Liberating, Illuminating & Renewing Persons of African-Descent

Fri May 03 2024 at 09:00 am to Sat May 04 2024 at 04:00 pm

TAIBU Community Health Centre | Scarborough

ABPSI - Toronto Chapter
Publisher/HostABPSI - Toronto Chapter
Liberating, Illuminating & Renewing Persons of African-Descent
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Dr. Jackson & Dr. Daktari will share healing and wellness practices for people of African heritage that are grounded in African worldviews.
About this Event

Born and bred in Chocolate City D.C., Dr. Daktari is an Oakland-based dancer, choreographer, clinical/forensic psychologist, and sakhu djaerist (spiritual liberator and illuminator). In 2015, Daktari received her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in SF and published her doctoral dissertation, A Critical Analysis of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: A Multigenerational Legacy of Slavery. Daktari is the creative/artistic director of Daktari Dance Medicine Collective, a melanated community of Afrodiasporic descendant dancers, storytellers, and musicians who tap into varied paths of African diasporic movement (dance) and music (drum/percussion) to evoke sakhu djear, spiritual liberation and illumination.


Dr. Tony Jackson is a clinical psychologist and co-director of PranaMind. His clinical experience includes tours with Children’s Hospital-Oakland, New Leaf Treatment Center, Oakland Community Counseling, and Sunset Day Treatment Center in San Francisco. He established his teaching career at the College of Notre Dame (now Notre Dame de NaMur University) as an assistant professor of psychology and at Skyline College, as an adjunct professor. He earned his Ph.D. (1997) in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Health and Multicultural Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley-Alameda campus.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

TAIBU Community Health Centre, 27 Tapscott Road, Unit #1h, ON M1B 4Y7, Scarborough, Canada

Tickets

CAD 299.00 to CAD 499.00

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