Practice of collective indifference towards the processes of overall eradication to the identity, history, stories, and culture of a group, rendering them invisible.

Preferred description for people who endured/suffered under chattel slavery rather than “slave”—enslavement is a condition not an identity.

Notion attributed to W. E. B. Du Bois that black folks are able to see racialized events and structuring from two perspectives—that of the majority group and their own—at the same time.

The practice of using the former name of a transgender person—the name they were given at birth rather than the name they have chosen for themselves.

A belief that one should treat all persons equally, without regard to their race.

European effort to maintain control of weaker nations made palpable by language eradication, land dispossession, and governing hegemony; the United States followed a similar policy in the Philippines, the Caribbean, Latin America, and importantly North America’s Indigenous.

Group of individuals who share a similar socioeconomic status.

Denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex.

An international activist movement bringing justice, healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe. #BlackLivesMatter was founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi.

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Attempts to avoid non-white people and communities or to be formal, correct, and cold in dealings with them.

Process of taking on social and cultural traits of the majority race in the nation in which one resides.

A practice, set of beliefs, and value system that recognizes the historic oppression and violence perpetuated against Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American bodies in the US and that works to educate people about this oppression and to end that oppression in our current day.

Someone who is educating themselves about anti-racism and actively working to educate others about anti-racism and who works to end racism and other forms of intersectional oppression.

All Lives Matter: A slogan used to demean and challenge the Black Lives Matter Movement, and maintaining a perspective centered upon "racial dismissal, ignoring, and denial.”

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to adapt to changes in an individual's environment by creating new neural connections over time. It explains how the human brain is able to master new skills, store new memories, adapt, and even recover after a traumatic brain injury or traumatic exposure.

Creative arts therapy, often referred to as “Art Therapy”, seeks to improve clients' overall physical and mental well-being. This modality uses techniques derived from various art forms to improve coordination and communication, increase social function, and enable the expression and processing of feelings.

Expressive Art Therapies are the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy, including the distinct disciplines of: expressive arts therapy and creative arts therapy. Unlike traditional art expression, emphasis is placed on the process rather than the final product.

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is defined as the psychotherapeutic use of body movement to promote cognitive, social, emotional, and physical integration, for the purpose of improving physical and mental health, and overall well-being.

Somatic Education is a method of teaching folks how to release chronic muscle tension, improve posture and movement, so they may feel free of the pain and damage they are experiencing in their bodies.