IT'S TIME FOR OUR SISTERS TO COME TOGETHER!
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We are the Witches, Aje, Daughters of the Iyaami, Women of Conjure, Root Workers, and Shamans. We are the Womb Workers, Energy Healers, and Herbalist.
We are a community of black women coming together to heal ourselves, each other, and our community by reconnecting to our ancestral magick! We are everywhere! We welcome you in the name of sisterhood and solidarity. |
The Black Witch Convention was started in 2016 as a way to bring all black women together who practice the craft in one form or another. The women that participate in the Black Witch Conventions are women that come from a variety of backgrounds and religious/spiritual experiences. They chose to participate in this convention so they can surround themselves with sisters of like minds and in all honesty, some of these women only have this one weekend a year where they get to be supported and comfortable.
The witch was the healer, the spiritual leader and they are the great mothers, the keepers of the balance and the primordial waters of life. The name that is understood most among African American Women is the word witch, and we choose to meet women where they are, and when they come through the door of the DOTM, we aim to educate each other.
The women that come to the convention are not all practitioners of African Traditional Religion. The only requirement of participating in and becoming a member of DOTM is that you have to be a black woman. Some women come to find answers they cannot get from anywhere else, while others seek to share information. All come to be part of a sisterhood and see their reflection in those primordial waters. African Traditional Religion is not witchcraft.
For my journey, I chose not to treat my spiritual walk and my craft as two separate paths. I walk with the Goddess in everything we do.
DOTM is NOT a religion or a church.
Black women have been attracted to us for the past three conventions because we continue to provide them with the freedom and safe space to be their own woman. We strive to encourage empowerment that they can carry over into their everyday lives. As we continue to organize ourselves to make DOTM even more accessible, we will continue to welcome all black women from all spiritual paths. We will continue to create a haven so black women will feel safe to use any term that resonates with their spirit.
DOTM will be around for as long as sisters need a space. We are not the beginning or end but one of many.
~Iyawo Orisa Omitola (Founder)
The witch was the healer, the spiritual leader and they are the great mothers, the keepers of the balance and the primordial waters of life. The name that is understood most among African American Women is the word witch, and we choose to meet women where they are, and when they come through the door of the DOTM, we aim to educate each other.
The women that come to the convention are not all practitioners of African Traditional Religion. The only requirement of participating in and becoming a member of DOTM is that you have to be a black woman. Some women come to find answers they cannot get from anywhere else, while others seek to share information. All come to be part of a sisterhood and see their reflection in those primordial waters. African Traditional Religion is not witchcraft.
For my journey, I chose not to treat my spiritual walk and my craft as two separate paths. I walk with the Goddess in everything we do.
DOTM is NOT a religion or a church.
Black women have been attracted to us for the past three conventions because we continue to provide them with the freedom and safe space to be their own woman. We strive to encourage empowerment that they can carry over into their everyday lives. As we continue to organize ourselves to make DOTM even more accessible, we will continue to welcome all black women from all spiritual paths. We will continue to create a haven so black women will feel safe to use any term that resonates with their spirit.
DOTM will be around for as long as sisters need a space. We are not the beginning or end but one of many.
~Iyawo Orisa Omitola (Founder)
Meet Our Team
This is the team that works year round to bring you the best event ever.
Iyawo Orisa Omitola
Founder |
An L. Kenion
Organizer |
Iyawo Orisa Efunyale
Membership Coordinator |
Sangoyemi Ogunsina
Marketing |
Tashia Ariel
Public Relations |
Mo Ashlei
Social Media Artistic Developer |