25 Years of Making
Her-story
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DeAlmas is 25 years old!
WOW ~ a quarter century!
I remember our first meeting with the 5 founding members in 1998 when we named our ourselves, DeAlmas Latinas - one of the first community based groups of it’s kind in NYC. We later changed our name to DeAlmas Women’s Institute– providing intergenerational women of color with programs, educational events, cultural travel and femtoring for their personal and spiritual development and empowered leadership.
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Throughout the pandemic, we continued to offer virtual community workshops and spaces for connection, care and support for our mental and emotional health and wellness - making possible the opportunity for women from all over the country and the Caribbean to participate. Our weekly meditation group, De ‘Corazon Connection continues to this day as a safe space for grounding for women all over the world. And our support group, Sisters of Flow and Fire will begin again in early 2023 with our first book club!
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We are excited to celebrate our 25th anniversary year with you - expanding our offerings with innovative events thematically focused for this NOW MOMENT!
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A big hug of gratitude to all the women and girls that have participated
in the courageous heart work of self-discovery and the embrace of their Divine Feminine Power from the Inside/Out.
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We Are because You. Are. A. Gift.
I look forward to being together with You!
Cheers 2023!
Love and Abundant Blessings,
Gloria
Founding Director
DeAlmas Women’s Institute International
Celebrating 25 Years
Events Highlights
Visions 2023
January 2023
Hearts of Fire, Ignite Your Passion - Expand Your Vision
An Intergenerational Retreat for Women of Color
D'Corazon Connections
2020 and onward!
A virtual community for women to meditate, share space, ground and manifest. D'Corazon Meditations are held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00 am - 8:30 am.
Natural Woman Retreat
May 2023
Our 2nd annual nature retreat centered on creating deep rest and rejuvenation for women of all ages. Participants poured into their spirits with love, restoration, resource, play, and connection while enjoying 55 acres of the Trinity Forest in Connecticut.
Goddess Fest
August 2023
One of DeAlmas's newest traditions, this is a day retreat celebrating Women, Water, and Wellness. Held at Orchard Beach in The Bronx, participants embodied their Divine Feminine energy by creating a Goddess Mandala, grooving to Egyptian Belly Dance, and participating in rituals of renewal and release with water.
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Goddess Fest was done in collaboration with Sweet Water Dance & Yoga.
Women of Light
December 2023
Our 15th annual gathering of Women Light, Peace, and Power. Virtually, over 30 women met for our yearly peace meditation, candlelight ceremony, and celebration of DeAlmas.
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Women of Light is a International meeting of women to Radiate our Divine Feminine Essence and Energy into the World. We raditated high-vibrational love, compassion, and healing to ourselves, families, global communities, and Mother Earth.
DeAlmas Women's Book Club
October 2023 - Present
We started our FIRST DeAlmas Women's Book Club!
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Aligned with the mission of DeAlmas programs, we created a new virtual space for women of color who want to make more time for the joy of reading amongst a community of like-minded, deeply soul-full women.
We envision reading a variety of selections written by diverse women of color – fiction, non fiction, memoir, personal and spiritual discovery – themes that reflect the expanse of our humanity, experiences, herstory and breadth of the divine feminine spirit – inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender, geography, culture.
Visiones 2024
January 2024
We celebrated our final 25th anniversary event with our annual Visiones Retreat focused on embodying the power of our Diviine YES!