Healing Sessions

What are healing sessions?

To contribute to the current critical conversations about civic and social justice, equity, and inclusion, ASCENDtials is the proud sponsor of a series of sessions aimed at dismantling Anti-Black structures and empowering our community. It’s time to move our people forward.

We bring in expert speakers to address the issues affecting the Black community. Our hope is that participants will walk away with the framework and tools necessary to question structural inequalities, heal from discouraged thinking, and push for a more inclusive system. Past Healing Session topics have covered: Anti-Blackness, White Fragility, White Rage to Voter Suppression, Public Education, School to Prison Pipeline, Environmental Racism, and much more. We bring awareness to pressing issues, create actionable steps to affect change, and reinforce collective behaviors through storytelling, design thinking, civic engagement, and other tools. This is the process of moving from Whiteness to Oneness™.

The goal of healing sessions

Empower black communities through the discovery and deep discussion of Anti-Black structures.

Instill participants with an urgency to affect change in their own communities by following our framework and tools.

Preventing the continuation of the Cycle of Socialization.

WorkForce Development Sessions

We also host a number of workshops and private sessions that explore topics relevant to the workplace, such as those listed below. Join the discussion on how these spaces can be made more inclusive and supportive for all members of our community

Understanding Anti-Blackness Structures

Take a deep dive into the oppressive structures that exist in today’s workplaces, to see how change can be implemented

Femininity in the Workplace

Explore ways that women can be supported in male-dominated workplaces to promote a supportive work environment.

Understanding Inclusive Communication

Address ways in which our interactions in the workplace can be anti-racist, and identity ways to make collaboration more supportive.

If you are interested in partnering with us to create personalized sessions for your team, please fill out our Workshop Inquiry Form, or click here for Individual Coaching Requests (Coming soon!). For any additional requests, please reach out!

Lead a session

If you would like to join our series and lead a Healing Session of your own, reach out to us! The session should focus on bringing greater focus and awareness to a topic that empowers and protects our community, and works to dismantle structures of inequality. We would love to hear your ideas!

Presentations can be held either online or in-person and will usually be 30 minutes with a 30 minute discussion held afterwards. For any questions, contact us at [email protected].