{"id":17171,"date":"2024-01-23T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?p=17171"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:09:38","slug":"rsvp-reuniting-black-lgbtq-people-and-african-centered-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/2024\/rsvp-reuniting-black-lgbtq-people-and-african-centered-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"RSVP: Reuniting Black LGBTQ+ People and African-Centered Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Join us for an enlightening lecture with Fulbright Scholar Prof. Michele K. Lewis. Prof. Lewis will revisit her and her colleague\u2019s historic *mbongi presented at the 53rd International Association of Black Psychologists Conference in 2022. Delve into the relevance of Black LGBTQ+ persons\u2019 cultural and historical existence within the African human family and within the Associations of Black Psychologists (ABPsi). Prof. Lewis and her colleagues referenced sources of Black wisdom; they integrated these sources with their respective work as clinicians, academics, researchers and artists. Learn about their work incorporating contemplative practices to decolonize inner life, challenging Eurocentric thought and disrupting dynamics of oppression. Don\u2019t miss this insightful lecture featuring excerpts from an upcoming paper led by Prof. Lewis as well as a conversation with Prof. Adrian Harewood<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

REGISTERE HERE!<\/a> — REGISTERE HERE!<\/a> — REGISTERE HERE!<\/a> — REGISTERE HERE!<\/a> — REGISTERE HERE!<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video recording of the event is now available for viewing online; feel free to access it at your convenience at: www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VGHMT-Fh3Mk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Michele K. Lewis <\/strong>is Professor of Psychological Sciences in the U.S.A. at Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black university in North Carolina. She served as chair of the Psychological Sciences department from 2014- 2019. Dr. Lewis earned her Ph.D. with a concentration in biopsychology at Howard University in Washington D.C. She combines her interests in cultural neuroscience, African-Centered\/Black Psychology (ACBP), human connection, interdisciplinary research, and spirit identity among Black-identified persons commonly referenced as LGBTQIA+ and non-binary. Lewis was trained in Emotional Emancipation Circle (EEC) facilitation in Charlotte, NC USA. As a research fellow for the Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) she conducted EEC research with poverty challenged Black women in Winston-Salem North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Lewis is Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at 杏吧原创 University. She is hosted by 杏吧原创\u2019s Feminist Institute of Social Transformation for the 2023-2024 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adrian Harewood<\/strong> is an Associate Professor in 杏吧原创\u2019s School of Journalism and Communication which he joined in 2021. Prior to his time at 杏吧原创, he was a journalist for CBC Radio and Television for 20 years. Adrian\u2019s academic interests include the History of Black Canadian Journalism, the History of the Black American Press, the US Civil Rights Movement, Community Radio, Sports Journalism, Journalism in Community Building and Development, Journalism in Carceral Spaces and Human Rights Journalism, Journalism Pedagogy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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