Belonging, Third Places, and Afro-Caribbean Ways of Ancient Healing Techniques in Latinx/é Practice
Fri, Mar 20
|Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Sentido de Pertenencia, Terceros Lugares y Técnicas de Sanación Ancestrales Afrocaribeñas en el Contexto de la Comunidad Latine
Time & Location
Mar 20, 2026, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, 100 C. Francisco Seín, San Juan, 00927, Puerto Rico
Summary
PRESENTERS: Priscilla Carmona, LCSW, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University
Dr. Jemel Aguilar, PhD, LCSW, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University
This bilingual workshop invites clinicians to examine bodegas in NY/NJ’s Caribbean diaspora as culturally focused third places linked to Santería and indigenous everyday mental health care—without appropriating sacred practice. The workshop targets language access, care deserts, and displacement while honoring and embracing religious and cultural practices. Participants will be engaged in photovoice-based activity to stimulate their thinking about the role of Bodegas in their lives and the lives of their clients.
Sentido de Pertenencia, Terceros Lugares y Técnicas de Sanación Ancestrales Afrocaribeñas en el Contexto de la Comunidad Latine
Este taller bilingüe invita a profesionales clínicos a examinar las bodegas en la diáspora caribeña de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey como espacios culturales esenciales, vinculados a la santería y a la atención cotidiana de la salud mental…