The Center for Healing and Liberation

08/06/2024

We are so happy to share that we will be gathering with some amazing folks for a Town Hall conversation inspired and hosted by a cosmo-vision of power, and our great friend, Bàyó Akómoláfé.

The in-person event will take place in Great Barrington, MA, and will also be shared by livestream. Hope you can join us on August 7th!
Link in bio!

08/01/2023

The pedagogy of ‘We Will Dance with Mountains: Vunja!’ is nurtured by a postactivist ethos – which is in turn a posthumanist reading of the world as fluid and open-ended, an appreciation of the critical gift of disability in how bodies take new shapes, and the yearning for a new politics that sidles the impasses of the status quo.

Today (July 20), nine elders from around the world – from the Caribbean, from Africa, from Asia, from North America, from South America, and Europe – gathered to pray for everyone who is joining the course. Tomorrow, we shall convene at the very first pre-event for the course, called “The Mountains and the Valley: A Celebration of The Emergence Network and We Will Dance with Mountains”.

Join us to get to know about the course and if it works for you; join us to celebrate the new lifeform of The Emergence Network and its partnership with “We Will Dance with Mountains” to build a decolonial project at the ‘end of time’; join us to celebrate the appointment of my dear sister, Aerin Dunford, as the new Lead Weaver of The Emergence Network. Join us in our cultivation of bewilderment as a planetary materiality of care.

[Details below]

THE EMERGENCE NETWORK INVITES YOU TO JOIN:
The Mountains and the Valley:
Cultivating a Commonwealth of Bewilderment
21 July 2023
20:30-22:30 India

Other time zones here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=The+Mountains+and+the+Valley&iso=20230721T2030&p1=553&ah=2

Big changes are afoot at TEN (The Emergence Network) and the moment has come to celebrate this moment of releasing the past and ushering in the next iteration of this network with blessings, prayers and ritual.

Meet us in the digital valley to greet one another again after a long hiatus, tell stories, build altars, and share our blessings for the reweaving of TEN during these strange end-times. We’ll share about Bayo Akomolafe’s upcoming postactivist festival-course, We Will Dance with Mountains: Vunja! (https://www.dancingwithmountains.com/), for any prospective mountain dancers (applications are being accepted now through 25 August.) We are also eager to share our plans for the future synergistic entanglements of TEN and We Will Dance with Mountains.

Join/register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoduysrTwpHNcm_jHhsKWPVFqoxYADunQy #/registration

06/20/2023

Three Black Men - A Journey into the Magical Otherwise

Orland Bishop is the founder and director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, where he has pioneered approaches to urban truces and mentoring at-risk youth that combine new ideas with traditional ways of knowledge. Orland’s work in healing and human development is framed by an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and Indigenous cosmologies, primarily those of South and West Africa.

Join Orland, Resmaa Menakem and Bayo Akomolafe for this traveling workshop series that traces the diaspora in reverse.

Starting in LA on 6/24 with a gathering for those who identify as Black men, and continuing on 6/25 for a multicultural all-community event, this series will equip all with the tools to radically transform our realities and futures.

For more information and to RSVP visit: threeblackmen.com

06/12/2023

How do we meet the challenges of our times?
How do we reimagine radically different ways of being?

Join New York Times best-selling author Resmaa Menakem, international speaker Bayo Akomolafe, and spiritual mentor Orland Bishop for a global workshop series on collective healing, liberation, and visioning.

We start the journey in LA on June 24, with a special gathering for those who identify as Black men, and on June 25, join us for a multicultural all-community gathering.

Find more information at: threeblackmen.com

06/08/2023

“To dream our futures into being, we need emancipating spaces of healing, exploration, and discovery.” ~Resmaa Menakem

As part of a global workshop series, three Black healers, teachers, and spiritual guides will be leading conversations on radical reimagining of our collective future.

Join us in Los Angeles on June 24th for a special, in-person gathering for those who identify as Black men and on June 25th for a multicultural, all-community event.

More information / RSVP here: threeblackmen.com

Three Black Men A Journey into the Magical Otherwise A Day-Long Conversation On Trauma, Ritual & the ProMise OF THE MONSTROUS Tracing the diaspora in reverse, this multicultural workshop series will take place on three continents. The first gathering will take place in Los Angeles at the Japanese Cu...

06/07/2023

https://conta.cc/3NgWPTn
We are two weeks away from the first of our Three Black Men gatherings. This is such a wonderful opportunity. I would love for people to join us on Sunday, June 25th via livestream from anywhere in the world.

Together we will explore:
How do we meet the crises of our times?
How do we re-imagine radically different ways of being?

We will gather in a community to sense into emergent possibilities that speak to what we need now, triangulating toward a synthesis of new forms, new magic, and new directions.

Please share the livestream information: https://we.scienceandnonduality.com/three-black-men-sand

More project info can be found here: https://www.threeblackmen.com/

Join the Journey! Livestream Registration Sunday, June 25, 2023 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. PT Open to All A DAY-LONG CONVERSATION ON TRAUMA, RITUAL & THE PROMISE OF THE MONSTROUS “Our ancestors and the earth

06/06/2023

“Our ancestors and the earth are calling us to come together to reimagine our collective future.” ~Bayo Akomolafe

Three Black visionaries are uniting to lead a global workshop series for community members to radically re-envision new paths forward.

Join us in Los Angeles on June 24th for a special in-person gathering for those who identify as Black men and on June 25th for a multicultural, all-community event, either in-person or online.

More information and RSVP here: threeblackmen.com.

09/25/2022

Our event is almost here!
You won't want to miss this fruitful discussion!
Join our panel of international racial justice leaders for a deep and multifaceted look at where we are now and how we can advance healing and cultural transformation through the anti-racist movement.
Building a Global Anti-Racist Movement: Connection and Repair
Panel Discussion (Virtual)
Saturday, October 1st, 2022
10 am – 12 pm Pacific Daylight Time
Cost: Sliding scale, $40-$150. Give what's right for you.
Participants will receive the event link and recorded video after the discussion takes place.
Register here:

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09/19/2022

12 DAYS UNTIL WE HEAR FROM OUR WONDERFUL PANELISTS! You won't want to miss this fruitful discussion!

Join our panel of international racial justice leaders for a deep and multifaceted look at where we are now and how we can advance healing and cultural transformation through the anti-racist movement.

Building a Global Anti-Racist Movement: Connection and Repair
Panel Discussion (Virtual)

Saturday, October 1st, 2022
10 am – 12 pm Pacific Daylight Time
Cost: Sliding scale, $40-$150. Give what's right for you.

Participants will receive the event link and recorded video after the discussion takes place.
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../building-a-global-anti...

The Center for Healing & Liberation is…. a home for transformative work, committed to the thriving of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community members and the liberation of everyone. The Center offers refuge, resources and nourishment for changemakers and all those grappling with th...

09/06/2022

Anti-racism movements around the world operate in different cultures and contexts, yet there is fundamental common ground in the work of liberation and system change. Living in this body, this place, this moment, how do we cultivate healing and resilience, meet the immense challenges of our time, and grow the anti-racist movement locally and globally?

Join our panel of international racial justice leaders for a deep and multifaceted look at where we are now and how we can advance healing and cultural transformation.

Building a Global Anti-Racist Movement: Connection and Repair
Panel Discussion
Saturday, October 1st, 2022
10 am – 12 pm Pacific Daylight Time
Cost: Sliding scale, $40-$150. Give what's right for you.
Register here:

A fundraiser for two Black-led organizations, the Center for Healing and Liberation (US) & the Social Justice Agency (South Africa).