Community Roots
Elevate * Empower * Connect * Collaborate
Who We Are
We are multinational and multiethnic Black women with a vision of sisterhood that encompasses but is not limited to interdependence, spiritual healing, autonomy, mental wellness, egalitarianism, equity, leadership, joy, and spiritual growth.
Lystra Germaine Sam
Founder
(She/Her/They)
Serial entrepreneur, actor, writer, traveling volunteer, longtime Blacktivist, and disruptor of harmful systems. A Dreamweaver, a wanderer, a storyteller, a mentor, and a mentee with a passion for learning and community engagement that forges and informs my path and my goals and feeds my curious nature.
I come to you from the plentiful land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations via the plentiful lands of the Kalinago people of Trinidad & Tobago.
My extensive, multifaceted education; a result of globetrotting the 7 continents and living in several different countries over the past couple of decades, combined with a “formal” academic training, and several certificate programs in both career related and joy feeding fields are equal in the influencing of my personal, community and professional development.