https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-19 https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-10-17 https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/our-story daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/59e0915c-c6ca-4a16-9dfd-2121e6734cb3/cham.jpg Our Story - SHABINA LAFLEUR-GANGJI Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/e7e31084-adb6-4c4a-84b6-410b15115cf3/steph.webp Our Story - STEPHANIE MORNINGSTAR Stephanie is Mohawk with her mother’s ancestors rooted in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (Schuler/Hope/Powless) and her father’s ancestors from Western and Eastern Europe. Stephanie’s passion and skill lie in the regeneration and restoration of native plant species and the practice of biocultural re-storyation, reviving the intertwined ecological and cultural relationships that sustain life. She has been at the forefront of land justice and rematriation work, partnering with the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, where she completed coursework and training in Biocultural Re-storyation. As co-founder of the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust, she has facilitated the rematriation of Haudenosaunee and other Indigenous lands, guided by the principles of reciprocity, cultural revitalization, and right relationship. She is also a dedicated herbalist and small-scale herb grower, tending medicine gardens that nourish both body and spirit. In addition to her ecological and governance work, Stephanie is a skilled mediator who co-created and actively uses the Indigenous Dispute Resolution framework. This culturally grounded approach addresses and heals intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities, as well as within organizations and collectives stewarding land. https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/support daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/scholarships daily 0.75 2021-08-14 https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/team daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1592257182820-211BJN0KFMOLLQ1Z3OCE/Stephanie+at+the+farm Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1629128004574-AUOPD5S8BKBKGJ54SZOQ/47610004+copy.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1629128047866-0DPIHU7QXAAMLO6TZIAO/165239054_488440275663412_3232052034592104054_n.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1629128114139-6HT6DQ9OVPX6X50AP8F6/167919505_489641255723337_1291471352765814215_n.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1629128225940-XPFEVOEO0JRHNPSD9Y0T/Claudia_4263-800x534-copy.jpeg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1629128266736-PS045VWAM826GDOFMBM8/Geniusz_Makoons.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1629128720891-YGU7AXOLQFDNVX0BY6QJ/thumbnail_ayo+ngozi+drayton+2+hi_res.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657239687019-IJ82JSFWGAXEGAKEKBOB/83927594_1581271025344073_2994009929536241664_n.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657240905239-5KB84JZIRVMQNP07FDCH/Head+Shot+flower+-+Ola+Herbalist.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657241013958-UY6AKTH28VRY68IVBJ14/02174BED-D4DB-48C4-818B-A8B6B3F9302E+-+Nu+Healing+Arts+Garden.jpeg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657241086352-N48AE4N97L9UXA4WKQN0/C987AE9C-11A0-4D63-B9C4-87D3EE7DF32A+-+Linda+Black+Elk.jpeg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657241452955-HIY8M19YFTWSJEULRR2L/29FDC5B1-D59B-4A29-9C21-B5DCEF563596+-+Star+Feliz.jpeg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657241541329-2I8Z7ALV6I1PVIYWWRNX/IMG_6438+-+Layla+K+Feghali.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657241653521-Y4PM030UODUJBCGJOYUN/BA7A4F5F-4AF9-497A-B924-E765A4CE4846+-+hpherbals%40xplornet.com.jpeg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1657241979901-VPNLF8CWXJFAKUOLOYSN/sarah.jpg Our Team https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/careers daily 0.75 2021-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee7dcfb0dd81c33d5112f22/1640810279112-7HS5JCXRE7C7EWDAASAA/don%27t+just+take.png Careers - Project Coordinator: Wild Foraging in Right Relationship Program Seed, Soil, and Spirit School works to uplift the histories, living stories, and relationships of plant medicine from Indigenous, Diasporic, and decolonial perspectives. Dates: Six Month Contract / February 1- July 31, 2022 (with the possibility of extension based on availability of funding) Expected time commitment (weekly): 10 hours/week (130 hours total) Pay rate: CAD$28/hour Location: Virtual (located in Ontario, Canada preferred) Reports to: Co-directors The Opportunity Seed, Soil, and Spirit (located in Treaty 3 in what is Ontario, Canada) is a school led by and primarily for Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities and allies/accomplices that offers culturally respectful, self-determined, decolonial approaches to plant medicine, land stewardship, and community care. Our courses are intended for Black, Indigenous, racialized, and allied people who want to learn about plant medicine and stewardship through live online classes, recorded video modules, and self-directed learning. We are developing a new program tentatively titled, “Don’t Just Take, Take Care: Wild Foraging in Right Relationship” that will highlight and engage Traditional Indigenous/Ecological Knowledge with and for racialized communities