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      <image:caption>Most academic and corporate spaces value equity but take a linear and somewhat antagonistic, approach to the obstacles they encounter on their journey to equity.  Often, our well-intentioned efforts toward equity require us to view inequity as yet another pesky problem to be solved, rather than a unique opportunity to develop a robust and sustainable community care process.   When we see equity as simply a problem, we are susceptible to numerous dehumanizing problem-solving fallacies such as hiring processes driven by tokenism, infinite nauseating meetings to talk about the problem, and a narrowly-focused equity pathway that paradoxically overlooks the human beings at the heart of our communities.  Join us as we breathe new, human-centered life into the equity process.  Our dynamic workshop bridges the gap between awareness and strategic action, and brings the human being back to the center of equity efforts. We will begin by recognizing and addressing systemic trauma and delve into the profound impact of inequity on individuals, exploring how it shapes our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors – even as we work together towards equity.  Through interactive activities, we will uncover why it is so difficult to foster trust and move effectively toward our equity goals. Specifically, we will examine the different experiences of agent groups, such as unawareness, normalization, insensitivity, urgency, and linearity, and their effects on target groups, including mistrust, heightened vigilance, isolation, and exhaustion/resource depletion.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of the workshop highlights is the "Suspended Reality" exercise, which encourages participants to explore how their personal histories contribute to the fallacies that hinder effective problem-solving. This powerful exercise helps individuals to embrace their own humanity while also embracing others’ humanity and creating space to understand the timeline of trust between people from different backgrounds. Moreover, we will guide attendees in “mapping their humanity” by acknowledging their individual strengths and limitations, and understanding where they can make valuable contributions and where it is necessary to step back. This process will enable participants to identify the unique and invaluable role that they are invited to play in the community-wide efforts toward equity. Ultimately, this workshop aims to foster a sense of togetherness and collective action. By being present with our human stories, needs, and trauma, we can begin to move toward equity as a unified group and develop strategies for greater alignment with our existing values for equity.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>2025 Black Madonna Paris Pilgrimages - Experience the Black Madonna’s profound power to heal and embolden us as we co-create a world in which Black, Indigenous and people of color, women, all non-binary people and all people are truly sacred and free.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Accompany Christena, author of God Is a Black Woman, as she deeply explores each of the four ancient Black Madonnas of Paris and the surrounding region – Our Lady of Good Deliverance (Paris), Our Lady of Peace (Paris), Our Lady of Miracles (Orléans), and Our Lady of the Underworld (Chartres).  In this week-long transformational pilgrimage, Christena will guide you through the fundamental mind-body-spirit practices that will help you encounter yourself in the Black Madonna and participate in Her healing work.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In addition to visits to four sacred Black Madonna sites, this pilgrimage will feature deepening teachings, embodied practices and community conversation. Throughout the week, Christena will: -   share exclusive stories from her walking pilgrimages in France. -   illuminate additional historical, theological and social science insights that supports us as we disentangle from white patriarchal religious conditioning and embrace the Sacred Black Feminine. -   introduce several embodied practices that usher in the fragrant liberation that each Black Madonna uniquely offers. -   facilitate community conversation in which pilgrims can learn from each other as we journey together. Each day will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a holistic and embodied understanding of how the Black Madonna has always been right there, ready to accompany you, guide you, and empower you as you move toward liberation for yourself and for others.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A sacred journey for people of the African diaspora April 28 - May 4, 2025 Limited to just 12 pilgrims Shared room: $4600 per person Solo room: $5400 per person</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A sacred journey for people of all races May 7-13, 2025 Limited to just 12 pilgrims Shared room: $4600 per person Solo room: $5400 per person</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My whole world changed when I encountered the Black Madonna. Though I presented a stoically-confident persona to the world, internally I struggled with deep insecurities about my worth, the validity of my embodied experience as a Black person and a woman, my body, my ability and more. In 2016, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements, I went searching for a spiritual icon that could relate to my experience as a Black person and a woman, and affirm that my body, life and story do in fact matter. It didn't take long for me to encounter the Black Madonna and within seconds of viewing photos of Black Madonnas, my gut shifted from terror to hope. Before I even read a word about the Black Madonna, my soul immediately recognized that these photos and drawings of ancient Black Madonnas declared a truth about my own sacredness and gave birth to a new understanding of God. In late 2018, I embarked on a 400-mile walking pilgrimage across central France to visit 18 Black Madonnas in tiny mountain villages. Each encounter with each Black Madonna healed a part of me -- from embracing my imperfection to loving my body to standing in my truth. I detailed my transformational journey in my 2022 book God Is a Black Woman (HarperCollins). Now, I'm excited to take others to the Black Madonnas I love because I know that you will love them too and be empowered by them!</image:caption>
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