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Celebrating Family: Healing Alienation & Broken Stories
We’re not a broken family or a broken people, we just have broken stories!
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“Teach with that African love. We need it
badly. Call us together to share our family
love stories. We all have them if we have
been paying attention." Dr. J. King
“Teach with that African love.
We need it badly.
Call us together to share our family
love stories. We all have them if we
have been paying attention."
J. King
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What are the shared family stores
that make us a family?
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Where are the family stories with heroes,
sheros, villains, rogues, martyrs, rebels,
intrigue, suspense, that can teach us values,
Black identity, and critical decision-making?
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Where are the ones that shield the family from
adversity, that make you get up when you’re
down?
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Where are the stories that remind you - that
your actions, thoughts, emotions are significant;
that remind you that your’s family’s and our
people’s actions were and are significant?
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Who will fix the ones that tell you otherwise?
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Grandma’ Hettie Tucker
Will those stories die when
the elders are no longer able
to tell them?
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What are the shared family stores that
make us a family and extended family?
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Where are the family stories with heroes,
sheros, villians, rogues, martyrs, rebels,
intrigue, suspense, that can teach us values,
Black indentity, and critical decision-
making?
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Where are the ones that shield the family
from adversity, that make you get up when
you’re down, that say that you matter?
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Who will fix the ones that tell you otherwise?
Healing Stories
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Other people’s stories stream around us -
podcasts, newscasts, reality TV, NETFLIX, ESPN,
social media, magazines, books, sound tracts,
classrooms, mistrusted opinions, and more. All
of them advocating something: an attitude,
outlook, a value, a fact, a product, a worldview to
twist our experience.
They encourage us to tell stories of admiration
and forgiving for them while disdain and
deficiency become story standards for our family
and our people. Under the alien’s influence, our
Broken Stories
Aliens are not just characters from Star Trek.
They are from outside our community,
community interest, and culture.
We’re not a broken family or a broken-
people, we just have broken stories!
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grandmothers’ stories and wisdom pearls become
disposable costume jewelry, our grandfathers’
determination and work become puny and pitiful.
His mistakes are wildly amplified and unforgivable.
So are ours. Our past injuries become iron shackles.
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Alien Stories
Will those stories die when
the elders are no longer able
to tell them?
Other people’s stories stream around us - podcasts,
newscasts, reality TV, NETFLIX, ESPN, social
media, magazines, books, sound tracts,
classrooms, mistrusted opinions, and more. All of
them advocating something: an attitude, outlook, a
value, a fact, a product, a worldview to twist our
experience.
They encourage us to tell stories of admiration and
forgiving for them while disdain and deficiency
become story standards for our family and our
people. Under the alien’s influence, our
grandmothers’ stories and
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The characters in our life’s stories have no
collective purpose or cultural imperative. They
have no real lessons to teach - except how to
compensate for our lack or how to avoid or
better serve the alien.
Twisted in thousands of little ways - our words
cut deeply: “I can’t,” “You ain’t worth nothin’,”
“What did ‘they’ say?” Some have even mouthed
that “We’re our own worse enemy.” Returning
from their journey, our story heroes and
heroines are decorated by the alien and
triumphant over the enemy within. Our bodies
dramatize the twisted story scripts leaving
suicide notes as the final chapter of our life story.
Under the power of alien stories delusion,
compensation - and even protests - disguise our
surrender. Resistance is futile.
The alien’s mind-trick used to be our cultural
strength - stories! It’s time to reclaim our
birthright.
We are THE storytellers.
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wisdom pearls become disposable costume
jewelry, our grandfathers’ determination and
work become puny and pitiful. His mistakes are
wildly amplified and unforgivable. So are ours.
Our past injuries become iron shackles.
The characters in our life’s stories have no
collective purpose or cultural imperative. They
have no real lessons to teach - except how to
compensate for our lack or how to avoid or better
serve the alien.
Broken Stories
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Can mere family stories protect us? Can they
direct our focus in the sea of madness?
