✨In this week’s episode, we are deeply grateful to be joined by Dr. Resmaa Menakem!!
Topics Include
✴️Somatic Abolition 🧘🏾♀️
✴️Rest as a biological imperative 😴
✴️The challenges of “DEI” ⚠️
✴️Slavery didn’t die, it evolved ♻️
✴️Planting seeds for the future 🌱
✨Dr. Resmaa Menakem (MSW, LICSW, SEP) is a Minneapolis-based therapist, best-selling author, and founder of Justice Leadership Solutions and the Cultural Somatics Institute. As the originator of Somatic Abolitionism, an embodied antiracist practice, he is dedicated to healing racialized trauma + building resilient communities. Working at the intersections of antiracism, communal healing, and embodied purpose, Resmaa is the challenging yet compassionate coach our world needs in this time of racial reckoning + global unrest.
✨His notable works include the New York Times bestseller "My Grandmother’s Hands," "The Quaking of America", and a new children’s book "The Stories from My Grandmother’s Hands". Resmaa’s voice + insights have reached global audiences through appearances on Oprah, Charlamagne Tha God’s "Tha God’s Honest Truth", "The Breakfast Club", Krista Tippett’s "On Being", and more.
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LINKS TO RESMAA’S CONTENT
Resmaa’s Website
Order *NEW* Children's Book
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Connect with him on Instagram | X (Twitter) | Facebook
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🙏🏾🧡 WWSU Credits:
Host + Executive Producer: Chanté Martinez Thurmond
Lead Producer + Editor: Paige Miranda
Assistant Producer: Zaiden Sowle
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