Gemstones in the Sun

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Gemstones in the Sun

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A Global Moment for Healing and Connection

Around the world, people are searching for deeper connection, clarity, and community. Amid this, people of color continue to carry powerful ancestral wisdom, creativity, and spiritual resilience. The question for all of us is simple:

How do we build healing-centered, spiritually grounded communities that uplift us across borders and cultures?

Gemstones in the Sun (GIST) is creating exactly that.
We are a global network committed to healing, inner transformation, and shared community resilience—without relying on substances, and with full respect for the sacred diversity of POC traditions across the world.

What We Do

At the heart of our work are Freedom Circles—healing and transformation gatherings created specifically for people of color everywhere. These circles help participants:

Heal personal and ancestral wounds
Strengthen emotional and spiritual resilience
Reconnect with clarity, purpose, and groundedness
Build authentic community—locally and globally

Participants join from across the diaspora: Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and beyond. And although Freedom Circles center POC, their ripple effect strengthens **all** communities.

Why We Need Your Support

Each Freedom Circle costs $2,500 to launch and sustain.
This includes facilitator support, digital access, training, and outreach so participants around the world can join regardless of geography or income.

Our goal:
Launch 50 new Freedom Circles globally.
This expansion will offer accessible, spiritually grounded healing spaces to thousands of people.

Your Impact

Your donation—no matter the size—directly helps us:

Make Freedom Circles available worldwide
Train and support community facilitators
Bring healing and transformation resources to POC communities across the globe
Build a sustainable, interconnected, global community of care

You are not just donating.
You’re helping create a worldwide network of people committed to healing, inner strength, and collective transformation.

Join Us

We believe in a world where people of color can heal deeply, lead boldly, and connect across borders with clarity and courage. With your help, this vision becomes a lived reality.

Thank you for supporting this global work of healing and transformation.
Together, we rise.


Organizer

Diane Ford Dessables
Organizer
Silver Spring, MD
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