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DESCRIPTION:Free with RSVP: \n\nPART I\n\nBuilding on foundational works of Fanon, 
 Cesaire, Memmi, Wynter, and others, this participatory and deeply 
 imaginative workshop explores how the practices of racism manifest through 
 institutions and organizations, impacting the psychic wholeness of program 
 participants. \n\nIn recent decades, much research has been conducted on 
 stress, physiological symptoms and their relationship to institutional 
 (organizational) and systemic racism; heart disease, maternal stress, 
 depression, etc. Orchestrated through policy, imagery, narrative, history, 
 culture, it is this sleight of hand and its impact on the soul that will be 
 explored collectively.\n\nThis program is led by Amber McZeal, M.A. Her 
 organization 'Decolonizing the Psyche' focuses on the role of sacred 
 scholarship and liberation arts practices in social and cultural 
 transformation. \n__________\n\nPART II\n\nEffective methods of treatment 
 and research for mental illness and mood disorders, as they relate to the 
 black community, are lacking. Historical and social variables are generally 
 overlooked, with the impact of colonialism, the slave trade, and 
 institutional racism seldom making the conversation. \n\nTo believe that 
 all depression and/or mental illness, and/or grief is created equal, to 
 assume that predominately European models and methods can provide 
 non-Europeans with proper diagnosis, treatment, or healing insults the 
 depth of our history, risks ignoring the origin of our mental illness, 
 undermines the aptitude of our sovereign state, ultimately leaving us more 
 broken.\n\nTo achieve psychic wholeness, we must acknowledge and confront 
 the harm committed by contemporary institutions of 'healing.’ Led by a 
 consortium of wellness workers, this program is a space and time for 
 healers and the healing to collectively navigate the origin, reality, and 
 dismantling of an unspoken legacy. \n\n*In the spirit of decoloniality, 
 these programs are participatory, dialogical, nonhierarchical, and 
 radically conversational.\n__________\n'Fanon: Decolonizing the Psyche: 
 From Theory to Practice' is presented by MATATU within a body of workshops 
 that navigate self-determination, wellness, sovereignty, and roadmaps to 
 the future. The workshops are free to the public and funded by Akonadi 
 Foundation's Beloved Community Fund.\n\nMATATU is a platform for 
 conversation, experience, and expression that helps ordinary people share 
 their journeys. Together, we hope to enhance empathy and understanding of 
 the global human condition. \n\nWe are a fiscally sponsored project of 
 Intersection for the Arts. Learn more about us at www.matatu.co\n\nFree 
 RSVP 
 at:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/fanon-decolonizing-the-psyche-from-theory-to-practice-part-ii-tickets-37105660028\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/21/18803799.php
SUMMARY:Fanon: Decolonizing the Psyche - From Theory to Practice
LOCATION:Red Bay Coffee Roastery & Bar (Headquarters)\n3098 East 10th 
 Street\nOakland, CA 94601
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/21/18803799.php
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