Orland Bishop

Orland Bishop is a visionary healer and community leader based in Los Angeles. He is renowned for his transformative approach to peace-building and youth mentorship, which blends spiritual wisdom, indigenous knowledge and contemporary psychology to address social and individual trauma. Drawing on his extensive studies of medicine, naturopathy, and traditions of South and West Africa, he has approached social healing and connection as a pathway to collective liberation. 

He has advanced this approach as founder and director of the ShadeTree Foundation, a Los Angeles-based community of elders, teachers, artists, and mentors that advocates for the healthy development of children and youth. In addition to his work with ShadeTree, he has counseled human rights advocacy organizations across the world, and is the author of a spiritual memoir, The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey: From the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop.