This healing workshop series is a space for American Muslims to acknowledge the trauma of 9/11 AND develop coping strategies and tools.
Registration:
bit.ly/invisiblewoundsworkshop
Promo code:
As a member of Muslim Space use the promo code MSMember- for a 50% discount
Sustaining Supporters use promo code MSDonor - for a 100% discount
Workshop Description:
This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks. On this day, many of our lives changed in profound ways. The ‘Global War on Terror’ continues to this day and the most recent news out of Afghanistan is heart wrenching. For the last two decades, American Muslims have experienced systemic violence, discrimination and marginalization all in the name of “protecting freedom and democracy here and abroad”. The demonization and othering of Muslims has become a multi billion dollar (Islamophobia) industry.
This has all take a toll on our communities - emotionally, psychologically, mentally, spiritually, physically, etc. The traumatic stress we experience living in a climate of hostility, suspicion, surveillance and discrimination is tremendous. We cannot easily quantify the emotional toll of racism, white supremacy and Islamophobia. Yet it is evident in feelings of increased anxiety, hyper vigilance, threats of verbal and physical violence, instances of harassment, bullying, and profiling; as well as the tiny micro adjustments we make to soothe nonMuslims and their discomfort triggered by their unresolved biases towards Muslims.
This 3 part healing workshop series is a space which will allow American Muslims to acknowledge this trauma AND develop strategies and tools to cope in healthy ways in the days, weeks and months to come.
Part 1: September 8 - Understanding and naming oppression, racism, and discrimination. How does oppression work? What is white supremacy? The psychological impact of Islamophobia?
Part 2: September 15 - Acknowledging the wounds of racial trauma, violence and psychological impact of Islamophobia
Part 3: September 22 - towards healing, coping with racial trauma and developing a holistic self care plan
*This workshop is sponsored by Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF) in collaboration with Muslim Space: a non-profit Muslim community organization that fosters an open, inclusive, multicultural, and pluralistic space for self-identifying Muslims and the larger Austin community. It is founded on the Islamic principles of service to humanity and equal, respectful, tolerant, and egalitarian treatment of all human beings
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Facilitator: Dr Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad
Dr Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad is the Founder and President of Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing and emotional well-being in the American Muslim community through dialogue, education and training. Through Muslim Wellness Foundation, Dr. Rashad has established the annual Black Muslim Psychology Conference and the Deeply Rooted Emerging Leaders (DREL) Fellowship for Black Muslim young adults.
Dr. Rashad is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary and Bayan Islamic Graduate School. Dr. Rashad’s clinical and research areas of interest include: religion, race and identity development, spirituality in psychotherapy, mental health stigma in faith and minority communities, first generation college students and emerging adults of color; healing justice and faith based activism, racial trauma and healing, psychological impact of anti-Muslim bigotry and anti-Blackness, Black Muslim psychology and Black Muslim intersectional invisibility. Dr. Rashad graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Psychology and MEd in Psychological Services. She obtained further graduate education, earning a second Masters in Restorative Practices & Youth Counseling (MRP) from the International Institute for Restorative Practices. She completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.