MIZAN ALKEBULAN-ABAKAH
Co-Creator & Director

Mizan has worked for over 20 years as a community organizer and youth development professional. Her commitment to social justice has fueled her work as a crisis intervention specialist, health educator, curriculum writer, multi-modal workshop facilitator, community researcher, staff wellness coach, and School-Based Health Center Supervisor. 

​ Mizan is the Co-Creator of Spearitwurx, an organization that inspires intergenerational Wellness and Racial Healing through cultural arts, community events, strategic consulting and transformative educational experiences.

Mizan is also a certified Healing Centered Engagement Trainer with Flourish Agenda and has a master’s degree in public health. Mizan is a published author and has been a featured lecturer, keynote speaker, and workshop presenter at Universities and Conferences throughout the nation.

She is an experiential artist and lead curator of the Experience Sankofa Project Living Museum. As Certified Therapeutic Yoga instructor, Mizan incorporates creative expression and dynamic mindfulness into her work for social transformation.

Mizan, and her husband Sizwe, are creating a healing centered cultural arts-based retreat space near Mt. Shasta, CA

 SIZWE ANDREWS-ABAKAH
Co-Creator & Connector

Sizwe is an Educator, Radical Healer and Mentor and has worked throughout the Bay Area. He has supported African American Wellness through the National Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Oakland Freedom School, Flourish Agenda's Camp Akili, Oakland Unified School District's Manhood Development Program, and Determination Black Men's Group at United Roots to name a few.

He approaches the work with passion and insight. Sizwe believes that connectedness is our currency and building authentic intimacy is key in our relationships. The practice of being vulnerable with each other can helps us get to a place of transformation and liberation.

Sizwe utilizes his skills as performer to build awareness, connection and open doors to self-mastery. Sizwe, also known as Spear of the Nation, is an MC and producer.  Spear has released 11 studio albums, both as a solo artists and with the groups Lunar Heights and Potliquor, and has been featured on a host of songs over the past 20 years of his career. To see more about Spear of the nation music, see www.spearofthenation.com

Sizwe is the lead actor in two films produced by 393 films: “Tent City”  which highlights the impact of unprocessed grief on mental health in America, the toll that gentrification has taken on the city of Oakland and ignites a call to action to reclaim our humanity in the midst of our ever-changing world. “So Beautiful” is a docudrama that was shot in Oakland and South Africa, in the land of Sizwe (Eastern Cape).

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::: Enlighten :::

Spearitwurx has a story and a
​mission to transform our world

Our Story
Spearitwurx emerged from the union of two lives: Mizan Alkebulan-Abakah, MPH and Sizwe Andrews Abakah. ​This husband and wife team have over 35 years of combined experience in youth programming and education, developing innovative programs and engagement strategies for youth. 
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Mizan and Sizwe joined forces in 2004 and officially created Spearitwurx to expand their impact to include culturally-based, gender-specific Healing Circles, as well as Wilderness Camps, Experiential Retreats, and Community Education Workshops that have served thousands of youth and their families across the Bay Area.

We understand that experience is the best teacher and that it is through these visceral moments that transformation happens. Therefore, every Spearitwurx workshop, retreat, event or training offers experiences and opportunities for reflection, connection and transformation.

Our Mission
To develop young peoples ability to actively contribute to the transformation of their families,as well as to the creation of healthy and sustainable communities in which they live.

To equip youth development professionals with the sustainable tools in order to successfully engage, motivate and empower youth toward health and wellness.

Simply put we want to provide experiences that transform our world!