Live, cohort-based courses taught by academics and practitioners.
Rooted in real-world application, community connection, and transformative learning.
Embodying Liberation
This course offers a transformative journey into embodied resistance and collective healing. Drawing on Sufi whirling, somatic release, and indigenous Palestinian practices, Ashira Active Meditation is a trauma-informed modality developed under siege and exile. Participants will explore how continuous trauma shapes the nervous system and how the body can be a site of both memory and liberation.
Meet the Instructor: Ashira Darwish is a Palestinian-Egyptian trauma therapist, journalist, and founder of Catharsis Holistic Healing and Ashira Active Meditation. She is a certified EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) practitioner, Reiki master, Neurolanguage Programming (NLP) practitioner, and a Kundalini teacher. Her work bridges ancestral wisdom, embodied healing, and liberation psychology. With over a decade of experience leading trauma retreats in Palestine, USA, Canada and Latin America, she integrates Sufi whirling, somatic therapy, and cultural practices to support communities affected by colonization, displacement, and intergenerational trauma.
The Art of Intentional Living
This course invites participants to embrace a more conscious and intentional way of living, grounded in sustainability, simplicity, and care for the Earth. Drawing from the zero-waste movement, indigenous wisdom, and behavioral psychology, participants will explore practical strategies to reduce environmental impact, shift daily habits, and foster deeper connections with the natural world. From slow living and chemical-free practices to effective environmental storytelling, the course offers tools to reimagine our relationship with land, community, and self—nurturing a lifestyle rooted in awareness, creativity, and collective well-being.
Meet the Instructor: Najla Abdellatif is a Swedish-Palestinian environmental advocate and founder of Zero Waste Palestine, a platform that inspires individuals across the Arab world to embrace mindful, waste-free living. With a background in Business and Economics, and advanced studies in Peace and Conflict, Environmental Psychology, Sustainability, and Environmental Leadership, she brings a rich interdisciplinary lens to her work. Through workshops, storytelling, and community engagement, Najla empowers people to reconnect with the natural world and live with greater intention. Her approach to climate work centers joy, cultural wisdom, and collective empowerment as essential pathways to environmental justice.
Find Your Voice
In this class, we unpack racial trauma, explore our identities, and find our voices in a world that often wants to silence us. We retrace history to understand how modern society upholds white supremacy and causes extensive harm to BIPOC communities. Using that knowledge, we consciously move away from white models of success, learn how to become more comfortable with our identities, and re-design our life based on the values that matter most to us. We will also learn how to leverage our power, and organize in community to usher in the systemic change we need.
Meet the Instructors: Sarah Seraj, Ph.D. is an outspoken psychologist, data-driven DEI Advisor, and the co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of A Better Force (ABF), a professional training and coaching organization that empowers individuals and companies to transform themselves through customized programs. Combining her expertise in psychology and data science with her lived experience as a woman of color and an immigrant, she aims to create more inclusive spaces for women, BIPOC, and other underrepresented groups by addressing systemic inequalities within organizations. Sarah got her PhD in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021.
Saamiya Seraj, Ph.D. is a fierce BIPOC coach and consultant, creating anti-oppressive workplaces and communities, through her role as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of A Better Force (ABF), a leadership development organization. With a background in engineering, organizational development, and equity advocacy, Saamiya brings a systems-thinking approach to building more inclusive and empowering workspaces. She leverages both her technical expertise and lived experience as a South Asian Muslim immigrant, and cancer survivor to challenge the status quo in leadership development and help organizations foster lasting change.