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Guest Speaker at IACT's 9th Ancestral Healing Conference 2021
The first step to healing is to know thyself by knowing your Family Tree, what an order, this is easier said than done! Ancestral Healing goes to the root of the DNA.
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COHORT V TRAINING BEGINS JULY 27, 2021 Tuesday, 7 to 9 PM inquire below via email to request application to register!
Ancestral Healing is a Physical, Mental and Spiritual Marketplace!
- "The African Umbilical Connection and Political Discourse" is this year's theme at the upcoming 9th Annual Ancestral Healing Conference in Seattle, Washington beginning Saturday, November 13-14. Speakers, Dr. Bruce Bynum, Dr. T Owens Moore, Dr. Linda James Myers and Dr. Mindy Fullilove. Download Speakers bios below.
Mental Wellness consortium meeting!
Our mission is to embrace the pursuit of excellence both inside and outside of the traditional and general Psychology and Mental Wellness programs. We are inviting community leaders, mental health/substance abuse professionals and those in behavioral related fields to join IACT at this upcoming meeting, Saturday, August 21 at 2 pm to 5 pm at BLACK DOT in Seattle, Washington.
About Us
Founder/President
Events Coordinator
Founder/President
- Orisade Awodola, is a Root Psychologist, Author, Lecturer, Researcher. Her former background as journalist and Investigative News Reporter led to a career in Mental Health. She has an extensive clinical and academic background in psychology and mental health approaches as a former clinical mental health therapist and substance abuse co
- Orisade Awodola, is a Root Psychologist, Author, Lecturer, Researcher. Her former background as journalist and Investigative News Reporter led to a career in Mental Health. She has an extensive clinical and academic background in psychology and mental health approaches as a former clinical mental health therapist and substance abuse counselor specifically trained in co-occurring disorders/dysfunction. She the founder of the Institute of African Centered Thought (IACT), where she created and teaches Root Psychology, Ancestral Healing and African Spirituality based on the Ancestral Healing Identity Theory and African-Centered Thought.
Community Liaison
Events Coordinator
Founder/President
- Angela Davis, Community Liaison, is a Seattle native and Founder of Community Connections Seattle (CCS) a Restorative Circle Collective organization which collaboratively integrates restorative justice circles models with faith-based and non-faith-based organizations. The restorative justice circle models provide opportunities for trans
- Angela Davis, Community Liaison, is a Seattle native and Founder of Community Connections Seattle (CCS) a Restorative Circle Collective organization which collaboratively integrates restorative justice circles models with faith-based and non-faith-based organizations. The restorative justice circle models provide opportunities for transparent and authentic healing between faith-based and nonfaith-based communities and organizations impacted by systemic oppression and its effects, trauma, inequities, incarceration, within families, individuals, and communities in the Black community.
Events Coordinator
Events Coordinator
Events Coordinator
- Jamila Wasson-Pehan, Events Coordinator
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Root Psychology Today Monthly Newsletter
This month, we are launching our Root Psychology Today newsletter to provide articles and information on mental wellness approaches and racial inequities in mental health based on African-Centered Thought. The Newsletter is Free with your IACT membership. Inquire via IACT email for a membership packet.
Upcoming NAMI sponsored presentation
Michelle Williams, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author and former Destiny’s Child member, will speak at Virtual NAMICon 2021 in a special fireside chat about mental health on Tuesday, July 27.
Begin your mental wellness journey at our two-day event dedicated to informing the mental health community with resources, research and support. NAMICon will also feature:
- A special research plenary with Dr. Joshua A. Gordon, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health
- More than 30 workshop sessions in five different program tracks
- Live Q&As with workshop presenters
- Virtual networking opportunities with peers
All for an incredibly low registration fee*: $10 young adults and peers, $15 NAMI members, $25 non-members.