Institute of African Centered Thought
Certified Ancestral Healing Practitioner - See Course Guide
IACT Congratulates Minister Angela M. Davis, an outstanding Certified Ancestral Healing Practitioner
Food for Thought by Angela M. Davis
I am the past, the present, and the future. I carry the blueprints for change, healing and a clearer understanding of how those blueprints can be transformed by the power of my will. I am a genetic replica of my past, present, and future. We are all then, now, and to become. The movement of energy is vast beyond minute thought; therefore, I cannot be contained in just one aspect of my DNA. It is a replication of my DNA and RNA that is being quantified, defined, and manipulated for individual purposes. The structure of the world does not define me I was physically born in.
Dr. T Owens Moore
Dr. Moore, Howard/Morehouse Alum, is the President & Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Melanin Institute of Hue-man Technology™ (MIHT) and has been a trained Biomedical Research Scientist and Physiological psychologist, distinguished scholar, educator, and a college professor for more than 25 years.
DeReef Jamison, Ph.D.
Dr. DeReef Jamison was the recipient of an ACAH Award. His article "Fanon Revisited" can be downloaded above at ACAH Downloads
2024 Conference recap: thank you all
Curtis Calhoun, a Real Lifer, is with DonYeta Villavaso-Madden, of LucyYee Management Consulting
Dr. Joye Hardiman opened the conference with Libation accompanied by the precious Sage
Ella Mcrae with Teroshua Thomas, PIACT Director and Carol Solomen (R)
Welcome Teroshua Thomas as the incoming director for the Pennington Institute of Africa Centered Thought: More details to come!
Ashley McGirt-Adair, LICSW - Conference Speaker
Ashley McGirt-Adair is the founder and President of the WA Therapy Fund. The Therapy Fund Foundation is the leading organization in Washington State offering free mental health services to Black community members with equitable pay for clinicians.
IACT general information
Independent Study Certificate Programs
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IACT offers Enhancement Specialized training based on Africa Centered Thought to encourage a natural sustainable mental wellness framework for Black families.
Therapy vs. Healing
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LOVE is the KEY to Healing. When you learn to love you then you will sincerely love others unconditionally.
Ancestral Reverence
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The Illumination Research Group (TIRG)
Dr. James W.C. Pennington, my gggrandfather, is the first known Black student to attend Yale University School of Divinity. He was an abolitionist, writer, comrade to the Underground Railroad and Amistad Case, and an ordained minister. He purchased our family's freedom, and after the Civil War, he served congregations in Natchez, Mississippi; Portland, Maine; and Jacksonville, Florida, where he died.
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TIRG is created to provide research that supports Africa Centered healing modalities in the fields of genetics and behavior for African American educators, mental health practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in STEAM and Black Psychology.
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