CORE. RESTORE. STUDY.
Healing Initiative for Full Spectrum Recovery
corerestorestudy.org
Core. Restore. Study. is a multidisciplinary healing and cultural restoration initiative dedicated to full spectrum recovery for individuals and communities impacted by the long-lasting effects of marginalization and erasure.
We support the restoration of identity, humanity, and cultural memory for people who feel alone during major transitions.
Our mission is to help people reconnect with themselves through education, art, embodied practices, and guided spiritual work rooted in ancestral wisdom.
We Are Building International Connections.
We believe it is important to have spaces abroad ready to receive people of the diaspora.
Upcoming Events: This Seasons Theme "Anchor"
Upcoming Events: This Seasons Theme "Anchor"
Anchor: Soul to Soul
Anchor: Soul to Soul is an exhibition dedicated to honoring the ancestors who endured centuries of erasure. Through installations and contributions from local artists, the exhibit becomes a living space for remembrance, healing, and cultural restoration. It reminds us that when we fail to remember our ancestors, we unknowingly align with the forces that sought to silence them. Point Of Contact: connect@corerestorestudy.org
Newark, NJ
February 2026
Upcoming Programs
🎨 Empower Her: Success Story Anthology (Ages 16+)
A virtual 8‑week writing residency supporting women as they reclaim their narratives. This is a support group for women during transitions that leave them the most vulnerable, such as job transitions, separations, housing insecurity, postpartum, major reproductive surgeries, and so much more. We aim to turn those moments of vulnerability into moments of autonomy and strength.
🌍 Restore Program: Ancestral Integration (Ages 14–38)
A cultural and spiritual journey reconnecting participants with their ancestral roots. We offer free DNA tests, using safe, secure data protected agencies. We create opportunities to research genealogy, honor family histories, and create global connections.
Point Of Contact: connect@corerestorestudy.org
Why Anchor, why now?
When we think of the term we usually think of things that hold us down. But we are considering the potential of an anchor to explore sustainable root systems, legacy, and grounding practices.
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Holistic Workshops
These workshops are ideal for environments such as schools, colleges, public institutions, conferences, art centers.
We offer immersive, and adaptable workshops designed to engage creativity, ancestral wisdom, and personal growth. Our experiences blend art, meditation, storytelling, and hands-on activities to foster self-expression, healing, community and economic growth.
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Cultural Restoration
Our research and educational programs support environments such as museums, libraries, universities, and cultural institutions.
We offer research-driven experiences that explore identity, ancestral memory, and cultural restoration. Our programs explore education that examines how memory is stored, healed, and influenced by subconscious programming. We also focus on genealogy, archives, and bridging cultural gaps across the globe.
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Nervous system Regulation and Guided Meditation
Meditations we offer are rooted in DNA Healing & Epigenetic Awareness great for indoor and outdoor experiences
We practice breathwork for nervous system repair, inner child healing, distribute meditation zines and diagrams to help increase accessibility to different states of consciousness. and anxiety reducing exercises.
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Exhibitions
Our exhibitions support environments such as museums, galleries, cultural centers, public programs, and community-based institutions.
Exhibitions include performances, installations, panel discussions, and identity-based reflection circles that activate art as a form of ancestral storytelling. These experiences invite participants to explore the work of restoring dignity, coherence, and belonging.
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Advocacy
Our advocacy for artists, healers, and cultural practitioners includes providing stipends, reviewing disempowering contracts, supporting communication skills, and guiding artists toward opportunities that respect their integrity. We help artists find affordable studio space, access fair representation, and choose collaborations that strengthen rather than exploit them.
CORE Beliefs
Trauma is inherited until it is addressed and healed.
Emotional and physiological patterns persist across generations. These inherited patterns affect personal, social, and economic wellbeing in marginalized communities.
Healing is holistic – Mind, body, spirit, community, and ancestry are interconnected; restoration requires addressing all these dimensions.
Colonization affects all lineages – Both the oppressed and the oppressors carry inherited wounds. These wounds can manifest as self-hate, low self-esteem, and internalized racism.
Spiritual identity is sacred – Indigenous practices provide grounding, clarity, and a path to inner strength.
Ancestry is a path forward – Genealogy, DNA research, and storytelling rebuild cultural memory and help reclaim dignity, identity, and agency.
Our Goals And Vision
Goals
Understand and mitigate global impact of colonization
Redistribute resources & provide alternatives to unconscious leadership & education
Support marginalized artists
Preserve at-risk history across the Diaspora
Develop global curricula
Build networks of healers, artists, educators
Create centralized structures for long-term healing
Advocate for global citizenship & identity
Vision for the Future
Core. Restore. Study. is a movement for ancestral restoration, cultural recovery, and personal liberation.
We guide individuals from fragmentation to clarity, from survival to identity, from loss to wholeness.
We envision a globally interconnected future grounded in:
Truth
Cultural pride
Community healing
Sovereignty
Ancestral memory
Spiritual power
