Hearth Summit Detroit
is grounded in the city’s creativity, resilience, and collective spirit and is designed to bring together 200 social entrepreneurs, educators, artists, funders, mental health and holistic practitioners, and more working toward a more just and equitable society. The summit aims to deepen reflection across individual, collective, and ecological wellbeing while centering art as a shared language of healing and connection.
“The summit positions Detroit as a leader within the global social change x wellbeing movement by contributing its lived experiences, practices, and community driven solutions.”
Hearth Summit Detroit is the third location to host a summit in the United States
About Regional Hearth Summits
A signature program of the Wellbeing Project, Hearth Summits are multi day gatherings that bring changemakers around the world together to deepen the wellbeing for social change movement.
Invoking the spirit of a hearth – the space around a fire, where since the dawn of humanity, we have met to gather, bond, and connect – Hearth Summits hope to inspire a new culture of social change.
As of 2025, 27 regional Hearth Summits have been hosted in 18 countries around the world, welcoming 10,000 changemakers from more than 90 countries.
Locally Led, Globally Connected
2.5
days
9
wellness pillars
Over a 2.5 days immersive journey, participants will engage in:
Inspiring talks and panel discussions
Interactive workshops and artistic expressions
Collective rituals and circles of belonging
Immersive art, food and cultural experiences
Our Cornerstones
Individual & Organizational
To advance wellbeing in the social change sector across individual, collective, and ecological wellbeing, the summit will explore the following:
Sustainability
Intergenerational
Trauma & Resiliency
Technology
Neuroscience
Food Systems
Philanthropy
Art & Its Liberating Power
Summit Schedule
October 08, 2026 Thursday
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Arrival • Grounding • Detroit’s Creative Spirit
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Registration + Arrival
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Opening Reception TBD
TéMaTé Institute for Black Dance and Culture, Poet Brittni Ward &
Saxophonist Reggie Page
October 09, 2026 Friday
Deepening • Practice • Community
7:30 am – 9:00 am Funders Breakfast @ Kintsugi Village
9:00 am – 9:30 am Grab & Go Breakfast
Mosaic Youth Theatre
9:30 am – 9:50 am Summit Welcome & Why We Chose Kintsugi Village
Demarra West & Hamsa Yaqo
Context, Ritual & Journey to the Hearth, Summit Frameworks
The Wellbeing Project
9:50 am – 10:15 am Grounding With Sound
Sound Healer Emefa Boomah
10:15 am – 11:00 am Wellbeing For & By the People
The Sisters Couch, A Safe Space for Men, Healing by Choice & The
Wellbeing Personal Training & Wellness
11:00 am – 11:25 am Coffee & Tea Break
Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd Floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
11:25 am – 11:35 am Detroit’s Heart Beats for Wellbeing
Poet Brittni Ward
11:35 am – 12:15 pm Reimagining Organizational Wellbeing
Got Grief House & Co.act Detroit
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch: A Taste of Detroit w/ Food Trucks
Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd Floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm Chair Yoga to Awaken the Senses
Be Well Beautiful People
1:50 pm – 2:30 pm Healing the People, Healing the Land
Black to the Land Coalition, Mother Bear Sanctuary & Retreat Center, & Bryce Detroit
2:30 pm – 3:10 pm Let’s Not Just Talk About Trauma, Let’s Talk About Resilience Dr. Mays Imad & Demarra West, Be Well Beautiful People
3:10 pm – 3:25 pm Coffee & Tea Break
Detroit Youth Choir
Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
3:25 pm – 4:25 pm Deep Dive Sessions
• The Body As An Archive, Dr. Mays Imad
• Take Me to the South Greenway: A Modern Art Based Forest Bath, Be Well Beautiful People
• Bathing in Sound, Emefa Boamah
• From Fragmented to Beautiful, Arts & Scraps
* Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
4:25 pm – 4:40 pm Light Work
Mosaic Youth Theatre
4:40 pm – 5:25 pm Training the Brain for Optimal Wellbeing
Dr. Lana Grasser, Dr Zippy Alba & Detroit Heals Detroit
5:25 pm – 6:05 pm The Joys & Alarming Pains Of Using AI for Wellbeing
ChatBlack GBT
6:05 pm – 6:15 pm Closing
October 10, 2026 Saturday
Integration • Commitment • Celebration
8:30 am – 9:30 am Breakfast Buffet
Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
9:30 am – 9:40 am Welcome Back
Demarra West
9:40 am – 9:50 am Guided Meditation to Center Our Wellbeing
Be Well Beautiful People
9:50 am – 10:35 am Harsh Climate, Tender Farmers: A Discussion About Growing
Food in Detroit
Moderator Chef Tunde Wey, Detroit Black Food Sovereignty
Network, Detroit Black Farmers Fund, & Keep Growing Detroit
10:35 am – 10:50 am Accessible Art for Everyone
Curator & Artist James Charles Morris
10:50 am – 12:20 pm Art Crawl
Explore the Art & Gardens of Corktown with Curators James Charles Morris & Carrie Barrett
12:20 pm – 1:20 pm Box Lunch + Downtime
Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
1:20 pm – 1:55 pm The Future of Wellbeing Amidst a Gentrified Detroit
Dr. Yusef Shakur of The Michigan Roundtable, Khary Frazier of
Detroit is Different, & Ryan Myers‑Johnson of Sidewalk Detroit
1:55 pm – 2:10 pm Coffee & Tea Break
Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
2:10 pm – 2:20 pm Steel Tongue Drumming for the Senses Part 1
Demetrius Thomas
2:20 pm – 3:30 pm Deep Dive Sessions
• Floral Art That Speaks to the Heart, Carrie Barratt, World Renowned Curator & Historian
• Micro Wellbeing Practices: A Meditative Journaling Experience, Be
Well Beautiful People
• Energy Round Robin: A Reiki, EFT, and Tai Chi Experience
• Explore the Art & Artist In You, James Morris, Curator & Artist
* Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm Steel Tongue Drumming for the Senses Part 2
Demetrius Thomas
3:50 pm – 4:45 pm From Philanthropic Exclusion to Equitable Inclusion
McGregor Fund, Monica Marie Jones & Shamyle Maya Dobbs
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm Action Circles
Hearth Summit Detroit Planning Team w/ Support from Michigan
League for Public Policy
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm Closing & Gratitude
6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Dinner & Transition to the Love Building
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Closing Celebration w/ DJ Skeez
Cocktails, Mocktails, & Small Bites
Top Pic Photo Booth Co
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We’re Gathering Here
Kintsugi Village is a community gathering space created for creativity, learning, reflection, and connection. Guided by its HEART initiatives of Hospitality, Education, Arts, Retreat, and Training, the Village brings people together through art, food, education, and shared experiences.
The Village takes its name from kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold rather than hiding its cracks. This philosophy honors resilience, creativity, and the beauty that can emerge through healing and change.
Located at 2020 14th Street in Detroit’s historic Corktown neighborhood, Kintsugi Village is near Michigan Central and Newlab.
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Partner With Us
There are a plethora of benefits across each of our sponsorship opportunities but all Hearth Summit Detroit sponsors will be:
Advancing community wellbeing by supporting leaders driving social impact
Increasing visibility among mission‑driven audiences and community partners
Aligning with a global movement that centers art, healing, and sustainable change
Strengthening community by expanding access to arts‑based healing and belonging
Connecting with cross‑sector influencers across nonprofit, cultural, civic, and philanthropic spaces
Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Additional Sponsors
Summit Thought Leader Partners
The Hearth Summit Detroit is hosted by
in collaboration with
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