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Just as David loaded his slingshot with rocks,
you’re loading yours - with stories.
You already know the power of stories. They
shape us, tell us how to interpret our
experience, and how to relate to one another.
They even tell us what’s possible.
Our Power
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Have you shared your stories and the family
stories of character, vision, values and lessons
that will direct and protect the family against
the rough winds of the future?
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Have you gathered the stories of yester-year so
when our story falters, you can lean on shared
stories to sustain you or get your message
through?
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The Future
Time Flies…
Farasha Simmon, author @ FLP Conference
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Have you shared your stories and the
family stories (character, vision, values)
that will protect your children and
family against the rough winds of the
future?
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Have you gathered the stories of yester-
year so when our story falters, you can
lean on shared stories to sustain you?
The Future
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Testimonials
“Salute my brother. The power of OUR stories
and the much needed lessons that can be gleaned
from them." - E. Caver
"Baba, you have spoken to my spirit. I
am also step mom of a child born under
challenging circumstances. My
relationship with my husband’s son is
non-existent. Much hurt and pain keep
us separated but heart prays for healing
and forgiveness all around. Thank you
for sharing and being a witness."
M. Sampson
Testimonials
“Salute, my brother. You demonstrate
the power of OUR stories and the
much needed lessons that can be
gleaned from them." - E. Caver
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Family,
Please join me for this family-
changing course:
Celebrating Family &
Healing Alienattion & Broken Stories
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Wekesa Madzimoyo -
Educator, Storyologist
When: Saturdays mornings
11:30am -1:30pm Eastern
Jan. Feb. March
Free Orientation
Dec. 26th, 2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Regular Classes: Saturdays mornings
11:30am-1:30pm Eastern
Saturdays - Jan 9, 23, 30 - 2021
Saturdays - Feb. 13, 27 - 2021
Saturday - March 13th 2021
Wekesa
Madzimoyo -
Educator,
Storyologist
Join me in this wonderful
course:
Celebrating Family & Healing Broken Stories
I will personally teach each session online-live via Zoom Free Orientation Dec. 26th, 2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Regular Classes: Saturdays mornings 11:30am-1:30pm Eastern Saturdays - Jan 9, 23, 30 - 2021 Saturdays - Feb. 13, 27 - 2021 Saturday - March 13th 2021
The Course
For years now, we’ve been helping our youth and their
parents find, curate, tell and publish their family stories.
This course - Celebrating Family by Healing Alienation
and Broken Stories (HABS) - is primarily for adults and for
those wishing to host our youth FLP sites.
While the youth version is aimed at healing alienation and
motivating academics, the adult version adds “healing
broken stories.” Both are about celebrating and connecting
family and culture.
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This Course Helps You
Find family stories Curate them Write them Tell them Heal those that are broken Overcome story-telling fears Re-connect family through stories
The Course
For years now, we’ve been helping our youth and
their parents find, curate, tell and publish their
family stories.
This course - Celebrating Family by Healing
Alienation and Broken Stories - is primarily for
adults and for those wishing to host our physical
youth sites.
While the youth version is aimed at healing
alienation and motivating academics, the adult
version adds “healing broken stories.” Both are
about celebrating and connecting family.
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Three months of training and supportive
immersion which includes registration for
our upcoming Family-Lore Project
conference
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Six live online sessions- attend from
anywhere phone/tablet/computer
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Videos of all training - watch again and
again
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Online portal - use private resource area for
ideas, inspiration, options
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Get:
Baba Dammon Muhammed and student
authors @ FLP Conference
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Three months of training and
supportive immersion including
registration for our upcoming
Family-Lore Project conference.
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Six live online sessions- attend from
anywhere phone/tablet/computer
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Videos of all training - watch again
and again
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Online portal - use private resource
area for ideas, inspiration, options
Get:
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A supportive community - inspire and get
inspired to collect, reflect, write & share
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Support to get your family and extended
family involved
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Your own publishing blog - family can see
and interact
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Opportunity to be included in national
FLP publications
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Get:
The Acachi Family: FLP authors
Over the years, people are at first excited about family stories,
then after a week or so, they seem to not be able to find
anymore.
