Town Hall Seattle and The Center for Healing and Liberation present

Healing, Liberation, and the Journey of Three Black Men

Resmaa Menakem, Bayo Akomolafe, and Orland Bishop

Date: Thursday, October 30, 7:30 pm PDT

Cost: $10 – $35 Sliding Scale. Get Tickets

How might we respond to our time?

Join the Center for Healing and Liberation in partnership with Town Hall Seattle for a powerful evening of conversation and reflection with Resmaa Menakem, celebrated author of My Grandmother’s Hands, Bayo Akomolafe, internationally respected philosopher and poet, and Orland Bishop, visionary teacher and spiritual guide, renowned for his work in mentoring youth and cultivating cross-cultural healing.

Resmaa, Bayo, and Orland will share insights from their collaborative project, Three Black Men: A Journey into the Magical Otherwise. In 2023, they traced the transatlantic slave route in reverse, gathering with communities in Los Angeles (US), Salvador (Brazil), and Accra (Ghana). In each place, they convened with groups to share the forefront of their work and collectively explore Black identity, ancestral connection, and emerging possibilities for healing and action.

A new feature documentary film, Three Black Men, takes audiences into that journey. The film invites us to join the three men as they directly face the pain and promise of our world, and uncover the shining thread that connects ancestral power, contemporary justice movements, and not-yet-imagined futures.

This evening’s conversation will reflect on both the journey and the film.