On behalf of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, we are honored to present and facilitate our second annual wellness symposium, Àjọṣe: A Diaspora Symposium on Collective Healing and Freedom.  Àjọ means together/collective/association/gathering and Ṣe means to do/to act/to make.  Embedded in Yoruba philosophy, àjose lives.  It refers to the communal responsibility and cooperative effort required to facilitate the healing and evolution of a people.

The Àjọṣe Wellness Symposium  is designed as a transformative day of truth, liberation, and holistic well-being cultivation.  Moving beyond mainstream clinical methods, this symposium centers African-centered philosophies and cultural congruent healing practices to address historical and modern racial, spiritual, and cultural trauma and patterns of behavior.

Key Symposium features include a Children’s Village designed to expose young participants to Afro-Caribbean creative practices that support holistic wellness, Holistic Workshops on Nutrition & Food Justice and Kemetic Yoga, a Keynote address followed by a Q&A designed to encourage community dialogue and pathways forward, and a Sound Bath to close the day. 

Light refreshments will be served.  This full day symposium asks for a $50 (tax deductible) donation for adults to participate.  Children under the age of 12 are free of charge.  Please be sure to bring a small towel and yoga mat on the day of.  We look forward to forging the circle of wellness with you!