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The New York Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists
Celebrating over 50 years of raising minds and spirits.

In honor of Women’s History Month coming to a cl

In honor of Women’s History Month coming to a close, we want to recognize and honor just a few of the countless black women who have made strides in the field of psychology. Dr. Audre Lorde, Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Dr. Adelaide Sanford, we salute you all! For more information on these incredible black women, read the graphic above and check out our website! http://nyabpsi.org/nyabpsi-celebrates-womens-history-month-by-honoring-women-of-african-descent/
#nyabpsi #womenshistorymonth #marchiswomenshistorymonth #blackfemalepsychologist

Our last featured panelist that we’d like to sha

Our last featured panelist that we’d like to share is @chiquitacamille. Thank you for offering to join us this evening 5:00PM EST on Zoom for our Black History Month Event. Let’s Get Lit!! Here is her bio: Chiquita Camille is an Actress, Dancer, and Author of the award-winning children’s book, JUST BECAUSE. Chiquita has a Masters of Science in occupational therapy and has been writing poetry for years, but her vibrant son inspired her to pursue book writing; hence this is the beginning of another wonderful journey.
This native Chicagoan now resides in Brooklyn, New York. For more information, you can contact her at chiquita@chiquitacamille.com, visit her website, https://www.chiquitacamille.com/books
Follow Chiquita on FB/IG/Twitter @ChiquitaCamille
#blacknycartists #blacknyccreatives #blacknycactresses #blacknycdancers #blacknycauthors

Our next featured panelist is @drbfpalmer. Thank y

Our next featured panelist is @drbfpalmer. Thank you so much for agreeing to join us tomorrow on Zoom for our Black History Month Event! Here is his bio: Dr. Bedford Palmer is a licensed psychologist and an Associate Professor and Department Chair at Saint Mary’s College of California. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and researches issues related to social justice and cultural factors. Dr. Palmer maintains a small private practice in Oakland California, where he works with a diverse clientele and provides multicultural competence training to individuals and organizations. He is happily married to the most amazing woman that he has ever met, and he has two dogs that are definitely smarter and cuter than yours (at least in his eyes).
#blacknycphds #blackpsychologistsofinstagram #nycblackmentalhealth #blackfellowship

Our next featured panelist is Niaren Binford DeSil

Our next featured panelist is Niaren Binford DeSilva. Thank you @customartworkbynia for joining us! Here is her bio: Niaren Binford DeSilva is an artist based in New York City. She is an elementary school art teacher, artist, wife, and mother. Niaren is best known for her paintings and drawings of female subjects. The women represent the African diaspora, from many walks of life. She decided to give these women of color a place in the art world. In her work, she seeks to highlight the beauty, style, and grace of women of color.
Niaren wants her audience to see the beauty that she recognizes in her subjects through the use of many materials: paint, dry media (colored pencil, markers, pen), fabric, beads, and other found objects.

Niaren has also illustrated a few children’s books, ‘Handicapable’, ‘Handicapable – Lola
Goes to School’, ‘Oh Boy Summer’, ‘Mr. Winter’, and ‘Mommy Do You Work
Tonight?’…to name a few.
#supportblacknycartists #supportblacknycteachers #customartworkbynia #blackartistsfeature #nyabpsipanelist

Our next featured panelist is Baoku Duduyemi. Than

Our next featured panelist is Baoku Duduyemi. Thank you @kibolebole for joining us. Here is his bio: Baoku Duduyemi is the Director of Research for Kibolebole Educational Institute—a full-time, independent, Afrikan-centered, home school program, that has been serving Afrikan children, from preschool to high school, nationally and internationally, for eight years. Kibolebole’s offerings also include programming for adults and institutions.
Baoku, along with his wife, Evelyn, is a co-facilitator at Homemade Joy coaching services, where Baoku guides Afrikans in becoming skilled at countering the effects of oppression on academic achievement, relationships, and personal development. Baoku is an AYA Educational Institute Warrior Healer Builder Facilitator. The WHB mindset and skillset is the foundation of Baoku’s personal and community work, and the resources he creates.

Baoku is the author of the alphabet book, A is for Afrika, S is for Sovereignty. Nana Marimba Ani calls it “… a ‘primer’ for Afrikan consciousness.” Mwalimu K. Bomani Baruti says, “… this is one of those books that will make front-line parenting so much easier.” Queen Taese refers to it as a “… complete story of how great we are.”

Born in Rochester, NY, Baoku currently lives in Atlanta, GA, where he supports the healing of Afrikan families, Afrikan people, and the world, in that order. Baoku has used A is for Afrika, S is for Sovereignty to coordinate the goals and aspirations of middle and high school students with those of our people, help parents find and share family lore, and train counselors in the Afrikan world view for after school programs. He uses the excitement generated by his books, courses, and programs to build trust in Afrika, trust in Afrikan people, and trust in our way.

