Upcoming Events:

The Auntie Way Writing Retreat: Build a Joyful, Productive Writing Habit!

The Auntie Way Writing Retreat was all that I needed and MORE! Every session was meaningful, intentional, and peacefully created for us to write with a collective. Having a collective, across lands and through Zoom, was a great experience for me to learn from others, be inspired to write, and complete writing goals. Thank you, Michelle for a beautiful gathering.
Faculty Member, Arizona State University

Registration is open! The Auntie Way Writing Retreat Winter 2026 session: January 9-March 6, 2026

Description: Registration is open! Join us for our winter writing retreat with nine live sessions at 10am-12pm Pacific time every Friday from January 9-March 6. Upon registration, you immediately receive access to bonus co-working sessions to help support and build your writing momentum with retreat alumni. Witness what is possible in your writing when you are surrounded by powerful community! Writers who join the fabulous Auntie Way Writing Retreat benefit from writing with inspiring scholars in our structured writing retreat sessions. Access on demand coaching with Dr. Michelle Jacob anytime during our live writing retreat meetings. Registration includes year-long membership in the Anahuy Mentoring online platform to support your continued growth as a writer with year-round events.

Once again, participating in this writing workshop helped me complete a project that felt overwhelming (if not impossible) to me. In addition to getting my article, revisions, and proofs completed, I mapped out another writing project that is now well underway. I am so grateful for the supportive community and Michelle’s mentorship. I am writing so much more than before, and most importantly, I am now enjoying the process!
Faculty member, University of oregon

97th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Conference April 1-4, 2026 Long Beach, CA

As the President of the Pacific Sociological Association, I am delighted to invite you to join us at the 97^th Annual Pacific Sociological Association (PSA 2026) Conference! This will be a special gathering to connect, celebrate, and work in powerful community to address critical problems of our time and offer generative pathways forward in our shared futures.

More info is here: https://www.pacificsoc.org/event-5909126

Welcome to Anahuy Mentoring

Michelle M. Jacob, Ph.D. (Yakama) created Anahuy Mentoring to support her vision of teaching about the importance of Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

“Anahuy” is the Yakama/Ichishkiin word for Black Bear. If you’d like to hear átway Tuxámshish Dr. Virginia Beavert pronounce Anahuy, please click here and enjoy this free audio resource from the Ichishkíin Dictionary that our beloved Elder Tuxámshish published with Dr. Sharon Hargus.