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Workshop: Let the Òrìṣà Speak

Healing from anti-Black racism with a woman-focused practice
Saturday, 2/12/2022
2:00 - 3:30
Virtual Library

United States

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Dr. Ifetayo I. Ojelade leads participants through a journaling workshop using stories and knowledge of African deities. A psychologist by training, her strategy uses the Yorùbá-based system of Ifá and works to build psychological well-being to counter race-related stress associated with living in a culture rooted in anti-Black racism and white supremacy.  

This workshop is based on her chapter found in the book, Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism, available for a free download here.

Please note the stories in her chapter are metaphors for psychological concepts. People in need of spiritual services should consult a trustworthy priest who is initiated and trained. 

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Dr. Ifetayo Ojelade is a Licensed Psychologist who earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University. Dr. Ojelade was initiated to Osun and Ifá by Agbongbon ‘Kayode (Kah-yo-day) Faniyi (Fa-knee-yee) in Osun State Nigeria. As an initiated ancestral priest of 20 years, she focuses on effective methods for integrating indigenous African healing practices into psychotherapy and has written scholarly articles and a book on the subject. Dr. Ojelade is the founder and Executive Director of A Healing Paradigm, LLC; a wellness center providing counseling, psychological testing, community and continuing education programming for the entire family on the forcibly taken traditional lands of the Muscogee, currently known as Atlanta, Georgia. 

 

More Than a Month: Black Interest

Connect to engaging discussions and performances related to the Black community.

More Than a Month recognizes important events in Black history, honors community and national leaders and fosters steps towards collective change. Programming features authors, poets and craft classes. 

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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