Baoku has been married to Evelyn for 20 years. They have two children, Ayodele, and Aperin.
#supportblackmentalhealth #blackmentalhealthprofessionals #bhmandhealth #nyabpsievent

Our next featured panelist is Stephanie Fleary. Th

Our next featured panelist is Stephanie Fleary. Thank you so much @stephaniefleary for agreeing to join us this Saturday for our BHM Celebration. Here is her bio:
Stephanie Fleary, empowerment facilitator, author, event curator and mother of two is a force to be reckoned with in the personal development industry. As an educator for over 15 years, she counsels overwhelmed mothers, enlightens children, and supports families in building legacies; aiding in their unification and desire for growth. She is the author of Dear Black Man-Letters From Your Strong Black Woman, which has given a voice to many whose stories have gone untold.
Chocolatey Brown is her second self published project which is not only a children’s book teaching young girls to love their chocolate skin no matter the shade but a movement to inspire all women of color to love who they are and believe in who they are destined to become.

Her latest ebook Parenting Through A Pandemic, supports parents in navigating through the unknown to get to a place where they can parent in a healthy and impactful way. Stephanie has supported and produced many events including Daddies Do Hair, The Big ASK Conference and Curlfest NYC. Stephanie’s life goal is to heal the hearts of many so they too can heal the hearts of many more.

Our first featured Panelist is Dr. Denise Hinds-Za

Our first featured Panelist is Dr. Denise Hinds-Zaami. Thank you so much for agreeing to join us this Saturday. Here is some more information about her: Dr. Denise Hinds-Zaami is on the Board of Directors for The New York Association of Black Psychologists and Chairs their Legislative and Social Action Committee. She has served as their President on two occasions (1999 and 2001). She holds a BA in Psychology from the City College of New York; MS in Social Work from Columbia University; MA in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin; and an Executive Ed.D. from Seton Hall University.
Much of her life’s work has been as a Psychologist, a Psychotherapist, a Counselor, a Social Worker, a Mental Health Coordinator and Director, an Advocate, and an Educator, teaching Preschool, Elementary, Middle, High Schools, and College. She has traveled through all 7 continents and has created 3 separate establishments:
1) The Moveable School 2) a Group for Families with Multiethnic and Multicultural members, and 3) The Healing Women’s Circle.

Dr. Denise Hinds-Zaami has published articles as well as 3 books: 1) Diversity for Children, Through Language and Song. 2) Our Family Cookbook, and 3) Reflections of My Life: A Book of Poems and Thoughts. Currently working on her next books about education, psychology, and Africa, she endeavors to help expand and elevate minds and souls.
#blackpsychology #psychologistsofcolorinnewyork #spotlightourown

We will be featuring each panelist on our page eve

We will be featuring each panelist on our page everyday leading up to the event! Stay tuned! Today, meet Ray Anthony Shepard, whose newest book, "Runaway", tells the story of Ona Judge, a biracial enslaved servant who risked her life to emancipate herself! Learn more at www.rayanthonyshepard.com

@rayanthonyshepard
@stephaniefleary
@customartworkbynia
@drbfpalmer
@chiquitacamille
@kibolebole
@studentsofblackpsychology
@nationalabpsi
#blackhistorymonthinnewyork #blackhistorymonthcelebration #staytuned‼️ #letsgetlit

It's a family-friendly celebration that culminates

It's a family-friendly celebration that culminates with an engaging read-aloud by the authors, so bring the kids along! There's something for everyone...caregivers, educators, community and family members, youth workers, aspiring writers, mental health professionals, and of course our young people as the leaders of tomorrow! Free and open to the public. Registration required.

@rayanthonyshepard
@stephaniefleary
@customartworkbynia
@drbfpalmer
@chiquitacamille
@kibolebole
@studentsofblackpsychology
@nationalabpsi
@doctorjamila1
#nyabpsi #abpsi #blackpsychologistsofnewyork #nyzoomevent

Let's Get Lit! Storytelling and Lit(erature) are

Let's Get Lit!

Storytelling and Lit(erature) are central to African tradition and Black history!
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Join NYABPsi and our amazing panel of Black authors and illustrators as we celebrate #blackhistorymonth

Save the date! More info to come!

@nationalabpsi

⁣⁣ In this year of 2020, we have witnessed the

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In this year of 2020, we have witnessed the largest and most sustained round of protests against the police that this country has seen since the 1960's. Amidst nationwide demands for racial justice, experts and organizers are discussing how to bring about police reform. This transformation is necessary, but we must also grapple with how Black communities can empower themselves to address this long standing problem of police brutality/violence and heal from the subsequent racial trauma. #𝗪𝐞𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐃𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠⁣⁣
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𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘠𝘈𝘉𝘗𝘴𝘪 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢. In the spirit of Kwanzaa and the principles of Umoja (Unity) and Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), we recognize that we MUST come together to problem-solve and take control over our collective future. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘒𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘢𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.⁣⁣
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𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://bit.ly/NYABPsi12

