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Our BIG THOUGHT UNIT was created to integrate our coaching, integral health and social entrepreneur center for new thinking to help solve systemic and persistent problems that continue to cause disharmony and discomfort in societies both ancient and modern in Africa and the Americas. The problems we tackle begin with how we perceive differences in the human form and the social constructs that cause injurious divisions rather than collaborative and cooperative responses to evolve humanity itself.
Our work explores two questions: What does it mean to be human in this evolutionary moment? What does reimagined Afrocentricity look like in the 21st century?
We look at the intersectionality of politics, economics, science and the evolution of consciousness to create dialogic engagements that restore, heal and reconcile our imbalanced bio-social impulses for self destruction, greed, war etc. and engage others in a transformative decision process to create communities, families and individuals as a trusted, healthy unified collaborators and valued caretakers the self, others and the earth.
Selah Institute will launch a pilot project called The Origins Project in the Fall, 2018. We hope to attract leaders from a diverse group of organizations that embrace different perspectives and new systems thinking to change the current paradigms on intra-racial, Afrocentric dialogues on leadership, economic collaboration and community legacies in Africa and the Americas.
Our work explores two questions: What does it mean to be human in this evolutionary moment? What does reimagined Afrocentricity look like in the 21st century?
We look at the intersectionality of politics, economics, science and the evolution of consciousness to create dialogic engagements that restore, heal and reconcile our imbalanced bio-social impulses for self destruction, greed, war etc. and engage others in a transformative decision process to create communities, families and individuals as a trusted, healthy unified collaborators and valued caretakers the self, others and the earth.
Selah Institute will launch a pilot project called The Origins Project in the Fall, 2018. We hope to attract leaders from a diverse group of organizations that embrace different perspectives and new systems thinking to change the current paradigms on intra-racial, Afrocentric dialogues on leadership, economic collaboration and community legacies in Africa and the Americas.
RationaleUrgent civil, constitutional and human rights issue of the 21st century.
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Process1. Invite intra-racial dialogic engagements, Afrocentric cultural awareness, and creative leadership coaching, strategic systems thinking and cultural competency training.
2. Restore, heal, & reconcile with Africans of the Diaspora. 3. Preserve, reimagine and evolve Afrocentric people, culture, intellectual capital, financial capital and natural resources. 4. Develop and sustain trusted businesses and collaborations to develop New Trans-Atlantic economic narratives and opportunities. |
OutcomeUnderstand, create and leverage evidence based leadership narratives, new ways of thinking, collaborations and problem solving. Research & catalogue best innovative and inventive social practices, community & economic development initiatives from ancient and modern West African, Caribbean and African American cultures, and trusted networks.
Create sustainable opportunities for Trans-Atlantic business and educational ventures. Create/sustain inclusive Afrocentric Beloved Families, Neighborhoods, and Community Development models. |
Research and Resources
Selah Institute's vision and mission is integrated. Serve. Lead. Evolve.™️ With every client engagement, large and small, Selah Institute is committed to facilitating and supporting human transformations, learning and integrating multi-disciplinary understandings, both ancient and modern, to create great leadership value for our clients.
As a human transformation leadership and learning organization, we work to earn and keep your trust by serving the unique needs of our clients, leading conversations in best practice research that broadens and strengthens communication, cooperation and decision making in support of your business and life goals. Evolving with our co-created, client-centered outcomes is a distinct attribute of our value proposition and business strategy. We respect and value your business and life experiences, listen deeply and help you leverage your experiences to improve your overall creative effectiveness, strategic thinking, and relationships as you realize your leadership goals.
These attributes of Selah Institute are also transferrable and scaleable. Because our core skills are in facilitating & evaluating communication, both verbal and non-verbal, as a leadership driven organization we recognize the value of listening deeply to national and local dialogues engaged by elected, civic leaders and others, we are able to capture and characterize in the moment, the emotional-relationship drivers that percolate in community engagements. As agents of change, we can also create action networks and forums to elevate social challenges for social transformation. This is the focus of our BIG THOUGHT UNIT. For example, one such issue prevailing in American discourse today is the "human" divide and the complex entanglement of race & gender which co-exists in contextual frameworks of institutionalized equity and disparity of its citizenry.
At Selah Institute, we believe in the capacity and collective fortitude of African Americans and that we are in an urgent and critical moment in our history to decode this 400 year old complex cultural entanglement of race and gender. We believe this constitutional, civic and human rights issue demands rethinking, reimagining and retooling for the 21st century and beyond. A core example of this contextual framework is currently unfolding regarding the use, privacy and ownership of our genetic material or DNA. How we leverage this technology and the information within, is central in our unfolding reimagination project for African Americans.
