Ancestral Medicine: Healing the Streets Film +Ritual + Panel

We invite you to this film fundraiser + Ritual + Panel for Ancestral Medicine: Healing the Streets Tuesday Sept 30th, 2025 from 6-9pm

This event will happen at Akoma, the first Black Psychedelic Church in the country!

Note: For entry participants will need to pay the $5/yr. memebership fee. You can sign up ahead of time by visiting

This is the first event of a two part series.

EFAM (Essential Food and Medicine) will provide some snacks and drinks.

--Ritual opening by AshEL Seasunz Eldridge & Xochitl Bernedette Moreno, co-Founders of Esphera.

--Panel opening and MC'd by Reggie Harris from Oakland Hyphae.

--Panel Discussion:

Panelists Include (Moderated by Earth Amplfied):

Black Panther, Veronza brings his medicine through various flutes from around the world, offering sound as prayer, shaped by decades of practice inside and outside the Pr*son walls. He was recently released from 51 years of incarceration where he offered spiritual healing to his fellow inmates and now is offering this to the world.

“In the Black Panther Party, we worked for the liberation of our people from oppression. But liberation is not only political—it is also spiritual, it is also healing. We have to heal ourselves, our communities, our relationships, in order to truly be free.”

— Veronza Bowers Jr.

: As the fifth generation of her family to live in Berkeley and the East Bay, “Mama Ayanna” is passionate about our community’s health and wellbeing. Co-Founder of the Black August Organizing Committee, Ayanna supports the Healthy Black Families org as a knowledgeable health and wellness practitioner with a background in radio journalism, activism, organizing, leadership development, birth justice advocacy, legal research, event, and natural wellness program management.

: Ayize Jama-Everett calls the Bay Area his home despite being born in New York City. He holds a Master’s in Divinity, a Master’s in Clinical Psychology, and a Master’s in Fine Arts, Creative Writing. Jama-Everett has worked as a bartender, a translator, a drug and alcohol counselor, a stand-up comedian, a script doctor, a ghostwriter, a high school dean, a college professor, and for a brief time, a distiller of spirits. Recently, he co-directed a documentary called A Table Of Our Own, a conference and documentary for black professionals working in the sacred plant medicine space.

LeaJay Harper is a formerly unhoused addiction doula featured in the Ancestral Medicine: Healing the Streets documentary. LeaJay brings lived wisdom and radical care to those navigating substance use and housing instability, weaving community, ancestral healing, and advocacy into her daily work and life at Homefulness.

Raymond Gil is a Bay Area native, sacred medicine carrier, and co-visionary of El Sapito Sabio. As a guide and mentor, he supports transformational healing through Bufo, ceremony, and community-based integration. His work centers on dignity, purpose, and authentic connection.

Raymond collaborates with Holistic Detox Recovery Support and is a featured voice in the ongoing documentary project AncestralMedicine.film, which uplifts stories of healing, resilience, and reclamation. Through his offerings, he bridges worlds—honoring the sacred while making healing accessible to those who need it most.

Storytelling to amplify the voices, wisdom, and songs of Ancestral Ways and the New Earth. This work shifts narratives, elevates Indigenous and ecological wisdom, and reconnects communities to the sacred

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