Single Adult Experience

Connect through meaningful conversations about belonging, friendship, purpose, self-leadership, and the relationships you want to nurture.

• Reflection and Connection Cards
• Guided conversations about building a full and connected life
• Elegant networking
• Personal relationship and community connection goals

Youth Experience

Young people will have a dedicated creative space to express themselves, build confidence, explore healthy relationships, and contribute their voices to the celebration.

• Youth Talent Show
• Arts and crafts
• Healthy Relationship Green Flags activity
• Identity and self-expression activities
• Poetry, storytelling, and creative writing

Youth Arts and Crafts Experience

During the opening activities, youth will create original work connected to identity, relationships, family, culture, healing, and community. Selected projects will be displayed in the Youth Voices Art Gallery.

• Painting and drawing
• Collage and mixed-media art
• Personal affirmation cards
• Magazine cover design
• Cultural artwork
• Poetry and creative writing
• What I Want Adults to Understand message cards

What I Want My Generation to Carry Forward legacy art

The Official Magazine Reveal

Be present when the Spring 2027 edition of Healing Family Wounds Magazine is unveiled for the first time.

The reveal will include:

• A ceremonial countdown
• Presentation of the new magazine cover
• Recognition of contributors, partners, and sponsors
• Reflections representing different generations
• An official community photograph
• The opportunity to explore the stories and ideas featured in the new edition

This moment celebrates the people whose courage, wisdom, creativity, and lived experiences make the magazine possible.

Four Lenses – One Family

Single adults, couples, youth, and elders will first explore the same family scenario from their own lived-experience perspectives. Each group will identify what may be happening, what each person needs, what could make the conflict worse, and what could support a healthier family system.

The groups will then listen to one another and identify an idea that challenged or expanded their thinking. Participants will reorganize into mixed Family Councils and create an integrated response that considers autonomy, culture, shared leadership, boundaries, belonging, and the wellbeing of the entire family system.

A fast-paced Jeopardy-style quiz round will reinforce healthy relationship skills, communication under pressure, boundaries, family patterns, repair, and intergenerational understanding. The public activity is titled the ROOTED Family Connections Challenge and does not use official Jeopardy branding.

Community Intergenerational Healing Circle

The Healing Circle will bring the four experience groups together for grounding, private reflection, youth and elder voices, release and legacy cards, and a collective affirmation.

Guests may speak, write, listen, or simply be present. No one will be required to disclose personal experiences publicly.

Personal reflections shared during the Healing Circle should not be photographed, recorded, or posted without the speaker’s explicit permission.

Photography and Video Notice

Photography and video recording will take place during the Spring 2027 Release and Community Celebration. Images and recordings may be used by Healing Family Wounds Magazine and Healing Family Wounds Organization for event documentation, publications, websites, social media, educational materials, and future event promotion.

Media Preferences  for Guests:

• Adult guests can indicate their photography and video preference.
• Parents or legal guardians can provide or decline media permission for each youth participant.
• Talent Show participants will respond to a media-consent question connected to their performance.
• Declining media permission will not prevent anyone from attending or participating in the event.

Guests who do not wish to be photographed or recorded should also notify the registration team at check-in. A discreet no-photo identifier will be provided so official photographers and videographers can make reasonable efforts to honor that preference.

Elegant African Party Attire

This celebration is an opportunity to honor culture, creativity, identity, and community through fashion.

Guests are invited to wear elegant African formal or African-inspired party attire. Come dressed in the colors, textiles, embroidery, and cultural expressions that make you feel confident and connected.

Find your elegant African outfit and prepare to celebrate!