Connecticut Landmarks Presents: 'History In aCTion'

Press release from Hempsted Houses:

Sept. 23, 2020

Connecticut Landmarks’ Hempsted Houses will host a new multi-part history in aCTion virtual event series on topics surrounding racial trauma, environmental racism, and abolition. The series will premiere on Thursday, September 24th from 6 to 7:30 pm with Racial Trauma & Mental Health. Join panelists Yanique Grant (Courage to Be LLC) and Janelle Posey-Green (co-owner of Magnolia Wellness) for a presentation about the local and general history of racism in public health and its impact on mental health.

Racial Trauma & Mental Health will cover the history of systemic racism and link it to modern day oppression, specifically in the mental health and medical fields. This program will discuss the distrust between the black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) community and mental health and medical providers, and explore how current racist practices contribute to post traumatic slave syndrome. Our panelists will also touch on white fragility and microaggression but will save the in-depth discussion for our ally healing forum. Advanced registration is required at https://bit.ly/3kvAiRw.

On Friday, October 9th from 6 to 7 pm, Yanique Grant and Janelle Posey-Green return with Kelvin Young (Community Health Worker at InterCommunity HealthCare in Hartford, CT and certified Sound Healer) to create a BIPOC Healing Space. Our speakers will teach participants how to find medical providers helping with racial trauma, provide tips for helping with mental and emotional health, and provide a sound healing session. Advanced registration is required at https://bit.ly/2RCJs2b.

The first series will conclude on Saturday, October 10th from 11 am to noon with a White Ally Space. Yanique Grant and Janelle Posey-Green will teach participants how to manage and work through emotions related to race and racism, as well as how to move through the fatigue of allyship. Advanced registration is required at https://bit.ly/3kxyZSq.

Our virtual history in aCTion series, will be presented through Zoom, and also accessible through Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/HempstedHouses. Advanced registration is not required to watch it on Facebook live or following the event. The free event series is supported in part by: the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut; and the Chelsea Groton Foundation, Inc.

For more information, visit www.ctlandmarks.org; https://www.facebook.com/HempstedHouses, email hempsted@ctlandmarks.org; or call (860) 443-7949.

This press release was produced by Hempsted Houses. The views expressed here are the author's own.