In times of bone-deep weariness, we are invited to return to what our bodies, blood, and belonging have never forgotten -- that joy is not a reward for surviving. It is our inheritance. Through somatic practice, ancestral honoring, and embodied wisdom, we will move, breathe, and remember together that we have always known enough to lead.
LeaderSpring Center's Summer series, “This, I Know" is rooted in a powerful and timely question: What is it in you, that you know—and how do you trust, access, relate to, and move from that knowing? “This, I Know,” is inspired by last year’s P.R.I.A. (Pause. Return/Remember. Imagine. Act). It is open to anyone seeking to deepen self-trust in their leadership; to act from their inner knowing and embody wisdom that comes from lineage and lived and cultural experience—not just what can be explained, cited, or validated externally. This session will be led by Diana Marie Lee.
Diana Marie Lee (she/they) is a Native and African diasporic elder, health educator, artist, and culture bearer with more than 35 years of experience supporting the well-being of vulnerable communities. Their work bridges public health, community development, Indigenous and diasporic knowledge systems, and the embodied practice of joy, understood not as a luxury, but as a birthright and a dimension of wellness.
Through their practice, JoyJuice, Diana creates spaces where people gather to move, reflect, and reconnect with themselves and one another through play, rhythm, and shared experience. Their facilitation draws from sacred clowning, storytelling, and movement, rooted in traditions where art is not separate from life, but a way of remembering, relating, and healing in community.
Over their career, Diana has supported more than 400 organizations and 2,000 leaders to lead with equity without sacrificing their values or well-being. They believe that when people of color reclaim their time, energy, and voice, they don't just heal -- they become leaders, creators, and change-makers in their communities.
About LeaderSpring Center:
LeaderSpring resolves to be a catalyst for societal good by facilitating transformative processes that elevate people’s agency, optimize leadership for change, and impact change in organization culture and structure to oppose and dismantle systems of oppression.