Connecticut Landmarks presents: “history in aCTion”
New virtual series hosted by the Hempsted Houses will explore the history of environmental racism and abolition.
New London , CT – Connecticut Landmarks’ Hempsted Houses will host a new multi-part history in aCTion virtual event series on topics surrounding racial trauma, environmental racism, and abolition.
The series will premiere on Thursday, September 24 th from 6 to 7:30 pm with Racial Trauma & Mental Health. Join panelists Yanique Grant (Courage to Be LLC) and Janelle Posey-Green (co-owner of Magnolia Wellness) for a presentation about the local and general history of racism in public health and its impact on mental health.
Racial Trauma & Mental Health will cover the history of systemic racism and link it to modern day oppression, specifically in the mental health and medical fields. This program will discuss the distrust between the black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) community and mental health and medical providers, and explore how current racist practices contribute to post traumatic slave syndrome. Our panelists will also touch on white fragility and microaggression but will save the in-depth discussion for our ally healing forum. Advanced registration is required at https://bit.ly/3kvAiRw
On Friday, October 9 th from 6 to 7 pm, Yanique Grant and Janelle Posey-Green return with Kelvin Young (Community Health Worker at InterCommunity HealthCare in Hartford, CT and certified Sound Healer) to create a BIPOC Healing Space. Our speakers will teach participants how to find medical providers helping with racial trauma, provide tips for helping with mental and emotional health, and provide a sound healing session. Advanced registration is required at https://bit.ly/2RCJs2b
The first series will conclude on Saturday, October 10 th from 11 am to noon with a White Ally Space. Yanique Grant and Janelle Posey-Green will teach participants how to manage and work through emotions related to race and racism, as well as how to move through the fatigue of allyship. Advanced registration is required at https://bit.ly/3kxyZSq
Our virtual history in aCTion series, will be presented through Zoom, and also accessible through Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/HempstedHouses.
Advanced registration is not required to watch it on Facebook live or following the event. The free event series is supported in part by: the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut; and the Chelsea Groton Foundation, Inc.
For more information, visit www.ctlandmarks.org; https://www.facebook.com/HempstedHouses, email hempsted@ctlandmarks.org; or call (860) 443-7949.
About Yanique Grant
Yanique Grant is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who has been working in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 2009. Yanique prides herself in her experience working with individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds and being able to identify with them in various ways. Yanique began her private practice, Courage to Be LLC, to focus on her specialty in complex trauma, racial trauma, and the effects that it has on various communities. Yanique holds a master’s degree in social work which she attained at Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter in New York City, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
About Janelle Posey-Green
Janelle Posey-Green, LCSW is co-owner of Magnolia Wellness, LLC located in New London, Connecticut. She merges holistic and African indigenous healing practices with psychotherapy to create a well-rounded healing experience. Janelle is a trained trauma and EMDR therapist and specializes working with women as well as those experiencing raced based stress. Janelle is also the founder and president of the Southeastern CT Naturalistas, an organization to help people of color learn how to care for and embrace their natural hair. Most recently, Janelle created the CT BIPOC Mental Health & Wellness Initiative in June 2020 as a response to the double pandemic (Covid-19 & Racism) affecting Americans in the BIPOC community.
About Kelvin Young
Kelvin Young is a Sound Healer and Community Health Worker at InterCommunity HealthCare. Kelvin received his recovery coach certification from CT Community for Addiction Recovery and has presented around the country in diverse settings, including yoga studios, retreat centers, conferences, colleges, prisons, addiction treatment centers, psychiatric inpatient units at state hospitals and mental health agencies. In 2017, Kelvin was presented with the Dr. F. Marcus Brown Memorial Integrative Medicine Award for exceptional commitment to incorporating integrative medicine within CT Valley Hospital. Kelvin was featured in a powerful documentary on trauma, addiction and recovery called Uprooting Addiction. He is also a founding member of CT Black Mental Health and Wellness Initiative and was inducted into the CT Hall of Change in September, 2020. For more information, visit:
https://kelvinbyoung.com/about-kelvin-young
About The Hempsted Houses
The 1678 Joshua Hempsted House is the oldest house in New London and is one of New England’s best-documented dwellings. Adjacent to the Joshua Hempsted House is a rare stone house built in 1759 by Nathaniel Hempsted. Both structures survived the 1781 burning of New London and stand today as testaments of 17th and 18th-century daily life. The Hempsted Houses engage the public in understanding the historical roots, development, and current-day implications of issues related to equality and freedom, with a special focus on slavery, through events like their annual Juneteenth Celebration, and empower people to make a difference.
About Connecticut Landmarks
Connecticut Landmarks uses historic properties to inspire an understanding of our complex past. Founded in 1936 as the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society, we are a state-wide network of ten significant historic properties that span four centuries of New England history. Our real-life stories, as told through our collections, make history matter. For more information, please visit www.ctlandmarks.org