This circle will be facilitated by Tlazoltiani Jessica Zamarripa, co-founder of the Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology. Brown mamas have many beautiful cultural and ancestral strengths, however, we are not always connected to these legacies of wisdom.
Brown mamas also face many struggles as mujeres whose wisdom and experience as mamas is often devalued in this society. In this support and strengthening circle, we will come together as mamis to reconnect and re-member our wisdom, our skills a mamas and our spiritual connection to all things – our madre tierra, sacred energies, and sacred connection to the cosmos and universe. Mexica mesoamerican concepts will be incorporated to bring forth the fureza and paz Brown mamas need in their lives. We will also use the power of our imagination via guided small group exercises toward our own decolonial healing