MOTTO
Destigmatizing, Decolonizing and Depathologizing Mental Health Together- Where SANKOFA meets UBUNTU!
Vision
To promote Wellness Empowered sacred spaces, Collective Liberation, Radical Healing and Equitable Co-Existence in Culturally, Psychologically and Somatically Safe Communities!
MISSION
To provide Canada-wide Africentric centred mental wellness services that are culturally responsive, collective liberation focussed, and identity affirming to people of African descent who are racialized as Black, Indigenous Peoples and all aligned, racialized and minoritized people.
OUR 7 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Ubuntu (humanity)
We are a people first and community centred organization that strongly believes "it takes a village" to build healthy communities, hence we work in collaboration with our clients and partner with other professionals and stakeholders to promote collective healing and intergenerational healing.
Umoja (unity)
We believe celebrating all intersectional identities promotes diversity, inclusion and equity that contribute towards building equal access to quality mental health and wellness services for all people, which fosters solidarity & unity.
Umusa (kindness)
We embody kindness at all levels of our work, from the first phone call or email all the way to the continuation and termination of services.
Uthando ( radical love)
We are grounded in love and anchored in spirituality, which allows us to non- judgementally bear witness to sacred stories that create psychological safety with utmost respect, cultural humility, understanding and unconditional acceptance.
Uzwelo (compassion)
We believe all voices deserve to be empathetically heard and all stories are sacred; hence we pledge to respect and mindfully honour all lived experiences with compassion and curiosity.
Ubuqotho (Integrity)
We conduct all aspects of our work with transparency, honesty and truthfulness; always acting in the best interest of the clients and abiding by all the ethical standards and Code of Conduct put forth by ACSW, OCSWSSW and ASWNC.
Ulwazi (knowledge seeking)
Our ways of knowing are grounded in the teachings of many elders that we have met along the way and we continue to learn from everyone that we meet. The unlearning, relearning and learning journey is lifelong long one, always shifting, always evolving.
