“This is the time when we should feel limitless, to focus on the Black excellence, from the beginning of time.”
-Lottie V. Spady
Talitha Johnson and Lottie V. Spady of HealingbyChoice! lead a workshop for managing the various energies and feelings experienced by Black / BIPOC people in response to the pandemics of racism and COVID-19. They invite the audience to work on a collaborative Google Slides document that connects their current selves with their ancestors, via anecdotes, quotes, and aesthetics from a past time. Talitha shares her ancestral journey in which she searched for her long lost father, and Lottie discusses her experience as an adopted child longing for ancestral guidance.
Questions
- How do we heal generational trauma on our own accord?
- How do we understand our ancestors as members of our support network?