Executive Director
YES!

Shilpa Jain, Executive Director of YES!, has facilitated dozens of transformative leadership gatherings around the world with hundreds of young leaders from over 80 countries. Her previous roles include: founding coordinator of the Global Youth Leadership Collaborative; Education and Outreach Coordinator of Other Worlds; learning activist with Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development in Udaipur, India; and coordinator of the Swapathgami Network. Shilpa has also written numerous articles and books, including: A Poet’s Challenge to Schooling, Reclaiming the Gift Culture, Other Worlds of Power, Paths of Unlearning, and Unfolding Learning Societies. Today, she sees her work as contributing to the deep healing of internal, interpersonal and systemic breakdown and helping people live in greater alignment with their hearts and deepest values, their local communities, and nature.

Co-Founder
Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education

Dave Hage, co-founder of the Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education and a member of the teaching team for the Weaving Earth Immersion program (and a white, cis-man of northern European descent from Southern Pomo territory, also known as Sonoma County) is a wilderness guide and nature connection mentor.

Executive Director and Co-Founder
Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education

Lauren D. Hage, an educator, consultant and ecological designer, is Executive Director and co-founder of the non-profit Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education, which encourages the study and practice of “Earth Intimacy,” “Co-Liberation,” “Embodiment” and “Prayerful Action” as key approaches for addressing the social and ecological crises of our times. Lauren is dedicated to supporting people to pursue their passions and shape their actions from a foundation rooted in interrelationship.