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We ask the question, Is the culture we have as Blacks in America really ours or is it a post-traumatic slave culture? | Knowledge for Life on Patreon

2020-01-19T18:31:00.001-05:00

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We ask the question, Is the culture we have as Blacks in America really ours or is it a post-traumatic slave culture? | Knowledge for Life on Patreon:

Culture encompasses the social behavior and norms found among groups and nations. It dictates knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities and habits of the individuals in the group/nation for the benefit of the group/nation

Is 'Black' culture in America ours or is it a Post Traumatic Slave Culture?

#Know4LIFE: Juanita Darden - Entrepreneurship + Community Service

2020-01-12T13:58:00.001-05:00

Juanita Darden - Third Perk Coffeehouse & Wine Bar

Third Perk Coffeehouse & Wine Bar offers its patrons excellent
coffee products and a boutique wine selection in a friendly
sophisticated atmosphere.

https://www.thirdperk.biz

https://www.facebook.com/ThirdPerk

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Can these Dry Bones (Black people) live ? Kevin Washington - Mwata Kair...

2020-01-12T12:37:00.001-05:00

Kevin Washington aka Mwata Kairi Ph.D. speaks at Knowledge Cypher's 2nd Annual Lecture Series (https://www.facebook.com/groups/Knowl...)
at the 11th Annual African American Cultural Festival.

Ezekiel 37:1-14
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of
the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of
bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there
were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he
said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord
God, thou knowest. ...

Dr. Kevin Washington (Mwata Kairi), Ph.D., is a
a licensed psychologist in Florida and Washington,
DC. He has taught/lectured at several colleges
nationally and internationally. News One has
sought his expertise out with Roland Martin,
Essence Magazine, Black Entertainment
Television (BET) News, Vocal Point and many
other national and international organizations.

Currently, he is the President of the Association of
Black Psychologists and an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Human Development and
Psychoeducational Studies. As a Fulbright-Hays
scholar Kevin researched the impact of socializing
institutions on the healing or restructuring of post-apartheid South
Africa (Azania).

It was in South Africa where he research Ubuntu and how it can
inform mental health service delivery to people of
African ancestry and others. Not only does he
work on healing the psycho-spiritual wounds that
are present within people as a result of Cultural
and Historical Trauma, he continues developing
healing paradigms for persons of African ancestry
who have been impacted by Persistent
Enslavement Systemic Trauma (PEST).

This work is critical to his advancing of Ubuntu
Psychology/Psychotherapy. He is the founder of
Ubuntu Psychotherapy. As the founder of Ubuntu
Psychotherapy (Psychology) he advances a
culturally sensitive modality for mental health
counseling and Psychotherapy, to be utilized by
psychotherapists, that is culturally inclusive and
particularized concomitantly.

Through his research and writing he seeks to assist people to
live life with power, purpose and passion.

Knowledge Cypher: #BlackYouthMatter: Addressing Youth Suicide & Depression

2020-01-12T12:13:00.001-05:00

Knowledge Cypher Conf. Series: #BlackYouthMatter

Black mental health counselors and professionals address the crisis of Black youth suicide and depression.

Event took place Tues. May 21, 2019

7pm - 8:30pm

Central State West (840 Germantown St.)

The suicide rate for black youth in America is almost double what it was in the early '90s. So what can we do to change this?

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Knowledge Cypher - #BlackMentalHealthMatters

2020-01-12T12:10:00.001-05:00

Knowledge Cypher - #BlackMentalHealthMatters

#BlackMentalHealthMatters

Research shows African-Americans are less likely to access treatment for #mentalillness.

Cultural norms and the stigma associated with having a mental illness
are partly to blame, according to Shardé Smith, assistant professor of
human development and family studies at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.

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Disaster Preparedness - Family Emergency Planning and Survival – Are you...

2020-01-12T12:08:00.001-05:00

Title of Lecture: Family Emergency Planning and Survival – Are you prepared for the storm?

2nd Annual Knowledge Cypher Lecture Series held at the 11th Annual African American Cultural Festival.

Presenters:

David Smith, Co-Owner

Tamie Dixon-Tatum, Co-Owner

Business Name: Disaster Management System, Inc.

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#Know4LIFE: Pastor Steve Saucer - Get Ready!!! Melanated & Elevated

2020-01-12T12:04:00.001-05:00

Pastor Steve Saucer - Get Ready!!! Melanated & Elevated. Speaking at the 2nd Annual Knowledge Cypher Lecture Series at the 11th Annual Dayton African American Cultural Festival

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#Know4LIFE: RD Caldwell Jr. - Your Health is Your Responsibility

2020-01-12T12:02:00.001-05:00

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#Know4LIFE: Reginald Henderson - Black Youth & Entrepreneurship

2020-01-12T12:01:00.003-05:00

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#Know4LIFE: Naasah X Henderson - How to Eat to Live

2020-01-12T12:01:00.001-05:00

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