Shape Up San Francisco and the SFDPH Healthy Eating Active Living team invite you to join us for a Sugar & Decoloniality Workshop.
Dr. Amber McZeal will guide participants through a safe and sacred space to examine what it means to decolonize sugar, de-pathologize communities and the powerful (and often invisible) dynamics that push communities to the margin.
By attending this workshop, participants will:
- Network with mission-aligned organizations;
- Integrate movement into our learning;
- Increase understanding of sugar production, sugar addiction and its colonial roots; and
- Discuss how we can use policies and systems level strategies to decolonize food, re-center and value the communities that have been pushed to the margins.
Coffee and lunch will be served.
A 30-minute yoga session will be led by Saeeda Hafiz. If you would like to participate, please bring a yoga mat. The first 20 participants to arrive will receive a free yoga mat.
Amber McZeal – Writer, vocalist, Sacred Scholar, and artivist, Amber utilizes sound therapy and guided somatic imagery to engage the knowledge of the body within an interactive and liberatory arts practice. Amber weaves somatic praxis with social justice and Afro-Indigenous Spiritual technologies—deep decoloniality—in her efforts to end oppression and create more humane social relationships. Amber holds an MA in Somatic Depth psychology and conducted doctoral research exploring Radical Love Traditions and the decolonial turn in maternal healthcare at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA.
Saeeda Hafiz is a yoga teacher, author, and wellness expert with certifications from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, the Natural Gourmet Institute. She is also a graduate of Temple University. As a holistic health educator with the San Francisco Unified School District, she focuses on sharing her knowledge of physical and mental wellness with diverse groups. She has appeared on various podcasts, radio, and television programs and has been featured in several national and regional publications. Her public speaking engagements have educated the public in yoga, holistic nutrition, and healthy living from coast to coast.
Space is limited so sign up to get a spot
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