Join Carmen Sandoval on this informative walk around the festival venue learning about the plants and landscape. As a Chumash Tribal member and a Person of Place, who has known the area her whole life, Carmen will be sharing her knowledge by leading a group walk to identify and connect with local native plants in the Live Oak Campground, which is within the Chumash Nation. Group will meet in the Lucid University Piazza and adventure together from there.

We live in a moment when wounds imparted throughout a long history of violence are being re-opened across the country. It is time to ask how those who have traditionally benefitted from oppression can best inhabit the role of a supporter. What can allies do to assist and show solidarity to black, indigenous, and people of color communities? How can allies contribute to the national discussion without reproducing their historical function as a colonizer? What does colonization and anti-oppression even mean in a modern context? Further, what can the festival community, and Lucidity specifically, do to become accessible to diverse participation and to broaden the circle of inclusion?

Carmen will be leading a group healing meditation incorporating traditional Chumash based energy work inspired by Reiki.