James Baldwin said that "to be black and conscious in America is to be
in a constant state of rage." True. But the key to transformative change
for Black people is channeling that rage in constructive ways. It seems
to us at Community Healing Network that the most constructive path
forward at this moment is to build a movement to overturn the lie of
Black inferiority--the root cause of the injustices in Ferguson and the
devaluing of the lives of Black people across the country and around the
world. www.communityhealingnet.org www.communityhealingdays.com
Participants
must attend one of the workshops on December 5th or 6th, which will
take you through an example of the EEC community healing process, and
then attend the Training of Trainers on Saturday, December 6th, 2-6pm, in which you will learn how to establish an EE Circle in Ferguson and surrounding communities.
http://tomficklin.blogspot.com/2014/11/aspsi-and-chn-work-to-establish.html
There
is an urgent need for healing in and around Ferguson--healing from the
trauma of the killing of Michael Brown, the trauma of the struggle for
justice, and the historical trauma of racism. The Emotional Emancipation
(EE) Circle is a strategy developed by the Association of Black
Psychologists (ABPsi) and Community Healing Network (CHN) to help Black
people heal from the trauma caused by the lie of Black inferiority--the
root cause of the devaluing of the lives of Black people in Ferguson and
around the world.
ABPsi
and the Community Healing Network (CHN) are working together to
establish a global network of Emotional Emancipation (EE)
Circles—self-help groups focused on emotional emancipation, healing, and
wellness for Black people. EECs are designed to help people of African
ancestry in the US and throughout the diaspora to Defy the Lie of the
Myth of Black Inferiority. We now have an EEC Toolkit, EEC Workbook, and
EEC Training of Trainers curriculum developed by members of The ABPsi
board, membership and CHN. A principal goal of EE Circles is to create
the conditions for shared dialogue that lead to individual and
collective emotional emancipation, healing, and wellness. This healing
process is designed to break down the social and psychological fences
that separate us. EE Circles lay the groundwork for a much-needed
rebuilding of family and community relational ties and mutual support,
and can pave the way to ending a host of social problems and
disparities. The training will be led by international healers Dr. Cheryl Tawede Grills and Dr. Anelle Primm.
http://tomficklin.blogspot.com/2014/11/aspsi-and-chn-work-to-establish.html
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