Africans in the Americas
Workshops/Lectures
This talk or workshop explores who we were before our ancestors were brought to the Americas, the ancestral ways we used to survive in spite of slavery, and how to tap into the wisdom of our ancestral ways to thrive now.
African Cosmology
This talk explores and compares the foundation and practices of various African traditions including but not limited to Ifa, Vodun, & Kemetic systems. It posits that African traditions are not religion but the natural ways of our ancestors to communicate with nature and the cosmos.
A Poverty Simulation
This poverty simulation is an experience designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low income family trying to survive from month to month. Participants are placed into mini communities with scenarios ranging from families experiencing generational poverty to families who are educated and brand new to poverty. The ultimate goal is to feel and process the experience and allow it to motivate participants to implement strategic ways to address poverty within their communities, organizations, governments, and institutions.
Africans in the Americas
This talk or workshop explores who we were before our ancestors were brought to the Americas, the ancestral ways we used to survive in spite of slavery, and how to tap into the wisdom of our ancestral ways to thrive now.
African Cosmology
This talk explores and compares the foundation and practices of various African traditions including but not limited to Ifa, Vodun, & Kemetic systems. It posits that African traditions are not religion but the natural ways of our ancestors to communicate with nature and the cosmos.
A Poverty Simulation
This poverty simulation is an experience designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low income family trying to survive from month to month. Participants are placed into mini communities with scenarios ranging from families experiencing generational poverty to families who are educated and brand new to poverty. The ultimate goal is to feel and process the experience and allow it to motivate participants to implement strategic ways to address poverty within their communities, organizations, governments, and institutions.
The Divine Feminine as Black Women
Drawing on the divine power of the Iyaami and Osun, this keynote addresses past and present issues regarding the pressing economic, political, and social concerns of Black women. *In workshop form, participants are given the opportunity to examine their journey and its rising themes in order to identify experiences that have potentially blocked or slowed personal and or professional growth. The keynote and workshop offer strategies to recognize and hone intuition, heal, maintain a healthy emotional balance, and encourage ways to create new empowering stories moving forward. The ultimate purpose is transformation by tapping into our divine feminine energy, recognizing our stories, looking for shared lessons, and learning ancestral healing techniques that empower participants to lead full lives where they can thrive.
Black Liberation in the New Age
This keynote helps to redefine what it means to be a free African in America by recognizing and remembering what makes us African at our core. It addresses past and present issues regarding the pressing economic, political, and social concerns of Black people. *In workshop form, participants are given the opportunity to examine their journey and its rising themes in order to identify experiences that have potentially blocked or slowed personal and or professional growth. The keynote and workshop offer strategies to decolonize the American African mind, heal, maintain a healthy emotional balance, and encourage ways to create new empowering stories moving forward. The ultimate purpose is transformation by tapping into our ancestral wisdom, recognizing our stories, looking for shared lessons, and learning ancestral healing techniques that empower participants to lead full lives where they can thrive.
The Divine Feminine as Black Women
Drawing on the divine power of the Iyaami and Osun, this keynote addresses past and present issues regarding the pressing economic, political, and social concerns of Black women. *In workshop form, participants are given the opportunity to examine their journey and its rising themes in order to identify experiences that have potentially blocked or slowed personal and or professional growth. The keynote and workshop offer strategies to recognize and hone intuition, heal, maintain a healthy emotional balance, and encourage ways to create new empowering stories moving forward. The ultimate purpose is transformation by tapping into our divine feminine energy, recognizing our stories, looking for shared lessons, and learning ancestral healing techniques that empower participants to lead full lives where they can thrive.
Black Liberation in the New Age
This keynote helps to redefine what it means to be a free African in America by recognizing and remembering what makes us African at our core. It addresses past and present issues regarding the pressing economic, political, and social concerns of Black people. *In workshop form, participants are given the opportunity to examine their journey and its rising themes in order to identify experiences that have potentially blocked or slowed personal and or professional growth. The keynote and workshop offer strategies to decolonize the American African mind, heal, maintain a healthy emotional balance, and encourage ways to create new empowering stories moving forward. The ultimate purpose is transformation by tapping into our ancestral wisdom, recognizing our stories, looking for shared lessons, and learning ancestral healing techniques that empower participants to lead full lives where they can thrive.