Crystal was concerned that so many were lacking crisis healing support and were suffering and transitioning at an alarming rate. She wanted them to receive care and comfort to support their healing, (whether they had funds or not, as most don’t). She also desired to avail herself the freed up time and energy to do so, as she was doing this healing work, along with assisting the homeless to be housed, (in addition to her other work as: educator, author, jazz scholar, entrepreneur, jazz vocal improviser, composer, and doing healing ceremonies, as an ordained priestess, often assisting at jazz memorials and even officiating burials). Crystal, did then, and still does, to the best of her ability, “heed and answer the call” for requests of her time and her support for healing, counsel/coaching, and for housing, legal, and financial resource assistance, information, and referral, liaison, & advocacy services and even completion and filing of applications for others. This healing work has included providing healing sessions: in-home, in convalescent centers, in hospice, in boarding care, in rehabilitation centers, and in-hospital and ER support for many, (including Rose Gales herself, when in health crises). She has provided very serious life-saving energy healing and medical intuitive referrals for life-saving emergency care, as a healing vessel of the Creator and ancestors.

Crystal had prepared to start her own nonprofit with graduate level coursework, while completing her Masters in Music, (specalizing in Music of the African Diaspora, including Jazz), at CSULA, but, as alluded to above, she had no plan to lead and take over the full reins of (SOJ). In fact, she had already started URSPIRIT Foundation, (informally, as a subsidiary of her company, URSPIRIT Books & Recordings, Center & Institute, both begun in 2012 with an extensive 70-page business plan she had herself, completed from many years of prior work, preparation, research, and experience.

Crystal was first inspired to start an organization after the mystical experiences she had that led to her reading Harriet Tubman's autobiography, written by a direct descendant of Tubman's and noted that in Tubman's powerful work of liberating herself and many, many others from human bondge and enslavement, Tubman, (whose birth-name was Araminta), possessed and used her gift of "second sight", handed down to her from her father's lineage, but also that Africans in the midst of slavery and just at the end of slavery, in the U.S., founded their own African mutual aid organizations and this inspired Crystal to have the courage to do the same, conceptually.

Crystal was inspired by the expansive and important work of Dr. Marta Moreno Vega and her powerful organization, CCCADI (Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute), as well as her books, teachings, research, activism, and spiritual leadership as a Lucumi priestess/ Crystal was also inspired greatly, by the work of Dr. Iyanla Vanzant's Inner Visions Institute and her powerful healing work via: books, media, inspirational speaking, teaching, and spiritual leadership as a metaphysics minister, spiritual psychologist, and Yoruba priestess, whom Crystal met and later studied Healing Ancestral Patterns with, etc.. Consequently, Crystal had already planned to, eventually, evolve URSPIRIT Foundation into a full nonprofit, as a part of her business plan rollout, but she was not ready to do that yet, so she thought. One part of URSPIRIT Foundation's work was and still is to include an African Diaspora Medicine Woman Artists Association, which now upon direction of an Indigenous elder will bbring African American and Native Indigenous Healers together to support each other and to bring strong unity and healing to our individual communities. But, later, in early 2018, while speaking with Rose Gales, in the middle of reinstating (SOJ), which Crystal had begun towards the end of 2017, Crystal discovered that Rose did not care to have renovations made to her home. Nor did she care to have the responsibility of a nonprofit and she was, in fact, ready to dissolve (SOJ), as Rose’s focus and passion was just to “play jazz”piano and nothing else). Crystal realized and informed Rose that it would have required the same work and steps she’ had already begun, plus more.

in this discussion, Rose began to understand Crystal’s vision for bringing Wellness support and services (that even Rose, herself, had received from Crystal on several occasions and locations, (including: onsite during a jam session, in a hospital emergency room, in-home, as well as, in a convalescent center). But, even more than that, Rose agreed with Crystal regarding the need to bring support, unity, sisterhood, and healing among and for the jazz singers, as Rose herself lacked that kind of support as a musician and also (as both jazz greats, Betty Carter and Carmen McRae, both saw the danger of the “disappearing artform” of those who were “really singing jazz”, which Crystal had felt tugged on and called to do something about, in addition to somehow carrying on and honoring Rose’s and (SOJ’s) legacy.

