2022 Program

Reclaiming Rituals: Honoring Ancestors, Impacting Communities

Indigenizing Mental Health & Wellness in the Global Diaspora

10:00 AM Sign On

12:00 PM Call to Order

• Calling on Our Ancestors - Indigenous Peoples Two-Spirit Invocation & Libations

  presented by Monika Ponton Arrington, Ph.D., (Georgia Indigenous Diversity & Consulting) and Baba Fasanmi Obaniyi Fayemi (video linked)

• Welcome, Introductions/Purpose, Acknowledgements & Housekeeping

• “We Remember Our Own” - Memorial & Moment of Silence, presented by Darren J. Glenn, MSLIS (Glenn Family Foundation) (video link)

12:15 PM History of Ancestral & Indigenous Healing (video link)

Intro: “Walking the Red Road on a Colonized SuperHighway” - on being Contemporary as Traditional Indigenous

presented by Daniel Foster, Ph.D., MSCP, and Rebecca Crawford-Foster, Ph.D., MSCP (Tatanka Mni Wiwayan Wacipici Holcoka Wakan), (Society of Indian [American] Psychologists, American Psychological Association)

1:00 PM Ancestral & Indigenous Healing Rites and Rituals (video link)

presented by Baba Ifasanmi Obaniyi Fayemi, MFA

1:45 PM Intro: "Mental Illness from An African Perspective: A Call for an Urgent Fully Formal Integrative Approach to Mental Health Care” (video link)

presented by Daniel Lesiba Letsoalo, MA Clin. Psych, PhD; Wandile Fundo Tsabedze, MA, PhD; and Curwyn Mapaling, MA (North West University, South Africa)

2:30 PM Wellness break

2:45 PM In-Depth Discussions (concurrent and may offer CEUs for LCSWs and LMSWs provided by Callen-Lorde Community Health Center; protecting group intimacy and participants’ confidentiality, video recordings aren’t available for these breakouts):

• Healing Indigenous and African Histories - Truths

  “Walking the Red Road on a Colonized SuperHighway” - on being Contemporary as Traditional Indigenous

  Daniel Foster, Ph.D., MSCP, and Rebecca Crawford-Foster, Ph.D., MSCP (Tatanka Mni Wiwayan Wacipici Holcoka Wakan), (Society of Indian [American] Psychologists, American Psychological Association)

• Ancestral Healing Rites and Rituals

  Baba Ifasanmi Obaniyi Fayemi, MFA

• (CE) Mental Illness from An African Perspective: A Call for an Urgent Integrative Approach to Mental Health Care

  Daniel Lesiba Letsoalo, MA Clin. Psych, PhD; Wandile Fundo Tsabedze, MA, PhD; and Curwyn Mapaling, MA (North West University, South Africa)

• “Using Chairwork Psychotherapy to Combat the Psychological Impact of Oppression” - presented by Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC (Chairwork Therapy, NYC)

5:15 PM Wellness Break

5:25 PM Ancestral Institute - Developing A Curriculum (video link)

Kaston Anderson-Carpenter, Ph.D. (Michigan State University)

5:45 PM Healing Opportunities (concurrent)

• Meditation - presented by Kali (Mauritius)

• Yoga - presented by Adjoa Osei, Psy.D.

• Healing Circles - presented by Sawubona Healing Circles| ABPSI

• Drumming - presented by The Drum Three - Winston (Jeggae) Hoppie, Mboya Wood, Akoyaw Rudder

6:15 PM Indigenous Peoples Closing Invocation (video link)

6:30 PM Presented by Monika Ponton Arrington, Ph.D., (Georgia Indigenous Diversity & Consulting) and Baba Fasanmi Obaniyi Fayemi

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