For Afrocentric people, living in the United States, the issue of ownership and equity is central to the very core of our existence. Without doubt, slavery wiped away our culture. Slavery extinguished our way of doing and being. Slavery removed our connection to our history, lands and families of Africa. No other people on the face of the earth, has experienced this type of persistent onslaught of cultural, psycho-social dis-harmony and economic destruction as much as the enslaved blacks of the Americas in modern times.
African Americans are a people who do not know themselves by culture, geography or language. A people who live and work on adopted lands of their former masters without real ownership in a country that regularly discriminates against them, creating barriers to exclude them from fully realizing their constitutional privileges as citizens and dislodges their associations with one another so much so, that a movement, "Black Lives Matters" has become a rallying cry in the face of gun violence in America. African Americans have become a deeply hurting people who struggle daily to answer the question "Who am I and What is my value in America?"
Consciously or not, the African American live intrinsically connected to lost; in trauma; and in fear as a way of life. African Americans live in a country that sees little human value in their existence or productivity. Descendants of original people out of whom the human population today owes its very existence, African Americans have for over 400 years been marginalized, traumatized, discriminated against, and became targets of imaginable cruelty because of the origins of their being and the color of their skins. In this moment, Afric-A-mericans are not just calling change, but are in need of a real transformative experience to 1) return to their authentic socio-geo-cultural identities and 2)reimagine in this century through our collective consciousness, contributions for a new vision for global "salvation" for all humankind. This lifetime work is bold, inclusive, grassroots, inspiring and transformational. The urgency of it is all around us and we can no longer depend on the goodness of others to carry us out of this 400 year death cycle of despair, discrimination and dislocation.
The Origins Project evolved at Selah Institute 1) to stimulate deeper dialogic engagement for reconciliation, healing and restoration, 2) to build networks of trusted leaders and leadership, and 3) research and create positive humanity-driven interventions at the organization, neighborhood and familial levels for Trans-Atlantic Afrocentric peoples. We hope to attract to our project the best and brightest intergenerational thinkers, scholars, philanthropists and practitioners from every discipline to help guide us, , entrepreneurs, business owners and venture capitalist to seize and share economic opportunities, community activists, and other leaders who are motivated and committed to creating new meanings and narratives for Africans in the Trans-Atlantic African Diaspora. The Origins Project is an urgent call to action in this moment of discovery of who we are and what we wish to become.
Whether your ancestry begins in The Americas through systemic, pernicious slave trading or aggressive minimization of indigenous Afro-cultural values under European colonialism, or the militant Arabo-African exploitation of black flesh in the Middle and Far East, all these abhorrent behaviors happened while eyes of black, brown and white leaders cooperatively colluded to sell, re-acculturate and enslave human flesh. The goal of a few to the destruction, theft or concealment of thousands of years of culture and history, generations of natural and spiritual knowledge, wisdom & understanding and the decline of trust in humanity itself are all revealed intersections of the same discomfort regarding our human evolution. What world leaders have done for profit and gain to secure the few, underscores centuries of damage to humanity. While concurrently perpetuating limitations and fear within the human race with every exchange of power, money and authority, we are at the precipice of extinction as a eco,-centric world system being humbled by the downward pressures of nature itself and the worse attributes of our self awareness, without massive corrections as strategic decision makers.
The Origins Project seeks to transform a collective Afrocentristic experience of lack to one of shared abundance with a new narrative. We can no longer afford to build our communities on the discriminations and disparities of the past. The Origins Project is forward thinking, creative self- selective and sustainable. As a talented multifaceted people, Afric-A-mericans thrive best on transformation, inclusiveness, diversity and equity. This is the heart, value and drive of The Origins Project.
We are creating new spaces to breathe freely, create better, more collaborative humanity and within an equity driven reality. We are conscious, experts in our respected fields and leaders and followers in our communities, coming together to restore our sensibilities, heal our spirits and reconcile the paradox of our phyiscial & social-emotional orientation between the continents of Africa and The Americas. We gather to think aloud, invent, innovate and adapt what's best in the shared journey of our human experiences and implant this working knowledge, understanding, wisdom and shared values back into our revitalized selves, families and communities. There are those "woke" and those who still need awakening.
This is our challenge for the 21st Century. As Afrocentric people, we hold the creative power to change the course of the world. What ills we rightly identify or react to, no longer fill the void in our collective discomfort. We are the energy that drives us to create, innovate and invent a new narrative that will unify and bind us together as a people , original to this earth, reimagining ourselves free from the bondage of our past and able to envision and create a new path forward that appreciates our collective humanity.
