Reclaiming Ancient Wisdom. Restoring Collective Wellbeing.
Black Indigenous Medicine Apprenticeship (BIMA) preserves Black Indigenous wisdom and leadership through arts, culture, education, healing, and community practice.
We create the conditions for ancestral knowledge to be preserved, practiced, shared, and carried forward—so communities can build toward wealth, wellness, and sovereignty across generations.
WHO WE ARE
We Remember. We Practice. We Build. We Steward.
BIMA is a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of ancestral knowledge, cultural preservation, leadership, and regenerative systems.
We believe ancestral knowledge is not simply something to remember. It is knowledge that can continue to inform how communities heal, lead, create, organize, and build for the future.
Through education, apprenticeships, arts and culture, community practice, and strategic partnerships, BIMA helps create pathways for that knowledge to remain living, accessible, and relevant across generations.
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OUR MISSION
Preserving Black Indigenous Wisdom and Leadership Through Arts and Culture.
Our mission is to preserve Black Indigenous wisdom and leadership through arts and culture.
We fulfill this mission by stewarding nonprofit projects that protect cultural knowledge, strengthen community leadership, and cultivate regenerative systems designed to endure across generations.
Through education, arts and culture, governance, and long-term institutional support, BIMA creates conditions for Black Indigenous wisdom to be preserved, practiced, and passed forward.
Our Vision
A $5T Reparative Economy
We envision a world where permanent funding structures enable Black Indigenous wisdom, leadership, and communities to thrive across generations.
Through the Living Vault ecosystem, BIMA is working toward a $5 trillion Reparative Economy that shifts resources from extraction toward regeneration, creating lasting systems for wealth, wellness, and sovereignty.
Our Role in the Reparative Economy Portfolio
STEWARD
We steward nonprofit projects and initiatives within the Reparative Economy Portfolio.
PRESERVE
We protect Black Indigenous wisdom through arts, culture, education, and leadership.
STRENGTHEN
We support organizations and leaders with governance, infrastructure, and long-term organizational resilience.
BUILD FOR PERMANENCE
We help create conditions for permanent funding structures and long-term stewardship.
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Help Build What Must Endure.
Whether you want to learn, partner, volunteer, participate, or support the work, there is a place for you within the BIMA ecosystem.
Together, we can help ensure that Black Indigenous wisdom continues to shape communities, leadership, and possibility for generations to come.