regarding kin-centered and reciprocal approaches to land relationship, wild foraging, and plant medicine that will result in increased biodiversity, climate, and community resilience. In this course, we will work with Indigenous Knowledgekeepers who hold global traditional knowledge about wild foraging and plant medicine and who practice climate and community-resilient land relationship practices to develop a curriculum that manifests a vision of cultural humility, congruence, and adoption of new cultural skills in wild spaces. Our goal is to reach herbalists, earth workers, cultivators, foragers, activists, etc to ensure they have the tools to help support biodiversity and Indigenous systems that honor Indigenous knowledge keepers’ ways of Being, Doing, and Knowing. We are searching for someone with a knack for organizational and coordination brilliance, who can build respectful relationships with our advisory community, partners, and service providers to ensure the smooth flow of operations for the development of this new curriculum. The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, have an interest in or be well-versed in Herbalism, Indigenous Community Engagement, Project Management, and Coordination, and be enthusiastic to manage a variety of different tasks on any given day, and lead with integrity, care, and passion for providing thoughtful and supportive project evolution. They will be a forward-looking thinker who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions. This is a position for a fixed period of time (February 1-July 31, 2022) for no more than 10 hours of weekly project support up to 130 hours in total. What You’ll Do Coordination of 4 Advisory Council meetings, including: Preparation for and scheduling of meetings (Doodle for meeting dates, sending out calendar invites, meeting reminders) Meeting support (note-taking, dissemination of materials and documents 1 week in advance of meetings, confirmation of attendance for stakeholders, follow up on any next steps as defined in meetings) Communications Manage email and phone communications for the project, including emails from stakeholders, project partners, Co-directors, and knowledge keepers Dissemination of meeting information, meeting reminders, drafts, and anything else needed for review and project coordination Database development & management Development and management of a stakeholder contact database (Air Table) for the project, including knowledge keepers, contractors, service providers, grantors, others Deliver a compassionate and consistent stakeholder experience while handling a variety of inquiries and issues that may arise from our partners, service providers, and Co-directors on a day-to-day basis; Help develop and implement new processes to improve stakeholder experiences and internal operations; Develop and implement communication strategies across multiple Apps, Platforms, and Organization to ensure seamless the fulfillment of project deliverables; Research, prioritize and follow up on incoming issues and concerns and determine the appropriate course of action, referral or response; Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork; and Manage a variety of special projects as needed. Additional Weekly check-in/co-work meetings with Co-directors Research service providers such as video editors, animators, illustrators Skills required Experience working with Indigenous communities, knowledgeable about protocols Excellent reading comprehension and a proven ability to discern and communicate stakeholder needs; Minimum of 4 years of experience in project management with a background in online platforms; Proficient in Airtable and social media management platforms preferred; Proficiency in G-Suite and confidence learning new programs; Ability to work efficiently, manage multiple projects with appropriate prioritization, adhere to quick deadlines, and adapt to evolving circumstances; Exercises good judgment to seek clarification and take initiative when needed; Enthusiasm, creativity, patience, good judgment, and flexibility in their work; Strong people skills, emotional intelligence, and ability to work well with others as well as alone; Outstanding interpersonal communication skills (written and oral); Ability to work both in a team environment and independently; Excellent organizational skills, with high accuracy and attention to detail; Ability to work 10 hours a week Ability to perform phone calls on the company’s behalf; Ability to work in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 100% of a typical working day; and Application Eligibility Access to the internet 2 Phone conversation references required- specifically project supervisors from completed projects Ability to attend at least 1 Zoom interview 2 links to successfully completed projects Ontario residents a plus but not required Resumé/CV required Have access to a dependable computer, phone, and internet connection (you will not be expected to make long-distance calls) NOTE: Seed, Soil, and Spirit School is incorporated in Canada. If you are applying from another country it may affect your taxes. If you are applying please keep this in mind. To apply Please complete this application form by January 6, 2022. Invitations for interviews will be sent on January 15th. If selected, you will be invited to an interview the week of January 17th-21st. 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