OVERVIEW:
The Origins Project begins as a year long active grass roots engagement, personal/ social transformation and research initiative. It is for existing and future leaders, intellectuals and entrepreneurs who can effectively leverage their personal and organizational networks of trust and influence. Every two months for a weekend pairs 35 Elders and their mentees to meet, discuss critical challenges, unleash energy to design a creative project for our organizations or neighborhoods, collect and analyze that data and report our findings. What will our reimagined selves create? Transfer and institutionalize in the moment that will endure for years to come. And yes, there is a cost for this self-funded, historic venture that will I am confident will challenge us to change the course of our collective history and future.
Selah Institute, Quincy, MA invites you to submit a short one proposal, provide a brief overview of your organization, yourself, and tell us why you want to be apart of this historic research and paradigm "mind-sharing" shift of the African Diasporic narrative. Your proposals must be in our email box July 4, 2018. Let us know if you wish to participate as a presenter- researcher in this innovative and historic "mind sharing" project. Send your proposal by email only to [email protected]. Press the button below for our email. Join us in Reimagining Afrocentricity for the 21st Century.
Resources
Websites
www.africanancestry.com - Trace your African roots through genomic testing.
Kittles, Rick (2013). Tracing our ancestry using genetics to investigate genealogy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iby1C7bADno. Retrieved January. 15, 2018.
https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 - United States cities,towns directory, from 1822-1999.
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As a human transformation leadership and learning organization, we work to earn and keep your trust by serving the unique needs of our clients, leading conversations in best practice research that broadens and strengthens communication, cooperation and decision making in support of your business and life goals. Evolving with our co-created, client-centered outcomes is a distinct attribute of our value proposition and business strategy. We respect and value your business and life experiences, listen deeply and help you leverage your experiences to improve your overall creative effectiveness, strategic thinking, and relationships as you realize your leadership goals.
These attributes of Selah Institute are also transferrable and scaleable. Because our core skills are in facilitating & evaluating communication, both verbal and non-verbal, as a leadership driven organization we recognize the value of listening deeply to national and local dialogues engaged by elected, civic leaders and others, we are able to capture and characterize in the moment, the emotional-relationship drivers that percolate in community engagements. As agents of change, we can also create action networks and forums to elevate social challenges for social transformation. This is the focus of our BIG THOUGHT UNIT. For example, one such issue prevailing in American discourse today is the "human" divide and the complex entanglement of race & gender which co-exists in contextual frameworks of institutionalized equity and disparity of its citizenry.
At Selah Institute, we believe in the capacity and collective fortitude of African Americans and that we are in an urgent and critical moment in our history to decode this 400 year old complex cultural entanglement of race and gender. We believe this constitutional, civic and human rights issue demands rethinking, reimagining and retooling for the 21st century and beyond. A core example of this contextual framework is currently unfolding regarding the use, privacy and ownership of our genetic material or DNA. How we leverage this technology and the information within, is central in our unfolding reimagination project for African Americans.
For Afrocentric people, living in the United States, the issue of ownership and equity is central to the very core of our existence. Without doubt, slavery wiped away our culture. Slavery extinguished our way of doing and being. Slavery removed our connection to our history, lands and families of Africa. No other people on the face of the earth, has experienced this type of persistent onslaught of cultural, psycho-social dis-harmony and economic destruction as much as the enslaved blacks of the Americas in modern times.
African Americans are a people who do not know themselves by culture, geography or language. A people who live and work on adopted lands of their former masters without real ownership in a country that regularly discriminates against them, creating barriers to exclude them from fully realizing their constitutional privileges as citizens and dislodges their associations with one another so much so, that a movement, "Black Lives Matters" has become a rallying cry in the face of gun violence in America. African Americans have become a deeply hurting people who struggle daily to answer the question "Who am I and What is my value in America?"
Consciously or not, the African American live intrinsically connected to lost; in trauma; and in fear as a way of life. African Americans live in a country that sees little human value in their existence or productivity. Descendants of original people out of whom the human population today owes its very existence, African Americans have for over 400 years been marginalized, traumatized, discriminated against, and became targets of imaginable cruelty because of the origins of their being and the color of their skins. In this moment, Afric-A-mericans are not just calling change, but are in need of a real transformative experience to 1) return to their authentic socio-geo-cultural identities and 2)reimagine in this century through our collective consciousness, contributions for a new vision for global "salvation" for all humankind. This lifetime work is bold, inclusive, grassroots, inspiring and transformational. The urgency of it is all around us and we can no longer depend on the goodness of others to carry us out of this 400 year death cycle of despair, discrimination and dislocation.
