The Healing Possibility

by Sha Jackson Joy Degruy, social work researcher and motivational speaker, developed the theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS). PTSS describes the way American people of African descent are still traumatized by the negative effects of slavery in the US. Dr....

The Healing Power of Storytelling

by Sha Jackson From the time we exit the womb until the time we enter the sands we begin to construct our personal narrative. In between these two points a multitude of stories are created, some are significant enough for us to remember and tell over and over again...

How to Forgive

by Grant Hayter-Menzies I was a little over a year old when the Watts Riots broke out in Los Angeles in August 1965. I don’t remember clearly what I first saw of the events, but I do have a memory of frightening violence on the screen of our black and white Magnavox...

Ashé!

“The common ground and compassion I felt in that circle invited long-suppressed tears to flow” Sylvia Wong-Lewis and Karen Branan met for the first time at CTTT’s 2012 National Gathering in Richmond, VA. Sylvia: In March I attended the Coming to the Table National...

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