J&J Initiative Activities 

NOVEMBER 2023: HEALING

In November, we will focus on healing, exploring topics like the nature of healing, models for addressing individual and collective well-being, and how counseling psychology can contribute to the healing process.

  • November 6, 2023 4pm PST/6pm CST/7pm EST
    • Dr. Della V. Mosley
    • Healing Healers Heal: Definition, Expansion, & Insistence for our Wellness
    • Public Lecture @ UCSB and hosted by the Center for Black Studies Research
    • This can be viewed via Zoom
    • Register and attend for free: https://bit.ly/JJPublicLecture1a
  • November 11 1pm ET 
    • IG Live Conversation
    • Collective Sisterhood as Healing
    • Cherese Waight, Alissa Irvin, Déja Fitzgerald
  • November 15, 2023: 8am PST/10am CST/11am EST
    • Centering Indigenous & Traditional Wisdom in Healing Practices Webinar
    • Dr. Shelly Harrell – Sankofa: Retrieving What We Have Lost As A Healing Balm and Liberatory Ground in the context Anti-Black Racism
    • Dr. Jill Fish – On Becoming a Future Ancestor
    • Register and attend the webinar for free: https://bit.ly/JJWebinar1
  • November 30, 2023: 3pm PST/5pm CST/6pm EST

FEBRUARY 2024: JUSTICE

In February, we will focus on justice-related issues impacting health, exploring the link between justice and individual and collective well-being, and how counseling psychology can contribute to the healing process

  • February 6, 2024: 3pm PST/5pm CST/6pm EST
    • Critical Issues in Justice & Healing
    • Dr. Anneliese Singh: Trans Liberation: The Next Steps in Our Collective Healing and Joy
    • Dr. Tuyet-Mai Hoang: Building Community-Engaged and Implementation Research Program to Address Black Maternal and Infant Health Crises
    • Register and attend the webinar for free: https://bit.ly/JJWebinar2
  • February 22, 2024: 3pm PST/5pm CST/6pm EST
    • Book discussion of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
    • Register for the virtual book discussion: https://bit.ly/JJBookDiscussion2
  • February 2024: TBA
    • Public Lecture and Livestream/Zoom
    • Hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education
    • Stay tuned for updates

APRIL 2024: JOY

In April, we will celebrate the healing properties of joy, exploring ways to cultivate joy among youth, adults, families, and communities. 

  • April 4, 2024: 9am PST/11am CST/12pm EST
    • Dr. Thema Bryant
    • Cultivating Joy as a Sacred Practice of Resistance
    • Register and attend the webinar for free: https://bit.ly/JJWebinar3
  • April 10, 2024: 12pm PST/2pm CST/3pm EST
    • Joy and Healing; Learning from our Communities: Phoenix Indian Center
    • Public Event @ Arizona State University and hosted by the School of Counseling and Counseling
    • Psychology; this can be viewed via Zoom
    • Register and attend the webinar for free: https://bit.ly/JJPublicLecture3a
  • April 13: 2pm to 4pm: Dr. Della Mosley, Cherese Waight, and Jasiah McCalla
  • April 16, 2024: 9am PST/11am CST/12pm EST
    • Dr. Hector Adames & Dr. Nayeli Chavez-Dueñas
    • Joy is our Superpower: Healing and Therapy with Communities of Color
    • Public Lecture @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and hosted by the College of Education; this can be viewed via Zoom
    • Register and attend for free: https://bit.ly/JJPublicLecture3
  • April 16, 2024: 4pm to 6pm ET
  • April 20, 2024: Cultivating Collective Joy Online 1pm EST
    • Cherese Waight, MA, Déjá Rollins, and Déja Fitzgerald
    • IG Live Conversation 
  • April 25, 2024: 3pm PST/5pm CST/6pm EST

AUGUST 2024: JOY SUMMIT

  • Seattle, WA, Aug 7, 2024