Oppression and injected oppression have hidden them, or
distorted them. They are still there - mountains of them, and
even more just beneath the surface.
We’ve become convinced to devour others’
stories. We miss our love stories, our clutch
decision stories, our transformational stories, our heroic or
sheroic stories. It’s dangerious to see the world through others’
lenses.
This Course Helps You:
Use your personal interest as a guide
Use your culture as a guide
Find family mission narratives
Use standard and non-standard themes
Get past family taboos that blind you
Connect to various family members
Interview family members
Use triangulation to verify stories
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Finding Stories
Over the years, people are initially excited about
family stories, then after a week or so, they seem
to not be able to find anymore.
It’s not apathy; oppression and injected
oppression have hidden them, or distorted them.
They are still there - mountains of them, and
even more just beneath the surface. Let’s find
them!
Finding Stories
This course will help you analyze individual
stories, and synthesize the insights within them,
then digitally or orally, package your collective
findings.
Within the context of the Internet and the
digital age, we use the term ‘content curation’
to describe the process for gathering, organising
and presenting information in relation to your
family and our culture. We use reflective and
analytical processes to gain insight. This is
expressed as blog posts, visually appealing
reports, story extracts or featured stories.
Find Hidden Insights:
Family mission
Controlling family narratives
Survival strategies
Motivations
Migration narratives
Rebellion & hidden cultural components
Broken stories that lead to broken lives
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Curating Stories
This course will help you analyze individual
stories, and synthesize the insights within
them, then digitally or orally, package your
collective findings.
Within the context of the Internet and the
digital age, we use the term ‘content
curation’ to describe the process for
gathering, organising and presenting
information in relation to your family. We
use reflective and analytical processes to gain
insight. This is then expressed as blog posts,
visually appealing reports, story extracts or
featured stories.
Typical Insights Re:
Family mission
Controlling family narratives
Survival
Movin’ on up!
Migration
Rebels
Broken
storie
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Curating Stories
Writing Stories
We’re not writing books in this class. We’re
finding and writing the gems from which great
stories are told and great books are made. We’re
writing reflections, analysis, interviews , and
stories - sometimes pieces of stories. We’re
writing about family prose, poetry, proverbs,
sayings, recipies, photographs, quilts, cars.
family lore!
Intimidated? Be encouraged! Wherever we find
them, we write about them - a sentence, an
essay, an article. It’s all good.
We’re not writing books in this class. We’re
finding and writing the gems from which great
stories are told and great books are made.
We’re writing reflections, analysis, interviews ,
and stories - sometimes pieces of stories. We’re
writing about family prose, poetry, proverbs,
sayings, recipies, photographs, quilts, cars.
family lore!
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Writing Stories
Intimidated? Be encouraged! Wherever we
find them, we write about them - a sentence,
an essay, an article. It’s all good.
Broken Stories?
“The stories we live by can be broken. They no
longer adequately explain our experience or give us
enough reason to get up in the morning. Sometimes
we come to doubt there is any story to our life at all.
We lose any sense of ourselves as characters making
significant choices. In such cases, we need to heal
our broken stories. The best cure for a broken story is
a new story.” D. Taylor
Re-write them!
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Telling Stories
Not only will we help you find the
stories, we’ll help you become a
better storyteller as well.
After-all, this is about connecting to
family. Stories are an inexhaustable
resource for connecting and healing.
You will surprise yourself.
Discover the Djali or Djalimuso (griot) in you!
Add your voice and your family
stories to keep the Afrikan oral
storytelling tradition alive.
Telling Stories
Not only will we help you find the
stories, we’ll help you become a
better storyteller as well.
After-all, this is about connecting to
family. Stories are an inexhaustable
resource for connecting and healing.
You will surprise yourself.
