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Equipping BIPOC adults with literacy across five vital areas — bridging the knowledge gaps created by oppressive systems.

ASCENDtials Literacy Workshops
5
Literacy areas
Audience
BIPOC Adults & Families
Format
In-person & Online
Cost
Free to Participants
Location
San Diego, CA & Beyond

Explore our
literacy areas

Civic Literacy

Our civic workshops include discussions on our Whiteness to Oneness™ Curriculum alongside healing sessions that explore cultural elements. We use the Design Thinking process and the ancient Dogon creation process to bridge the gap between policy and people — creating informed, empowered advocates.

  • Whiteness to Oneness™ Curriculum discussions
  • Cultural healing sessions
  • Design Thinking process
  • Ancient Dogon creation process
  • Voting rights & civic engagement
  • Know your rights — legal literacy
  • Advocacy & community organizing
  • Local government & policy
500+
Community members empowered through civic education since 2021
Design Thinking
Human-centered problem solving applied to civic challenges in BIPOC communities.
Whiteness to Oneness™
Curriculum exploring cultural healing and collective liberation.

Environmental Literacy

As the climate warms and car exhaust pollutes our streets, we are learning that trees are more important than ever. Join us in our tree planting initiative at the ASCENDkemet Farmers' Market with our partners at Tree San Diego to help plant trees all across San Diego.

Join us in helping organize, set-up, and clean-up in places around our beautiful community. Sign up for any available session to aid us in our mission to create cleaner and safer environments.

  • Tree planting with Tree San Diego
  • ASCENDkemet Farmers' Market partnership
  • Community clean-up & organizing events
  • Air quality & environmental justice advocacy
  • Land stewardship and urban ecology
  • Climate resilience in BIPOC neighborhoods
Trees
Planting across San Diego with Tree San Diego — because trees are more important than ever
Tree Planting Initiative
Hands-on planting events in partnership with Tree San Diego.
Community Clean-Up
Organizing safer, cleaner spaces in neighborhoods we call home.

Financial Literacy

Make informed decisions about your money. Our Generational Wealth Workshops offer a comprehensive approach to building and maintaining generational wealth, with a focus on land preservation and addressing trans-generational trauma.

  • Generational Wealth Workshop series
  • Land preservation strategies
  • Addressing trans-generational financial trauma
  • Budgeting & personal finance fundamentals
  • Credit building & debt management
  • Black entrepreneurship & business ownership
  • Investing & wealth-building strategies
Generational
Wealth-building workshops focused on land preservation and healing financial trauma
Generational Wealth
Comprehensive approach to building wealth across generations, including land ownership.
Trauma-Informed Finance
Healing the cycle of financial trauma passed through generations.

Cosmic Literacy

Our workshops aim to deepen knowledge of ancient astronomy and astrology. They include a new night sky course, evening Kemetic Yoga, and basic lessons on the constellations, cycles, life stages, and the moon.

  • Ancient astronomy & astrology
  • New night sky course
  • Evening Kemetic Yoga sessions
  • Constellations, cycles, and life stages
  • Moon phases & celestial rhythms
  • Night Sky Star Party — every 2nd Saturday
  • Guided telescope viewing for families
  • 21-day immersive course available
21-day
Immersive Cosmic Literacy course — ancient astronomy, astrology, and Kemetic star knowledge
Star Parties
Every 2nd Saturday — guided telescope viewing for all ages, families welcome.
Kemetic Yoga
Evening yoga sessions aligned with ancient Egyptian cosmic wisdom and celestial cycles.

A safe space
to share, heal,
and grow.

Our workshops offer a grounded space for the BIPOC community to exchange experiences, reconnect with ancestral knowledge, and work collectively toward systemic change. Each session is experiential, youth-friendly, and rooted in environmental and social justice.

Rooted in culture,
built for healing

Our workshops go beyond information transfer. They are living spaces — grounded in the reality of BIPOC experience and oriented toward collective liberation. Every session is designed to be accessible, affirming, and transformative.

Community-centered Every workshop is co-created with and for the BIPOC communities we serve.
Experiential & hands-on Learning that moves beyond lectures — into dialogue, practice, and shared experience.
Youth-friendly Open to all ages — our programs welcome families and young learners.
5
Literacy areas — Civic, Environmental, Financial, Spiritual, Cosmic
500+
Lives impacted across San Diego & beyond
2021
Serving the BIPOC community since
Free
Most workshops are offered at no cost to participants

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