✨ UPDATE – Housing Bridge Almost Complete - August 8- August 18 Needed ✨

Thanks to the generosity of several donors, I’ve raised $727.11 (after GoFundMe fees), which has allowed me to secure most of my housing for August while I complete the first draft of my dissertation. This work centers on ancestral cosmogenic dreams: dreams that offer deep guidance for planetary healing and the restoration of memory and balance between humanity and the environment/the planet (to include all nonhuman ancestral relations).

That said, I’m still in need of support for basic nourishment and to help close the remaining housing gap [August 8- August 18]. If you feel called, contributions of any amount that resonate would mean the world.

And if you’re unable to give financially, sharing this message with someone who might, is equally meaningful.

Your support is more than monetary. It is an affirmation of my work that aims to provide inspiration for us to reimagine how we relate to the Earth, to each other, and to the unseen ancestral relations guiding our transformation.

Thank you for walking with me on this journey.

With gratitude,

Alaya A. Dannu (aka Diya)

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✨ UPDATE – Housing Bridge Needed for July 30 – August 16 ✨

I’m asking for targeted support to cover two Airbnb stays while I finish my dissertation draft:

July 30 – August 6: €420 (~$492 USD)

August 6 – August 16: $517 USD

Total goal: ≈ $1,009 USD

On August 16/17, I have a place to stay in Barcelona for two weeks, and my financial aid will arrive between Sept 5–10. I also have a flight credit to get there. These two housing windows are the final bridge I need to complete my first draft.

My dissertation focuses on ancestral cosmogenic dreams: rare dreams that carry planetary instruction for healing, restoring memory, and transforming how we relate to life. Your support helps me stay housed, fed, and focused during this critical window.

Suggested donations: $22, $55, $88, $150, $500, $1000, or whatever feels right.

If you can’t donate, please share this with someone who might.

Thank you for helping me through this exact window. I’m almost there.

With gratitude,

Alaya

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✨ UPDATE – July 24, 2025 ✨

Greetings everyone,

Thank you to those who supported me back in May when I first launched this fundraiser. I’m now posting an urgent update.

I need help to bridge this gap, covering basic needs like food, shelter, and transit while I complete the final stage of this work (my first draft). My checkout date is July 30, 2025, and I won’t receive my next financial aid deposit until early September (between Sept 5–10).

I know my work is ahead of its time. Ancestral cosmogenic dreams aren’t something most people immediately understand or connect with. These types of dreams go beyond ancestral traditions, personal, and cultural symbolism.

They carry planetary instruction: guidance for healing the Earth, restoring pre-patriarchal memory, and transforming how we relate to life itself. They are rare and almost unheard of. I am developing new language for this process so people can see and understand just how groundbreaking this research truly is.

For years, I’ve poured everything into this calling: conferences, podcasts, IG Lives, and ebooks, but these platforms create visibility, not the kind of grounded, sustaining community support I need.

People assume I’m “doing fine” because I appear strong, but the truth is: staying afloat while carrying this work is difficult in a world that doesn’t value traditional and cosmological ways of knowing. We live in a world that does not yet honor the kind of knowledge I hold, nor how I was raised to carry it.

My dissertation is not a book you can buy yet. Until it is complete, I am asking you to invest in my becoming.

Your donation helps me stay housed, fed, and able to finish this first draft. Again, I am seeking your assistance from July 30 to September 10th, until I receive my final semester’s funding from my school.

Suggested donations: $22, $55, $88, $150, $500, $1000, or whatever feels right.

If you can’t donate, please share this with someone who might.

Thank you for helping me cross this bridge. I’ve carried this far on faith, and now I need your help.

With gratitude,
Alaya

My IG account for more information:

https://www.instagram.com/house.of.amma/

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✨UPDATE✨ May 16, 2025

Help Me Weave Ancestral Memory into Form: Healing Humanity and Restoring Our Sacred Connection to the Earth

Dear friends and supporters,

I want to thank you for your support when the call was first put out.

I originally began this fundraiser seeking support to navigate an urgent visa issue. I have since walked across that threshold. While it was a challenging experience, it revealed a deeper truth about my journey. My work is not just about navigating the world. It is about weaving ancestral memory into form for the healing of humanity and our relationship to the Earth.

Through this journey, I have been called to lands that hold deep, ancestral memory and the sacredness of their messages, received profound ancestral dreams, and deepened my alignment with the Mothers, ancestral primordial beings who guard and guide sacred memory. I am not just a seeker; I am a Weaver of Ways, restoring clear, golden memory where distortion has taken root.

This work requires more than one moment of support. It is an ongoing, sacred journey:

Your support will allow me to continue this journey with integrity and sacred alignment. This is no longer just about a visa; it is about a sacred mission of remembrance, healing, and truth.

If you have already supported, me and the Mothers, thank you deeply.

If you feel called to support again, please know that you are directly contributing to the restoration of true memory and the healing of our sacred connection to the Earth.

Thank you for walking this path with me.

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Help Me Cross This Threshold To Continue Onward Without Penalty

I’m currently in Morocco, where I’ve spent the last few months completing sacred work connected to my dissertation on ancestral dream knowledge and ceremonial memory. My visa is now expiring, and I must leave today, May 5, 2025, to avoid being fined and jeopardizing my ability to return in the future.

I’ve been waiting on a financial aid refund from my university, Fielding Graduate University, which still hasn’t arrived. I was counting on that support to cover this onward flight, but time has run out.

I’m asking for $1,500 to help me get to my next destination safely, without incurring legal or financial penalties.

Every dollar helps, truly. Even a small amount gets me closer to the gate.

If you’ve been touched by my work, if the vision of ceremonial restoration resonates with you, or if you simply feel moved to help, I would be deeply grateful.

Thank you for helping me cross this threshold with grace, and for protecting my ability to return to this sacred land in the future.

Here's a short about me that touches upon my dissertation research:

Alaya is a doctoral candidate whose project and life's work center on ancestral dream knowledge, matrilineal epistemologies, and the reclamation of Indigenous cosmologies. Her dissertation engages decolonial inquiry to challenge Eurocentric historiography by restoring ceremonial frameworks rooted in ancestral memory and relational continuity.