Are you interested in building community with kindred spirits? Want to take some time to learn about healing modalities to support your wellbeing? Do you want to reconnect to the wisdom of our ancestors and connect with practices to support your long term healing? Do you want to have important conversations about the impact of race on our bodies?

Come and experience tools to support collective and individual healing!

Facilitated by:

Mecca Bey-Sistas in the Village

Ama Johnson-Ubuntu Institute for Global Learning

Gina Menyah- In the Know, Inc.

Laura J Ramírez-Instituto Gaspar Yanga

Gloria Talamantes-Brown Wall Project

In this workshop we will create space to name and address the ways in which racial inequity has impacted our bodies and our lives. We will share tools that can provide support for our wellbeing while we navigate towards justice. We will learn about what healing justice is and we will put it into practice by activating our ancestral wisdom and applying it to our holistic wellbeing.

Participants will leave with:

A clear understanding of what racial and healing justice are

Knowledge about the way race impacts health outcomes

Understanding of what systemic racism is and how it impacts the lives of BIPOC people

Healing tools that can be applied to ensure daily health and wellbeing

Community and connections with kindred spirits

Together We will:

Create a holistic wellness plan to support our long-term healing

Trace your family health lineage

Utilize ancestral teachings in order to set up our own wellness rituals

Connect our family health tree to intergenerational well being

Integrate art activities to their healing practices

Plant medicinal herbs and nurture them

NOTE: Each workshop series is TWO days long. Please look at the dates available and sign up for the pair that is most accessible to you. Please note each set of workshops varies by modalities. *****Address to In-person locations will be emailed before the event. *****

Dates and Times:

Series 1 :

Saturday March 1st Saturday 10am-2pm March 1st: In-Person (Back of the Yards) AND Saturday March 8th 10am-1pm: Online via zoom

Series2:

Saturday March 29th 10am-2pm:Online AND April 5th 10am-1pm: Online

Series 3:

Saturday May 17th 10am-2pm: In-Person (Washington Park) AND Saturday May 24h: In-Person (Englewood)