An opportunity for Black bodies to do embodied work of supporting community through crisis together by working the materials of Resmaa Menakem.

If you’ve already completed a training in psychological first aid, or PFA, thank you. Unfortunately, most trainings in psychological first aid offer zero training, grounding, or insights on the racialized aspects of trauma and emergencies. Yet in America today, many disasters, emergencies, and other traumatic events are racialized. This training fills that gap.

Embodied Somatic Abolitionism Cultural First Aid (ESACFA) works closely with the needs, signals, and energies of human bodies, both individually and communally. ESACFA can be practiced by anyone with the proper training, a malleable heart, a thickened skin, and a fortified mindset. Sooner or later, disaster will strike in your life, just as it does in everyone’s. This training can enable you to assist others as they experience trauma, shock, or confusion. It can also help you respond wisely when the unfolding events are racialized.