HANIFA NAYO
WASHINGTON
Creating Beloved Communnity Through
Sacred Activism & Healing Justice
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Sanctuary for Black Women
The waitlist for the second Beckley Retreats Sanctuary for Black Women program is now open.
The transformative potential of psilocybin-assisted experiences is profound. This retreat will be open to Black women across the diaspora. Join a world class team of facilitators who—as Black women—are honored to hold this sacred space. A true sanctuary, this experience is centered on rest, reflection, nourishment, play, and release as we celebrate living in our collective power and being the architects of our own liberation.
This program is created by Black women for Black women from across the diaspora. S
Five years ago if you would have told me I was going to be a Founding Team Member of Fireside Project and help birth the first national Psychedelic Peer Support Line and that we’d be featured in Essence Magazine openly talking about psilocybin and psychedelic harm reduction I would’ve laughed straight in your face.. but here we are in digital and in print! What a way to end the year!
I’m so proud of Audrey Williams (@audreypatriciaw IG) for following her heart wisdom and pitching this to her editors! Let’s go Black media! We need to be talking about these topics. You can always count on Essence to lead the way!
“Because of the war on drugs, because of the war on Black people, we’ve been scared out of this relationship,” she says. “It’s time for us to reclaim that. The psychedelic wellness it can offer is real, and it is for us.” She emphasizes, however, that users must thoughtfully prepare for a trip and subsequent integration—the process of downloading the experience afterward. Fireside Project provides education around both and its peer support line offers trained volunteers who serve as companions for people undergoing a psychedelic experience in real-time.” - Hanifa Nayo Washington
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About
Hanifa Nayo Washington, she/her/hers, is a dynamic leader and transformational healer, with 25 years of values based leadership. Her unique interdisciplinary roles as a healing justice practitioner, communications strategist, digital creative, and sacred ritualist distinguish her in the realm of social change. Her life’s work merges the practices of mindfulness, healing, placemaking, and social justice, with cultivating organizations, gatherings, spaces, and experiences rooted in the principles of beloved community.
A burgeoning thought leader in the field of psychedelics on matters of equity, access, and affinity justice, Hanifa has addressed many different audiences from conferences and trainings, to top rated podcasts and publications. She has been featured in an ever growing number of articles from Essence to Business Insider. Hanifa is invested in actively shaping the infrastructure for equitable access to legal, safe, and effective psychedelic-assisted healing and wellness for marginalized communities in the US. Hanifa is the Co-Lead Investigator for the national Psychedelic Health Equity Initiative. In Oregon, she facilitated the Psilocybin Equity Project with Oregon Psilocybin Services and serves on the Community Advisory Council of the Oregon Psilocybin Evaluation Nexus.
Adding to her 15+ years as a transformational healer, Hanifa secured her psilocybin facilitator training certificate in Oregon from InnerTrek and is developing psilocybin-assisted healing and wellness experiences for BILAPOC communities. Hanifa, is Founding Team Emerita of Fireside Project, a nonprofit that is creating systemic change in the field of psychedelics in three key domains: safety, diversity, and equitable access. Through supporting the launch of Fireside Project's Psychedelic Peer Support Line, Hanifa has played a pivotal role in establishing a nationwide safety net, significantly reducing emergency calls and hospitalizations while providing free, high-quality care. Since its launch in April 2021, the support line has received over 30,000 calls.
In addition to these impactful endeavors, Hanifa co-founded One Village Healing, an online space dedicated to healing, resilience, and psychedelic wellness, with a focus on BIPOC communities. Hanifa, is an award winning artist, masterful storyteller, and world traveler, who graduated with a B.A. from Beloit College in Communication Theory and Russian & Soviet Studies. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Hanifa is currently living her best life exploring the west coast of the United States.
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