The Origins Project evolved at Selah Institute 1) to stimulate deeper dialogic engagement for reconciliation, healing and restoration, 2) to build networks of trusted leaders and leadership, and 3) research and create positive humanity-driven interventions at the organization, neighborhood and familial levels for Trans-Atlantic Afrocentric peoples. We hope to attract to our project the best and brightest intergenerational thinkers, scholars, philanthropists and practitioners from every discipline to help guide us, , entrepreneurs, business owners and venture capitalist to seize and share economic opportunities, community activists, and other leaders who are motivated and committed to creating new meanings and narratives for Africans in the Trans-Atlantic African Diaspora. The Origins Project is an urgent call to action in this moment of discovery of who we are and what we wish to become.
Whether your ancestry begins in The Americas through systemic, pernicious slave trading or aggressive minimization of indigenous Afro-cultural values under European colonialism, or the militant Arabo-African exploitation of black flesh in the Middle and Far East, all these abhorrent behaviors happened while eyes of black, brown and white leaders cooperatively colluded to sell, re-acculturate and enslave human flesh. The goal of a few to the destruction, theft or concealment of thousands of years of culture and history, generations of natural and spiritual knowledge, wisdom & understanding and the decline of trust in humanity itself are all revealed intersections of the same discomfort regarding our human evolution. What world leaders have done for profit and gain to secure the few, underscores centuries of damage to humanity. While concurrently perpetuating limitations and fear within the human race with every exchange of power, money and authority, we are at the precipice of extinction as a eco,-centric world system being humbled by the downward pressures of nature itself and the worse attributes of our self awareness, without massive corrections as strategic decision makers.
The Origins Project seeks to transform a collective Afrocentristic experience of lack to one of shared abundance with a new narrative. We can no longer afford to build our communities on the discriminations and disparities of the past. The Origins Project is forward thinking, creative self- selective and sustainable. As a talented multifaceted people, Afric-A-mericans thrive best on transformation, inclusiveness, diversity and equity. This is the heart, value and drive of The Origins Project.
We are creating new spaces to breathe freely, create better, more collaborative humanity and within an equity driven reality. We are conscious, experts in our respected fields and leaders and followers in our communities, coming together to restore our sensibilities, heal our spirits and reconcile the paradox of our phyiscial & social-emotional orientation between the continents of Africa and The Americas. We gather to think aloud, invent, innovate and adapt what's best in the shared journey of our human experiences and implant this working knowledge, understanding, wisdom and shared values back into our revitalized selves, families and communities. There are those "woke" and those who still need awakening.
This is our challenge for the 21st Century. As Afrocentric people, we hold the creative power to change the course of the world. What ills we rightly identify or react to, no longer fill the void in our collective discomfort. We are the energy that drives us to create, innovate and invent a new narrative that will unify and bind us together as a people , original to this earth, reimagining ourselves free from the bondage of our past and able to envision and create a new path forward that appreciates our collective humanity.
OVERVIEW:
The Origins Project begins as a year long active grass roots engagement, personal/ social transformation and research initiative. It is for existing and future leaders, intellectuals and entrepreneurs who can effectively leverage their personal and organizational networks of trust and influence. Every two months for a weekend pairs 35 Elders and their mentees to meet, discuss critical challenges, unleash energy to design a creative project for our organizations or neighborhoods, collect and analyze that data and report our findings. What will our reimagined selves create? Transfer and institutionalize in the moment that will endure for years to come. And yes, there is a cost for this self-funded, historic venture that will I am confident will challenge us to change the course of our collective history and future.
Selah Institute, Quincy, MA invites you to submit a short one proposal, provide a brief overview of your organization, yourself, and tell us why you want to be apart of this historic research and paradigm "mind-sharing" shift of the African Diasporic narrative. Your proposals must be in our email box July 4, 2018. Let us know if you wish to participate as a presenter- researcher in this innovative and historic "mind sharing" project. Send your proposal by email only to [email protected]. Press the button below for our email. Join us in Reimagining Afrocentricity for the 21st Century.
Resources
Websites
www.africanancestry.com - Trace your African roots through genomic testing.
Kittles, Rick (2013). Tracing our ancestry using genetics to investigate genealogy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iby1C7bADno. Retrieved January. 15, 2018.
https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 - United States cities,towns directory, from 1822-1999.
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