Document Type
Audio File
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
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Recommended Citation
Razak, Arisika, "Embodying the Sacred: Unity, Diversity, Community" (2015). Founders Symposium. 10.
https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/founderssymposium/10
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Arisika Razak, MPH, is the previous Director of Diversity and former Chair of the Women’s Spirituality Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her teachings incorporate diverse spiritual traditions, women’s health and healing, and multicultural feminisms, with a special emphasis on the spiritualities and cultures of women of the African Diaspora. An inner-city midwife of over twenty years, Arisika has led healing workshops and ritual celebrations for women for over three decades. In addition, she has facilitated embodied spiritual workshops for women and men at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and East Bay Meditation Center. Her writings on womanism have been included in several books and journals, and her film credits include Alice Walker, Beauty in Truth; Fire Eyes, the first full length feature film by an African woman on female genital cutting; and Who Lives Who Dies a PBS special on health care services to underserved populations.