Yes! YOU Can Go to Grad School! 📚 Our esteemed

Yes! YOU Can Go to Grad School!
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Our esteemed panelists will provide advice, tips, tricks and wisdom from their own experiences as mentors, graduates, and applicants. You'll hear what schools are looking for from panelists who are currently and formerly involved in the graduate school admissions processes. You don't want to miss this! Join us for an hour of learning, goal-setting, and fun, as we support our next generation of researchers, academicians, practitioners and clinicians in their quest to secure their futures.
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Panelists Include:
Dana L. Collins, PhD - NYABPsi President
Rod Hurley - NYABPsi Graduate Student Member
Mary Morris, MA -NYABPsi Graduate Student Member
Liana Taylor - NYABPsi Undergraduate Student Member
Lisa Whitten, PhD- NYABPsi Past President
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Join us, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 25, from 7-8pm EST ! Zoom registration link in bio!
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#NYABPsi #ABPsi #BlackEducationMatters #BlackDegreesMatter #BlackPsychologists #BlackTherapists #BlackGradsMatter #MasterIt #BlackDoctorsMatter #BlackPhDs

Join us tomorrow at 6:30pm for a discussion on IG

Join us tomorrow at 6:30pm for a discussion on IG Live with our president, Dr. Dana Collins and Dr. Richard Orbe-Austin! They will be discussing Black representation in psychology.
#BlackMentalHealthMatters #BlackPsychologistsMatter #ABPsi #NYABPsi #BlackLivesMatter

Join the Bay Area and Houston chapters of the Asso

Join the Bay Area and Houston chapters of the Association of Black Psychologists today on Facebook live for some much needed healing during this double pandemic we are experiencing!
#ABPsi #LetsPullTogether #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMentalHealthMatters

Due to the liveliness of the conversation and your

Due to the liveliness of the conversation and your requests to continue, NYABPsi will be holding space for part 2 of Empowering the Black Mind: A Conversation on How We Navigate White Fragility!
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Dr. Tanya White-Davis will return to facilitate this conversation, and will be joined by co-facilitator Francesca Maximé.
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Our zoom registration link is in our bio, and you can also find a link to part 1 of the conversation! We hope to see you Saturday!
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#NYABPsi #TheHarambeeInitiative #ABPsi #LetsPullTogther #BlackMentalHealthMatters #BlackLivesMatter

Join NYABPsi this Saturday, July 11th @ 7:00pm for

Join NYABPsi this Saturday, July 11th @ 7:00pm for a community conversation on white fragility, how it impacts us, and acknowledging and accepting our feelings and reactions as we face it.
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This Harambee Initiative event will be facilitated by our past president, Tanya White-Davis, PsyD.
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We hope to see you Saturday as we come together to talk about ways to liberate ourselves toward emotional equity, and to support, encourage, and Zola (love) up on each other!
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Zoom registration link is in our bio!
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#TheHarambeeInitiative #NYABPsi #LetsPullTogether #ABPSi #BlackLivesMatter #CenterBlackVoices

The DC Chapter of The Association of Black Psychol

The DC Chapter of The Association of Black Psychologists will be holding a conversation on Mental Health Activism during this double pandemic our people are experiencing! Join the community via Facebook live on Saturday, June 27th from 4:00pm-6:00pm EST.
#ABPsi #BlackLivesMatter #MentalHealthMatters

During Pride month, and during a time where we mus

During Pride month, and during a time where we must work to center ALL Black lives, bodies, and voices, NYABPsi would like to celebrate and honor those standing on the front line for Black LGBTQ+ folx! -
Today we acknowledge, Dr. Marjorie Hill, a past president of NYABPsi. Dr. Hill was at the epicenter of the historically drastic shift in HIV/AIDS care during her long history of service with the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the nation’s oldest AIDS service organization, as its longest-tenured chief executive officer. She is now the designated chair of the New York State AIDS Advisory Council, the culmination of more than two decades of leadership experience.

#PrideMonth #AllBlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #ABPsi

We’re back with another Harambee Initiative even

We’re back with another Harambee Initiative event this Sunday, 6/14 @ 6pm! 🌟
Join us for Mediation and Movement, a moment to engage in guided meditation, followed by a Zoom dance party to 80s and 90s music to release some of our stress! 🌟
This healing event will be led by @francescamaxime, somatic experiencing practitioner and certified mindfulness meditation teacher.
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We hope to release and jam out with you all. You can use the link in the graphic to register or gain direct access using the link in our bio! Let’s zola up on ourselves this Sunday 🙌🏾
#TheHarambeeInitiative #NYABPsi #LetsPullTogether #ABPSi #BlackLivesMatter #ZolaUpOnUs

As we continue to witness and experience anti-Blac

As we continue to witness and experience anti-Black violence and be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, join us for a Healing Conversation! Together we will explore the signs and symptoms of racial trauma, effective and healthy coping strategies, and ways to manage Black rage and pain. This community healing session will be led by @drrichorbeaustin, a past president of NYABPsi. We need each other now more than ever!
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#BlackLivesMatter #BlackMentalHealthMatters #TheHarambeeInitiative #LetsPullTogether #NYABPsi #ABPsi #BlackHealing #SelfCare #CommunityCare

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As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we want to recognize just a few of the countless black women who have made strides in the field of psychology! For more info check out our website! http://nyabpsi.org/nyabpsi-celebrates-womens-history-month-by-honoring-women-of-african-descent/
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