For these reasons, Rose, immediately gave her full blessing and permission for Crystal to continue steps to fully reinstate (SOJ), but, Rose also stipulated two things: 1) That Crystal make (SOJ) her own organization. And 2) that Crystal change the name of (SOJ) to her own organization name, which Crystal really did not want to do, in her respect for the history and legacy of Rose Gales and (SOJ) that she wanted to honor and carry forward. Crystal was reluctant to do so; and waited nearly a year and a half to change the name, (even after the nonprofit was fully reinstated). But, Crystal finally had to do so, per Rose’s wishes (that had not changed over time, as she had hoped) and also per Rose actually calling her by phone, (leaving a voicemail message), yelling expletives, telling Crystal that she had “better do it now”! So, immediately after hearing Roses’ voicemail message, Crystal telephoned Rose to assure her that she would do as she instructed her to do. and right away, and that phone call was in August of 2019,

Crystal, then, finally took steps to make the official name change from Sisters of Jazz, Inc. to URSPIRIT, Inc. Crystal also found that full reinstatemnt of (SOJ), all done prior to the name change, involved several agencies and was quite a bit more work than expected and also required some unexpected fees, (totslling about the same as starting a new nonprofit, actually).

Due to the covid shutdown in early 2020, Crystal only actually began in 2023 to apply for grants and has yet to do any fundraising. Just prior to the shutdown, she had planned to do a benefit concert and jazz jam for a formerly homeless, elder jazz singer, who was suffering some financial hardship at the time and whom Crystal had, years earlier helped to find permanent housing, through an agency, back in 2014, (before the homeless/housing crisis worsened to today's epidemic levels).

Crystal had wanted to organize and fund a way for bebop innovator, pianist, esteemed jazz educator & bebop theorist, Barry Harris to be hosted by URSPIRIT, Inc. and a few other organizations and universities for a return trip to LA to teach. People had raved about his teaching a workshop here, a few years back. and were eager for him to return. But, in the midst of our plans, Harris, who was teaching in Italy at the time, had become seriously ill and was airlifted back to New York, his home. Within months, Harris made his transition to the ancestral realm. Notably, Harris had also been a mentor to one of Crystal's teacher/mentors, bebop theorist, pianist, composer, and educator, Billy McCoy, (whom we also lost recently, and for whom URSPIRIT, inc. co-sponsored a jazz memorial life celebration, on his behalf). We have lost so many innovators in recent years, from Ornette Coleman, to Randy Weston, and Pharoah Sanders, (all of whom Crystal met and included in her book "Free jazz improvisation...." We recently lost Wayne Shorter, (also in Crystal's book), and so many others, including the recent transition of Crystal's close friend and collaborator, pianist, composer, David Ornette Cherry, (who was God son to Ornette Coleman and the son of innovator trumpeter, composer, Don Cherry. This is the urgency of the work in Jazz: education, promotion, artistry support, and expansion.

Crystal and URSPIRIT, inc. will continue to expound upon the work of Rose Gales and (SOJ). We would also like to honor and recognize the work and contributions of all of the members, volunteers, boardmenbers, and co-founders of SOJ, Inc., from it’s beginnings to now. And we thank and applaud all of those who have supported the events, the work, and the music over the many years, including, but not limited to: Carolyn Broussard (Rose Gales' oldest, dearest friend), Barbara Morrison who offered support to honor the work of the SOJ (and who recently became an ancestor as well), Lillie Smith-Thedford, Barbara Cooper, LaTonya Carter, Karen Mashariki Ramey, and so many others. And thanks to all of the musicians and singers who loved Rose and supported her jazz jams and events, too many to name here. We really want to do something more to honor Rose Gales’ life, legacy, and contributions, now that things are less restricted. We are grateful that the World Stage was able to honor Rose's life, so beautifully, in the midst of covid. Despite all interruptions, we will continue listening to tugs and the call of Spirit (the Creator and the Ancestors), going forward. Perhaps we will soon have our 1st Annual “Rose Gales & Larry Gales Day” Celebration, reflecting how SOJ, inc. (now URSPIRIT Inc.) began it's very important work that continues today.