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SUMMARY:Spring Gathering 2026 - Plenary Only
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p>QEW gat
 hers twice a year to worship\, enjoy fellowship\, 
 and conduct business with each other. Our spring 2
 026 meeting will be held online via Zoom. We invit
 e you to join us for our Spring Gathering Keynote 
 Event. </p>\n \n <p>We are thrilled to announce th
 at <strong>Jacob Johns is our keynote speaker</str
 ong> for Spring Gathering 2026. Jacob Johns – (Aki
 mel O’odham / Hopi) is an International environmen
 tal systems strategist and multidisciplinary artis
 t working to address global environmental issues t
 hrough policy\, culture\, and community-based solu
 tions.</p>\n \n <p>For the past three years\, Jaco
 b has spearheaded <strong><a href="https://www.awi
 sdomkeepersdelegation.org/">A Wisdom Keepers Deleg
 ation</a></strong> - a coalition of Indigenous kno
 wledge holders and ancestral wisdom practitioners 
 working to transform international climate policy 
 while cultivating ethical leadership among global 
 stakeholders. His approach centers on dismantling 
 systemic inequities by developing regenerative fra
 meworks that replace exploitative systems with mod
 els prioritizing ecological balance\, intergenerat
 ional justice\, and collective well being. Grounde
 d in cultural heritage\, Jacob works to integrate 
 traditional knowledge and ancient wisdom into glob
 al climate spaces\, demonstrating how grassroots l
 eadership can shape practical\, long-term solution
 s globally. Jacob’s work exemplifies how tradition
 al Indigenous epistemologies can inform contempora
 ry climate solutions\, merging policy innovation w
 ith artistic expression to shift societal values t
 oward sustainable coexistence.</p>\n \n <p>To keep
  our gatherings accessible while sustaining our wo
 rk\, we offer a sliding scale for registration and
  invite you to pay as led. You are invited to join
  even if you are not able to contribute at this ti
 me.</p>\n \n <ul>\n 	<li>\n 	<p><b>$50 (Baseline):
 </b> Minimum contribution to help cover essential 
 digital and administrative costs.</p>\n 	</li>\n 	
 <li>\n 	<p><b>$125 (Sustainer):</b> Covers the ful
 l per-person cost of the Spring Gathering.</p>\n 	
 </li>\n 	<li>\n 	<p><b>$250 (Visionary):</b> Expan
 ds QEW’s capacity to offer programming to those wi
 th limited resources and supports our broader envi
 ronmental outreach.</p>\n 	</li>\n </ul>\n \n <p>P
 lease choose the level that best reflects your abi
 lity to give\; we are grateful for your presence a
 t any level.</p>\n \n <p>(Times listed here are in
  Eastern Time)</p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:QEW gathers twice a year to worship\, enjoy fellow
 ship\, and conduct business with each other. Our s
 pring 2026 meeting will be held online via Zoom. W
 e invite you to join us for our Spring Gathering K
 eynote Event. \n \n \n \n We are thrilled to annou
 nce that Jacob Johns is our keynote speaker for Sp
 ring Gathering 2026. Jacob Johns – (Akimel O’odham
  / Hopi) is an International environmental systems
  strategist and multidisciplinary artist working t
 o address global environmental issues through poli
 cy\, culture\, and community-based solutions.\n \n
  \n \n For the past three years\, Jacob has spearh
 eaded A Wisdom Keepers Delegation (https://www.awi
 sdomkeepersdelegation.org/) - a coalition of Indig
 enous knowledge holders and ancestral wisdom pract
 itioners working to transform international climat
 e policy while cultivating ethical leadership amon
 g global stakeholders. His approach centers on dis
 mantling systemic inequities by developing regener
 ative frameworks that replace exploitative systems
  with models prioritizing ecological balance\, int
 ergenerational justice\, and collective well being
 . Grounded in cultural heritage\, Jacob works to i
 ntegrate traditional knowledge and ancient wisdom 
 into global climate spaces\, demonstrating how gra
 ssroots leadership can shape practical\, long-term
  solutions globally. Jacob’s work exemplifies how 
 traditional Indigenous epistemologies can inform c
 ontemporary climate solutions\, merging policy inn
 ovation with artistic expression to shift societal
  values toward sustainable coexistence.\n \n \n \n
  To keep our gatherings accessible while sustainin
 g our work\, we offer a sliding scale for registra
 tion and invite you to pay as led. You are invited
  to join even if you are not able to contribute at
  this time.\n \n \n \n \n 	\n 	$50 (Baseline): Min
 imum contribution to help cover essential digital 
 and administrative costs.\n \n \n 	\n 	\n 	$125 (S
 ustainer): Covers the full per-person cost of the 
 Spring Gathering.\n \n \n 	\n 	\n 	$250 (Visionary
 ): Expands QEW’s capacity to offer programming to 
 those with limited resources and supports our broa
 der environmental outreach.\n \n \n 	\n \n \n Plea
 se choose the level that best reflects your abilit
 y to give\; we are grateful for your presence at a
 ny level.\n \n \n \n (Times listed here are in Eas
 tern Time)\n \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T143000
LOCATION:Online-Zoom\n United States\n 
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