Where wellbeing meets welldoing

— in the heart of Detroit.

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October 8-10, 2026

Kintsugi Village Detroit

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.

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“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

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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

Arrival • Grounding • Detroit’s Creative Spirit

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Registration + Arrival

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Opening Reception @Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

TéMaTé Institute for Black Dance and Culture, Poet Brittini Ward,

Vocalist Angela Davis, Small Bites w/ Ivy Kitchen & Cocktails,

& Explore the MOCAD Exhibits

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

Alejandra Garza, 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, Detroit

Heals Detroit & The Village Personal Training and 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

Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor, 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

Moderator Amanda Sweet, The Revamp, 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

Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)

3:25 pm – 4:25 pm Deep Dive Sessions

• Room A: The Body As An Archive, Dr. Mays Imad

• Room B: Bathing in Sound, Emefa Boamah

• Room C: From Fragmented to Beautiful, Arts & Scraps

• Room D :Movement, Meditation & Music, Be Well Beautiful People

* Visual Exhibit w/ Art for Sale (2nd floor Gallery, Kintsugi Village)

4:25 pm – 4:40 pm Soul Care 313

jessica Care moore

4:40 pm – 5:25 pm Training the Brain for Optimal Wellbeing

Dr. Lana Grasser & Dr Zippy Alba

5:25 pm – 6:05 pm The Joys & Alarming Pains Of Using AI for Wellbeing

Demarra West & Erin Reddick, 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 Light Work

Mosaic Youth Theatre

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 CExplore the Art & Gardens of Corktown

Be Well Beautiful People

10:50 am – 12:20 pm Art Walk

Explore the Art & Gardens of Corktown

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

•Room A: What Sustainable Development Really Looks Like,

Dr. Yusef Shakur, The Michigan Roundtable for Just Communities

•Room B: Explore the Art & Artist In You, Curator & Artist

James Charles Morris

•Room C: Micro Wellbeing Practices: A Meditatative Journaling

Experience, Be Well Beautiful People

• Room D: Get Fly, Make Friends, & Save the World Through

Community, Amanda Sweet, The Revamp

* 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

Vanessa Samuelson, 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

Prophetic Poet Lauren Sowell & Demarra West

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Dinner & Transition to the Love Building

7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Closing Celebration w/ DJ Skeez

TwoSteppers
Cocktails, Mocktails, & Small Bites w/ Ivy Kitchen & Cocktails
Moments Qaptured Photobooth 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.