings with modern life.

Phillip serves as a counselor, consultant, and advisor on Indigenous spiritual and cultural matters for educational, medical, and environmental organizations worldwide. His teachings reflect a lifelong commitment to defending Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and the sacred balance between humanity and the natural world.