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Intro to Psychedelics and Black People

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 from 1pm-3:30pm

The word psychedelic covers a lot of ground these days. Altered states of consciousness. Spiritual healing. Psychological health. Whiteness. Psychedelic culture is a white culture, and academic, corporate, and clinical money is commodifying it a little more every year. Black people are largely absent from those conversations. Not from the practices. From the conversations. That gap is not an accident. It was built. Our people have been working with plants and drums and altered states since long before there was a word for any of it, and now the field talks about access the way a landlord talks about a building he just bought. So what is a Black person supposed to make of this renaissance? And what does it have to do with what your grandmother already knew?

Join Rev. Ayize Jama-Everett, producer and director of A Table of Our Own, a documentary about Black people and psychedelics, for two and a half hours online on the history and the many cultures of Black people and plant medicine. We will look at what our traditions actually built, what the drug laws were actually sorting, and why the difference matters right now while the money is moving. There is data. There is drumming. There is disagreement, and room for it. You do not need to have taken anything. You do not need to know anything going in. Bring headphones, something to write with, and a question you have not said out loud.

 

The Spirit and Principles of Harm Reduction Support

Thursday, October 29th, 11am-12:30pm

Join Maurice Byrd, LMFT, Training Director at HRTC, for an exploration of the foundational beginnings of the harm reduction movement in the United States and the four parts that shaped its development. Examine the roots of harm reduction, how the movement has evolved, and what it means to embody the spirit of harm reduction in clinical practice today.

Through an exploration of the history and principles of harm reduction, participants will gain a greater understanding of why harm reduction treatment centers options, agency, and self-determination. The training will explore the continuum of substance use, the many reasons people use substances, and how clinicians can apply a harm reduction perspective to support people in making meaningful choices about their own lives and treatment.