Critical consciousness. Empowerment. Accountability.
Together we explore the foundations of healing and liberation as we identify and decolonize our lived experiences.
LBHC 2023
18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference
18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference
Critical consciousness. Empowerment. Accountability.
Together we explore the foundations of healing and liberation as we identify and decolonize our lived experiences.
The Liberation Based Healing Conference (LBHC) is an annual, two-day event that brings together scholars, activists, educators, students, staff and community members from all over the U.S. to engage in collective discourse about how coloniality shows up in traditional education and therapeutic models. The panels at this conference use an intersectional approach to dissect how societal-level markers, such as ability, age, class, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and sexual identity, show up simultaneously in community and individual levels as power and privilege.
Year after year, the Liberation Based Healing Conference, founded by the Institute for Family Services, creates opportunities to share strategies that promote relational healing and liberation. It’s a celebration of our work, our creativity and our culture, and an opportunity to change the world for the better in both incremental and profound ways.
18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference: Important Details
MEET OUR PRESENTERS & PERFORMERS
We are excited the announce the following speakers and performers for the 18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference:
Rhea V. Almeida, MS, Ph.D., LCSW
Mayida Zaal, Ph.D.
Speakers | Performers |
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Deja Amos | Antoine Hunter |
Juan Carlos Areán | Maggie Whittum |
Jennifer Ayala, Ph.D. | Avi Wisnia |
Minnijean Brown Trickey | Meta Theatre |
Jim Christy | |
Jesica S. Fernández | |
Scarlett Guajala | |
Mark Harris | |
Chris Hoff | |
Clory Jackson | |
Ryan Lilienthal | |
James Parauda | |
Denise Pflaumer-Capici | |
Nicole Russo | |
Carla Shalaby | |
David Stovall | |
Virgie Tavor | |
Dr. Niobe Way | |
Britton Williams | |
J. Corey Willams | |
Avi Wisnia |
For more details, visit our speakers and performers page here.
EXPERIENCE THE ENERGY
We’ll be bringing together top health practitioners, therapists, community activists, educators and more for dialogue and inquiry focused on a system of relational healing that embraces critical consciousness, empowerment and accountability. We’ll be sharing more about the conference and its speakers in the upcoming weeks.
JOIN US IN PERSON
Save the date for the 18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference!
LOCATION:
Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07043
REGISTRATION FEES
Professionals: $190; $170 if you register to attend both days by July 31, 2023
Students: $75 for individuals; $50 per person for groups of 4
Registration fees include breakfast and lunch for both days.
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