Gender, Equity, and Justice Summit 2025

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The Stanford Women’s Community Center presents:

Gender, Equity, and Justice Summit 2025

Embodying Healing, Hope, and Connection Toward Liberation

 

Join us for a brunch with amazing community organizers and activists, as well as an inspiring keynote address with Prentis Hemphill.

Prentis Hemphill is the bestselling author of What It Takes to Heal, a groundbreaking exploration of healing, justice, and transformation. A therapist, somatics teacher, facilitator, political organizers, and writer, Prentis is also the founder of The Embodiment Institute and a leading voice in embodied leadership and collective healing. 

Before founding the Embodiment Institute, Prentis served as the Healing Justice Director at Black Lives Matter Global Network and was a lead somatics teacher with generative somatics and Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD). They hold an M.A. in Clinical Psychology and have provided therapeutic services in low-cost mental health clinics, centering marginalized communities. 

Prentis has contributed to Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown, The Politics of Trauma (Staci K. Haines), You Are Your Best Thing (edited by Brené Brown & Tarana Burke), and Holding Change (adrienne maree brown). They are also the creator and host of the acclaimed podcasts Finding Our Way and Becoming the People, which have surpassed over a million downloads. 

 

RSVP required: https://forms.gle/fZbEwz3HmZZ3ZL5c9

Space is limited and on a first come, first serve basis.

 

Contact Lily Forman (lforman2@stanford.edu) with any questions.