Ijeruka

To all the lifelong learners, change-makers and Afro-visionaries, unlock a world of wisdom with Ijeruka ✨ Explore over 50 classes on culture, consciousness, and social and systems change, taught by leading African and Afro-diasporic minds. Browse our course library to sign up for live and on-demand courses, including replays front ones you may have missed. Check out: - (NEW) Cultural Architecture: Building Afrocentric Realities  - Digital Kinship  - Meeting Our Griots: Sobonfu Somé and the Art of Building Intimate Communities  - Designing Africa and the Diaspora - Restorying Afro-descendant Women and Social Change - Radical Hope: Rerooting Pan-African Histories and Futures And many more on the horizon!  Become a Vanguard member to unlock our entire course library for FREE. ijeruka.com

DESIGNING LOVING WORLDS: A Workshop with Yaa Adae is today! https://lu.ma/vj76fmwk Guided by the question, ‘what does it look like to return love to the systemically underloved?’, this 2-hour workshop invites us to: - Consider how design upholds structural violence - Imagine new ways of being together towards personal and collective healing. - Identify strategies for injecting love into our politics and praxis Date: June 20th Time: 7pm GMT Sign up with this link!

This exploration of Afro-aesthetics is just the beginning. If you're interested in diving deeper into the values that shape African aesthetics, our online course, "Cultural Architectures: Building Afrocentric Realities", offers a comprehensive exploration. Through this course, you'll gain a richer understanding of the principles, traditions, and philosophies that inform African art, music, literature, and more. cultural-architecture.com Join us on this journey!

This exploration of Afro-aesthetics is just the beginning. If you're interested in diving deeper into the values that shape African aesthetics, our online course, "Cultural Architectures: Building Afrocentric Realities", offers a comprehensive exploration. Through this course, you'll gain a richer understanding of the principles, traditions, and philosophies that inform African art, music, literature, and more. cultural-architecture.com Join us on this journey!

“A Spectator Cannot Stand in One Position to Appreciate the Beauty of the Masquerade Dance,.” (Igbo Proverb) Too often we rely on a singular narrative to the detriment of all others. When only see and understand the world through a singular, most times Western, lens we miss out on most of diverse wisdom that can be found in other cultures, voices, and worldviews. In our online course, ‘Cultural Architecture: Building Afrocentric Realities’, you’ll learn how to challenge hegemony, embrace plurality, and harness unique, diverse cultural assets to shape our lives and design a thriving, inclusive, liberated world. 📅 COURSE BEGINS JULY 2nd 👋🏾🚀 Sign up at cultural-architecture.com

Guided by the question, ‘what does it look like to return love to the systemically underloved?’, this 2-hour workshop with Yaa Addae invites us to: - Consider how design upholds structural violence - Imagine new ways of being together towards personal and collective healing. - Identify strategies for injecting love into our politics and praxis Date: June 20th Time: 7pm GMT +1 Sign up with this link! https://lu.ma/vj76fmwk

📢 🚨Calling all changemakers! We've updated the dates for our "Cultural Architecture" course to July 2nd-26th. Join us for an immersive exploration of Afrocentricity and its power to transform our lives and communities. 📅 What is Cultural Architecture? A 4-week online course designed to empower you with the tools to reimagine the world and design a future that celebrates African and Afro-diasporic identities. ___ Why This Course? ✳️ Afrocentric Values, Aesthetics and Worldviews: Kindle a deeper understanding of African and global black cultures, knowledge systems, and worldviews, drawing from a well of ancestral wisdom to inspire a progressive ethos for future generations. ✳️ Re-indigenise: Tune into the world around you, and into your own origin story to unearth hidden wisdom. Identify and leverage the unique cultural assets of your community to create positive change. ✳️ Cultivate cultural confidence: Learn to navigate and reshape the world by articulating a vision that’s grounded in personal and collective authenticity and wellbeing. Use your life and work as a canvas for realising these powerful visions. ✳️ Challenge dominant narratives: Master the art of weaving narratives that challenge mainstream perceptions and Eurocentric models, laying the groundwork for stories, spaces, and systems that reflect our diverse identities and aspirations. ✳️ Design a regenerative future: Equip yourself with tools, tactics, and techniques for integrating Afrocentric principles into daily life, from social life and systems design, to art and everyday interactions. ___ What You'll Learn: ✳️ The principles of Afrocentricity and how to apply them to your life and work. ✳️ Tools for social design and community building. ✳️ Strategies for cultivating cultural confidence and challenging dominant narratives. ✳️ Practical skills for creating a regenerative future. Who Should Join? Anyone interested in personal growth, social change, cultural revitalization, and building a more just and equitable world. How to Enroll:  Registration is now open for the new dates (July 2nd-26th). Secure your spot today! Head to cultural-architecture.com

Here’s what our members are listening to this week to keep their spirits up. 🪘🪇 What songs lift your spirit and make you feel empowered to forge ahead? Share in the comments!

🤩 Meet the visionaries behind Ijeruka, in our new series ‘Spotlights’! Ijeruka brings together brilliant people of African descent, across disciplines, generations, and the world. They aren’t just experts at the forefront of change — they are pioneers, empowering us to dream and enact new and regenerative ways of being, relating, and building our world together. In Spotlights, you’ll get the chance to hear their stories and learn from journeys. If you’re interested in pursuing #socialimpactcareers or learning about how leading black, African and Afro-diasporic changemakers and thought leaders are shaking things up and getting things done, then subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube channel! 💛 https://youtube.com/Ijeruka Ijeruka.com -newsletter

Learn about these inspiring figures who have influenced, pioneered and lived in the Afrocentric tradition, empowering black people globally to shape their own futures. Who else would you add to the list? Share your thoughts in the comments below!  ✨