The 18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference
Montclair State University
1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
New Jersey
40.8666026
-74.1976433
Description
The Liberation Based Healing Conference (LBHC) is an annual, two-day event that brings together scholars, activists, educators, students, staff and community members from all over the U.S. to engage in collective discourse about how coloniality shows up in traditional education and therapeutic models. The panels at this conference use an intersectional approach to dissect how societal-level markers, such as ability, age, class, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and sexual identity, show up simultaneously in community and individual levels as power and privilege.
Year after year, the Liberation Based Healing Conference, founded by the Institute for Family Services, creates opportunities to share strategies that promote relational healing and liberation. It’s a celebration of our work, our creativity and our culture, and an opportunity to change the world for the better in both incremental and profound ways.
What to Expect:
Inspiring and knowledgeable speakers
Fascinating and timely discussions
Amazing performances
Networking opportunities
Meet Our Speaker
Dr. Mayida Zaal of Montclair State University
Dr. Mayida Zaal is an associate professor of teaching and learning at Montclair State University. She serves as co-director for the Red Hawks Rising Teacher Academy, a grow-your-own partnership with the Newark Board of Education and the American Federation of Teachers. Informed by her extensive experience as a math and science middle school teacher and curriculum developer in the U.S. and internationally, Dr. Zaal’s research is grounded in community and centers youth, teachers, and families.
Dr. Zaal engages decolonizing pedagogies and research methods including critical participatory action research. Her current research aims to identify factors that help recruit and retain racially and ethnically diverse teachers in the profession, especially those from marginalized communities. She is the founder of a critical participatory action research collective, Reclaiming ME: Muslim Educators. The collective is conducting the first national study of Muslim American teachers in K-12 schools. Dr. Zaal has been awarded $500,000 from the Spencer Foundation to fund this study.
Dr. Zaal is the recipient of many honors, including awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Ford Foundation, and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She serves on the editorial board of the Bank Street Occasional Paper Series. Dr. Zaal earned her bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in Biological Sciences and Spanish, her master's degree in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College of Education, and her Ph.D. in Urban Education from the City University of New York.
Co-Hosts
We are excited to announce our two lead sponsors for the 18th Annual Liberation Based Healing Conference: our host, Montclair State University, and Tri-County Care Management Organization (CMO) of Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren Counties in New Jersey.
About the Conference
Since 2005, the Institute for Family Services has been bringing together health practitioners and therapists, community activists and organizers, educators, faith and community leaders, students and others during its annual conference. Participants engage in dialogue education with a focus on relational healing that embraces critical consciousness, empowerment and accountability. They also receive CEUs and get a chance to network with their peers from around the country.
Times
Start:
2023-11-03T09:00:00-04:00
End:
2023-11-04T17:00:00-04:00
Category
Other
Tickets
Student Group
40.0
USD
25
Student
50.0
USD
25
Professional Group Rate
170.0
USD
25
Professional
190.0
USD
25
