Tagged With "West Africa"

LEVEL 2 HISTORICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION MARCH 2022!!! The wait is finally over! Iya Affo and Heal Historical Trauma will present: Historical Trauma Specialist Certification- LEVEL 2: A Neurological, Environmental & Cultural Perspective on March 1st & 2nd 2022. LEVEL 2 will cover the following: Neurological implications of Historical Trauma and how to align neurobiology with desired behavioral outcomes. Indigenous Attachment Theory Understanding the injurious relationship...

In The Black Panther movie, we marveled over Okoye and her magnificent band of the Dora Milaje, powerful female warriors. In this true-to-life depiction, Wakanda is Dahomey, present day, Benin, West Africa. Okoye is a famous female warrior and forgotten queen named Queen Hangbe who lead the most powerful army in West Africa fighting against the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the MINO also known as the Amazon Women of Dahomey. Today, we are remembering their brilliance, fierceness, discipline...

Being Trauma-Informed means that we are Culturally Attuned. Heal Trauma Global is a sister company to Heal Historical Trauma and was cultivated to fill a wide gap in stress science & trauma training. The trauma-informed movement is beautiful! It's wonderful that as a society we are moving in a direction that honors an individual's past as part of the driving force behind current behaviors. Yet, time and time again, I have attended trainings that are labeled as Trauma-Informed only to...

In Honor of Black History Month 2k22 Please Enjoy the Following NEW Trainings: Facilitating a Full Expression of Resilience: BIPOC are resilient. In learning how trauma is formed and passed from one generation to the next in our communities, we will understand how to facilitate a full expression of resilience in vulnerable communities. This course takes a deep dive into the reality of flight or fight mode and how many people enduring oppression, discrimination and hate live with a constant...

Arab Americans (AA) are a distinctive group, with a population of more than 3.7 million (Arab American Institute, 2024). They are an ethnic group from diverse areas of the Middle East, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, and Morocco (Arab American Institute, 2024). This ethnic group shares an abundant family history, and has migrated to the United States of America in large numbers since the late 1800s (AAI, 2024). There are several barriers to this...

Entrepreneurship in 2024 is increasing as the community becomes diversified, and there are means to increase supply and demand. I would like to identify five successful methods to increase stability and income in 2024. With use of technology, businesses continue to thrive in more ways than many. Technology is a platform for increasing marketing, providing creative means of products and services, and identifying innovative solutions. Technology in entrepreneurship aims to decrease costs,...