Discover the Djali or Djalimuso (griot) in you!
Add your voice and your family
stories to keep the Afrikan oral
storytelling tradition alive.
Goal: A Baker’s Dozen
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That extra little bit makes it oh
so sweet!
Out of the many many story
items you’ll find on this jour-
ney, we’ll support you develop-
ing 13!
Some of them will help forge
better connections. Others will
transform broken stories into
stories of peace and power. All
of them will celebrate your
family-lore and legacy.
HOME
Goal: A Baker’s Dozen
That extra little bit
makes it oh so sweet!
Out of the many many story items
you’ll find on this journey, we’ll
support you developing 13!
Some of them will help forge bet-
ter connections. Others will trans-
form broken stories into stories of
joy, peace and power. All of them
will celebrate your family-lore and
legacy.
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Family,
Please join me for this family-
changing course:
Celebrating Family &
Healing Alienattion & Broken Stories
19
Wekesa Madzimoyo -
Educator, Storyologist
When: Saturdays mornings
11:30am -1:30pm Eastern
Jan. Feb. March
Free Orientation
Dec. 26th, 2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Regular Classes: Saturdays mornings
11:30am-1:30pm Eastern
Saturdays - Jan 9, 23, 30 - 2021
Saturdays - Feb. 13, 27 - 2021
Saturday - March 13th 2021
Wekesa
Madzimoyo -
Educator,
Storyologist
Join me in this wonderful
course:
Celebrating Family & Healing Broken Stories
I will personally teach each session online-live via Zoom Free Orientation Dec. 26th, 2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Regular Classes: Saturdays mornings 11:30am-1:30pm Eastern Saturdays - Jan 9, 23, 30 - 2021 Saturdays - Feb. 13, 27 - 2021 Saturday - March 13th 2021
This three month course with personal coaching from me is usually $499.
I want to get started fast, so I’ve discounted the registration fee to only $239
That’s less than $39.83 per class. Monthly payment options available.
Why Discounted?
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I’m trying to get it in before my hectic summer travel schedule starts.
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I wanted to start it in Feb. Now, the free orientation starts in less than two weeks.
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This Family-Lore and Storytelling From the Inside-Out has made a powerful,
difference in my life and want others to experience that power as well.
In addition to the course itself, your tution includes registration to our annual Family-Lore Project conference
in Atlanta, an online portal for storing, sorting, sharing your discoveries, and your own private social media
intranet for community and support between classes.
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This $499 course has been
discounted to $239.
That’s less than $40.00 per class
This includes:
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Bring an additional family member with you
for no extra fee!
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Paid registration to our upcoming Family-Lore
Project conference.
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Portal for storing and sorting your discoveries
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Private group sharing area - our own priviate
social media intranet for community sharing
and support.
Tuition
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Family-Lore Project
Celebrating Family & Healing Broken Stories
Registration
One-time Payment
$499.00
Registration
Three Monthly Payments
$83.33 (total: $250)
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Family-Lore Project
One-time Payment
$499.00
Registration
Three Monthly Payments
$83.33 (total: $250)
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course offers you, if you decide that this is
not the right time for you to join us in
Celebrating Family &
Healing Broken Stories
Please subscribe to our HABS mailing list. We’ll keep you abreast of new courses, new developments, scholarship opportunities and Family-Lore Project conferences.
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FLP Conference 2020
After perusing this site, if you decide this is
not the right time for you to join us in
Celebrating Family &
Healing Broken Stories
Please subscribe to our HABS mailing list. We’ll keep you abreast of new courses, new developments, scholarship opportunities and Family-Lore Project conferences.
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Contact
Afiya O. Madzimoyo Telephone : 404-532-9958 Email : afiyao@gmail.com Website : www.ayaed.com/habs Address : 852 Brafferton PL Stone Mountain, GA 30038
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Family-Lore Project of
AYA Educational Institute
Celebrating Family & Healing Broken Stories
Papa & Grandma Maggie
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