Käjí Reyes-Gertes

Owl Song Property Manager

Käjí (he/him) is a team builder, political training developer, and organizational strategist with a background in organizing around the everyday struggles of multiracial working-class communities, as well as in building and construction. He is a man of many lives. Based in Durham, North Carolina, he has more than 16 years of experience organizing for racial and economic justice in the South. He is a founding member of Durham For All and the Carolina Federation and previously served as Leadership Development Director for PowerUp NC.

Kaji’s work is rooted in relationships and in finding pathways toward collective liberation. Since joining The Embodiment Institute, he has been on a transformative journey, weaving together his organizing experience, land stewardship, and spiritual practice while helping cultivate a ceremonial community at Owl Song.

He brings a grounded, joyful, and deeply relational presence to his work, with a commitment to building spaces where people can grow, connect, be in right relationship with the land and one another, and move toward a more just and liberated future.