Resmaa Menakem | Not About You Season 3 : Episode 3

“For 400 years you have not had to address this.” - Resmaa
Menakem


Resmaa Menakem talks about his work and the goals of his book 'My
Grandmother's Hands,' including the healing needed around
racialized trauma, the different approaches needed for different
bodies, and whose responsibility it is to engage with the work of
racial and social justice.
Resmaa Menakem MSW, LICSW, S.E.P. has appeared on both The
Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and
violence. He has served as director of counseling services for the
Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African
American Family Services in Minneapolis; and as a Cultural Somatics
consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department. As a Community
Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for
civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan. Resmaa
currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of
African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is
also a therapist in private practice in Minneapolis. MY
GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS The first self-discovery book to examine white
body supremacy in America from the perspective of trauma and
body-centered psychology.

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