Meet Kanika Taylor

Kanika Taylor is a mother, educator, community organizer, and conscious person dedicated to discovering and following her spiritual path. Her journey has allowed her to have an impact in various global communities. Stateside, her roots span the East Coast, most notably in Delaware, metropolitan Atlanta, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

As one of the founding members of the Umoja Committee, she has helped produce the Celebration of the African American Child for the past 16 years. Umoja’s aim is to provide educational experiences for African American youth that affirm their past and promising futures. This festival provides youth the opportunity to spend a day in New Orleans historic Congo Square, interacting with materials while other youth perform on the central stage.

Kanika has worked with a variety of rites of passage programs such as Sisters of Tomorrow, Atlanta, A.N.R.O.P.K., and her newest venture, a rites of passage program designed for males based on the guiding principles that encompass the culture as exemplified by Baba Kwame Ishangi.

She is one of the founding members of Circle of Sisters Global Link, a travel group designed to facilitate the exploration and sharing in the Caribbean, South America, and Africa. This group selects sites that have been influenced by the glorious cultures of African peoples. While traveling, they expose themselves to techniques or practices that will aid in the process of sisters maintaining wellness. They have practiced yoga, tai chi, water aerobic, and meditation. Seminars are designed to assist the sisters in tapping the gifts that they have within. They take time to rethink and contemplate their lives and reorganize, reorder or erase as needed. They spend quality time with local residents in order to experience the unique gifts of the area. This happens by spending time with social or spiritual leaders. The sisters are encouraged to bring educational supplies to be distributed to local youth while immersing themselves in the area in an effort to discover the oneness that we all share.