Black Minds Matter 3.0: Juneteenth Edition
Black Minds Matter 3.0: Juneteenth Special
Black Minds Matter is a space for Black wellness.
Thursday, June 17th
11am- 12pm PDT
Caring for your mental health remains front and center. Our speakers will be returning to share more raw, hot truths and practices for your bodies, hearts, and spirits.
In this webinar, our expert panel will reflect on Juneteenth:
the history and the progress (and the lack of progress) since emancipation
ancestral legacies and generational trauma
hold space for discussion and questions from the audience (we promise we are making space for audience questions this time around!)
and of course will offer more grounding and closing meditations and practices to fill up your cup
Co-produced by Elevate Labs, Ginger, and Kapor Capital
This is a space by and for Black & African American identifying folx. This event centers the Black experience. Allies are welcome to attend and listen.
Can't attend? No worries, we will be recording the session and will be sharing it after the event.
Your Panelists:
Your Facilitator: Kachi Okoronkwo
Kachi is a Bay Area native who runs the talent and people ops consultancy, Recruiting Like a Boss. She practices career as vocation, calling upon her belief that livelihood is a human right that must be elevated and protected. As someone who has navigated multiple behavioral health diagnoses while building a career in Silicon Valley, she is thrilled to share the space with our panel as she moderates this crucial discussion on Black Minds.
Speaker Bios
Tamara Jefferies, MA is a Holistic Counselor and Transformational Coach. She has worked in wellness since 2005 counseling women, leading support groups for survivors of sexual assault, and creating empowerment workshops. She holds a Master's in Somatic Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, several certifications in the specialization of trauma resolution, and is a certified life coach, and yoga teacher all of which she has combined to create a multi-tiered approach to healing that honors the mind, body, and spirit.
Brooks E. Scott is an Executive Coach, Communications Specialist, and a DEI Strategic Advisor. He's also the founder and CEO of Merging Path Coaching where he's coached hundreds of managers and trained thousands of employees on Managing Unconscious Bias, Feedback - How To Give and Receive, Values Discovery and Alignment, and Conversations of Race and Allyship in the Workplace.
Ofosu Jones-Quartey is a coach at Balance, a highly personalized, highly rated meditation and sleep app. He has been meditating for more than 20 years, teaching families, children, and adults for the last 15. Pulling from his experience as a father of four, electronic music and hip-hop artist, and children's book author (You Are Enough), he infuses humor and compassion into his coaching. He also believes that meditation isn’t just about sitting still; rather, it’s a living practice that can be done anytime, anywhere to help us better understand ourselves and our world.
Neca C. Smith, Ed.S., CAMS is a speaker, trainer, coach, consultant, and author and is currently utilizing her talents at Ginger as a Coaching Operations Associate. In her work as a mental health coach - she specializes in teaching people how to create blissful and purposeful lives while maneuvering challenging situations. She is also the author of three books: “Anger Intelligence (TM): Changing the Way You Think About Anger” Workbook, ”Temper Taming Tips: The College Student’s Guide to Anger Intelligence”, and “Triggers: What Sets Us Off at Work and What to Do About It” eBook.