Black Feminism as a Guiding Light for Scholar-Activism
Friday, December 3rd
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Della V. Mosley, Ph.D.
Dr. Della V. Mosley intentionally uses her doctorate in counseling psychology, CV of radical research, history counseling Black youth and queer and transgender People of Color (QTPOC), experience organizing and doing movement work under a Black queer feminist framework, lessons learned in community with her squad of incredible mentors and mentees, history as an educator, and life as a Black queer woman to promote wellness and survival for folx who are systematically excluded from it. She focuses on social justice, prevention, holistic wellness, and strengths in her work. She co-founded Academics for Black Survival and Wellness (#Academics4BlackLives), is the founding director of the WELLS Healing, Research, and Consultation Collective, a proud member of the Psychology of Radical Healing Collective, and an American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellow. She also recently gave a TEDx talk entitled "Moving from Woke to Working for Black Futures."
Pearis Bellamy, M.S.
Pearis Bellamy, M.S. is a fourth-year counseling psychology doctoral candidate at the University of Florida. Pearis' research and clinical interests include trauma specifically intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and racial trauma. As a Black doctoral student studying and experiencing racial trauma, Pearis dreamed up Academics for Black Survival and Wellness, alongside her mentor, Dr. Della V. Mosley, in hopes of providing healing and support for Black people through collective action in academia. The initiative has garnered over 15,000 participants from across the world who participate in anti-racism trainings centered on accountability and action (non-Black participants) and wellness workshops and experiences (Black participants). Pearis has received awards from APA Divisions 17 and 56 as well as the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender.