

Healing America from White Body Supremacy: An Exploration of “My Grandmother’s Hands” by Resmaa Menakem
Healing America from White Body Supremacy: An Exploration of My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Charter Oak Cultural Center, B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom and Neshama Center for Lifelong Learning present a virtual discussion series on the book My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem.
Thursday, March 4 at 6:30pm – Suggested reading: Part III of the book.
Guest Moderator – Dr. Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi, assistant professor of psychology at Salve Regina University
“My Grandmother’s Hands will change the direction of the movement for racial justice.”— Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. Menakem argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn’t just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.
My Grandmother’s Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.
- Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system.
- Offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary.
Via Zoom. To register, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdu-oqTgjG9DYbjYv_KzJuO1BHPAd3aW4
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
To order a copy of My Grandmother’s Hands, CLICK HERE.