Unlock to Bloom: Living the Revolution!

Join us for a healing workshop geared towards unlocking new parts of yourself, led by scholar, professor, and Gettysburg College Director of Peace and Justice Studies Dr. Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams. In an age marked by overlapping ecological, political, and social catastrophes, we need more than one revolutionary path forward. Dr. Williams believes that each of us has unique “fingerprinted” gifts meant for this moment. To unlock them—across body, mind, spirit, and intellect—is to move toward wholeness, realignment, and the ability to truly bloom.

This workshop is geared toward participants that are 18 years and older. It will involve a restorative circle, guided reflection, a presentation on micro-revolutions and justice-grounded leadership, and some movement designed to encourage openness and ease. Participants should come in comfortable clothing suitable for light movement, along with a blanket or pillow, and an object of sentimental value. Please plan to arrive a few minutes early as the workshop will begin promptly at noon. 

Come prepared to reflect, repair, and re-envision. The love revolution is at hand!

Dr. Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams is a native of Laventille, Trinidad & Tobago. He is the inaugural Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach Professor of Peace & Justice Studies and Associate Professor & Chair of Africana Studies at Gettysburg College (PA, USA). He received his BA (Hons) in Psychology from St. Francis College (Brooklyn), and his Master of Arts, Master of Education, and Doctor of Education in International and Educational Development/ Comparative Education with focuses in peace education and philosophy of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was a recipient (2022–2023) of a Fulbright Global Scholar Award and a Spencer Foundation Grant to conduct a year long project in Ghana, Brazil, Jamaica, and USA (Atlanta, GA). He will be writing a book on this project next year as a Visiting Scholar at the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has taught at the European Peace University, Drexel University, and University of San Francisco. He has travelled the world conducting workshops with parents, students, teachers, politicians and community leaders. You can learn more about Dr. Williams on his website.