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Session 1: Systems of Oppression
Session 1: Systems of Oppression
How systems of oppression impact the mental health of people of color
Session 2: Oppressive Social Systems & Harnessing Strengths
Session 2: Oppressive Social Systems & Harnessing Strengths
How oppressive social systems (like religion, family etc.) impact our mental health and the many social/cultural stigmas around mental health issues/access to help
Session 3: Healing & Empathy Circle
Session 3: Healing & Empathy Circle
Mikyö Black
Mikyö Black
Mikyö has been studying and teaching meditation, communication, and the healing arts for over 12 years. Her passion is to use all she's learned and experienced to hold space for deep healing, empowerment, and connection for her clients, students, and groups.
Lisa Dennen-Young, MA has generated millions in revenue while representing clients like Philips Healthcare, Intel and Samsung at their highest profile events. Having lived in six countries on four continents, she has traveled the world training C-level executives, corporate and nonprofit professionals, educators, students and entrepreneurs about cross-cultural connection and relationship dynamics across professional, social and intimate relationships. Lisa was also the first woman of color (WOC) to graduate as a forensic linguist in the United States, training with the FBI linguist who broke the Unabomber case of the 1990s. She speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese, with working knowledge of French, Turkish and Italian.
Session 4: Aikido As a Healing Partner
Session 4: Aikido As a Healing Partner
Co-Founder of Senti-Pensante
Silvia is a dynamic intercultural educator and facilitator, founder of Senti-pensante Connections; an international consultancy based in Santa Cruz, California. Senti-pensante is a Spanish word which represents the essence of Silvia’s intercultural work, the combination of sentimiento (feeling) and pensamiento (thinking), a holistic framework that facilitates self-reflection, connection and powerful conversations at the level and depth needed to address the complexities of our modern world. Her work emerges from decades of personal, intellectual and spiritual self-exploration and a commitment to bridging the realms of inner work and social justice. An inspirational trainer and speaker, Silvia invites her audience to grapple with both the intellectual and emotional complexities of culture, bridging mind and heart and opening the diversity conversation in a safe culturally relevant way that integrates the lived experiences of participants and invites all voices to be heard.
Session 5: Tools for Battling Anxiety & Communicating in Different Relationships
Session 5: Tools for Battling Anxiety & Communicating in Different Relationships
Founder of the Podcast Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre is a Trauma Psychotherapist and Speaker from Los Angeles, California. She specializes in adults who struggle with PTSD and severe traumas at her own private practice. She has done disaster relief work for Hurricane Harvey and Las Vegas shooting survivors. Adriana’s clinical work has been featured in Univision, LA Times, the New York Times and Buzzfeed.
Adriana is also the founder of the internationally recognized, Latinx Therapy, directory and bilingual podcast that destigmatizes mental health & provides education to combat the stigma through technology and actual mental health services. In 2019, she won Hispanizice’s Best Social Good Content award. Her podcast has been featured in iTunes’ Top 200, Spotify’s Top 30 Latin shows, Fierce by Mitu, and has been heard in 112 countries. Adriana’s mission is to create spaces to spark dialogue about mental health struggles and strengths in the Latinx community.
On her free time, she enjoys mentoring pregnant teens and loves to hang out with her 9-and-a-half-year-old son.
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