CIRCLE Cultural Café 2025 一 Our Power To HOPE: Imagining a Collective Future, Rooted in Ancestral Wisdom.

CIRCLE's Cultural Café brings together people from across backgrounds and generations. Join other learners and leaders in an 'un-conference'! Throughout the day hear from to esteemed speakers, connect with fellow attendees, and participate in CIRCLE's engaging workshops. 

This event includes a decolonized lunch and a CIRCLE Silent Auction: Items for HOPE. Plus a cultural mercado, where you can support local BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+, and woman-owned vendors & creatives who will be selling their unique art, jewelry, and live performances! See below. 

Esteemed Morning Speakers: Setting Our Vision for Hope 

Mysticism and Mothering: Ancestral Resources for Social Justice Activism 

Dr. Rachel E. Harding, a poet, historian, and scholar of religions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora.

Hope in Uncertain Times: How We Cultivate Strength through Stories  

Kimberly Ming, a trailblazing speaker, author, and multicultural thought leader.

Engaging Afternoon Workshops:  

• STAMP student led workshops on CIRCLE Four Core Elements and their experience in the Youth Leadership Spring Intensive. 
• CIRCLE Café speaker led workshops expanding on their morning talks. 

Cultural Mercado Vendors: 

Ana Marina Studio, a jewelry designer and metalsmith based in Denver. She believes jewelry is a form of adornment that creates its own language, capable of communicating personality and individuality. Through her art, Ana Marina seeks to create meaningful connections to inspire meditation, awareness, and empowerment with each piece.

Dulceria Marisa, is a unique gift shop for you to surprise your loved ones. Owner Marisa Flores is a passionate Latina entrepreneur, and her small business specializes in creating beautiful and delicious breakable hearts, chocolate and candy-dipped sweets that are perfect for any occasion.

Mexico en la Piel Boutique, has a mission to make sure people have a high quality option to be comfortable while also looking elegant. Help grow the Guayabera tradition for a younger generation of people, while at the same time engaging in fair trade with talented local artisan tailors who hand make our products in small batch production runs to order for ultimate quality.

YAMZ: World of Color, Denver-based artist Brayan Montes-Terrazas is better known by his alias YAMZ is driven by the essential need to tell the stories of his identity as an undocumented, queer person of color. Using art and design as the vessel to show others that they are not alone in the fight toward equity justice and sound mental health. 

CIRCLE Auction Items for HOPE Donors: Join us at the Café to win! 

We do not want cost to be a barrier for your participation. Please contact us for assistance or any questions at programs@circlestamp 

Visit our website to see our past speakers! https://www.circlestamp.org/multi-generational-learning