Institute of African Centered Thought
Institute of African Centered Thought
ACAH Courses are based on the Root Psychology Discipline for Mental Health Professionals
and Community Leaders. IACT PATH Course Guide Below
COURSE I - DeReef Jamison, Ph.D.
Bio in PATH Course Guide
Clock Hours Available
What is African-centered thought?
What are the Key Concepts, Theories, and Issues in African/ Black Psychology?
How does it relate to Mental Health Approaches?
Saturday, June 8; 4 to 6 pm
Tuesdays, June 11, 18, 25
IACT will kick off the first ACAH 12-month program, with DeReef Jamison, Ph.D., in person on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
The African-Centered Thought course is created to provide concepts, theories, and challenges in Black psychology; and the impact that hinders Black mental health approaches in higher education and mental health delivery systems.
Dr. Jamison explains, "The amount of intellectual labor put forth by Black psychologists in developing and implementing unique approaches to understanding behavioral challenges in people of African descent have often been marginalized and rendered invisible within the overall context of Black intellectual thought.
The objective of this course is to equip mental health professionals and those seeking an accurate account of the ideas that have shaped "thought processes" as well as opportunities to collaborate and shape research directions based on African-centered Thought.
COURSE 2 - Joye W. Hardiman, Ph.D.
Bio in PATH Course Guide
Clock Hours Available
Cultural Custodianship: Ra- Planting that which has been Uprooted.
Wednesday, August 13 to September 3
7 pm to 9 pm
The Seasoning Process, referred to by Historians, functioned as an insatiable palate of bitterness through a set of deliberate and calculated procedures that caused traumatic experiences and mental devastation for enslaved Africans and their descendants.
Today, there is an insatiable amount of focus on the aftershocks of those experiences, however, in this course, Dr. Hardiman focuses on the RA-SURRECTION, Cultural Custodians who maintain the stories of the Griots with the incentive to understand the narratives based on the "Truisms of Black people" and the Resilience of the soul and the primordial energy that moves them.
Dr. Moore, Howard/Morehouse Alum, is the President & Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Melanin Institute of Hue-man Technology™ (MIHT) and has been a trained Biomedical Research Scientist and Physiological psychologist, distinguished scholar, educator, and a college professor for more than 25 years.
Dr. DeReef Jamison was the recipient of an ACAH Award. His article "Fanon Revisited" can be downloaded above at ACAH Downloads
Welcome Teroshua Thomas as the incoming director for the Pennington Institute of Africa Centered Thought: More details to come!
Ashley McGirt-Adair is the founder and President of the WA Therapy Fund. The Therapy Fund Foundation is the leading organization in Washington State offering free mental health services to Black community members with equitable pay for clinicians.
Africa-Centered Ancestral Healing Book Press Release and other journal articles
Please share why you want to know your African DNA Lineage below and win an African Ancestry DNA Kit at our next presentation, June 8 with Dr. Jamison. Winners will be notified with more information.
IACT offers specialized holistic training based on Africa Centered Thought to compliment general mental health treatment plans that encourage a natural sustainable framework for Black families.
ACAH is a specialization program that is created to equip mental health professionals with approaches to help Black families and individuals
identify purpose based on their lineages and genetics through a holistic approach.
Dr. James W.C. Pennington, my gggrandfather, is the first known Black student to attend Yale University School of Divinity. He was an abolitionist, writer, comrade to the Underground Railroad and Amistad Case, and an ordained minister. He purchased our family's freedom, and after the Civil War, he served congregations in Natchez, Mississippi; Portland, Maine; and Jacksonville, Florida, where he died.
Orisade Awodola, IACT Founder
TIRG is created to provide research that supports Africa Centered healing modalities in the fields of genetics and behavior for African American educators, mental health practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in STEAM and Black Psychology.
The Institute of African-Centered Thought serves as a catalyst to empower its participants and learners through education, conferences, seminars, summits and debates.
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"Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality,"
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