Y. CONCEPCIóN Santos
MS. R-DMT
COMMUNITY HEALER & Dance Activist
photo: LP21 Community Workshops, NYC. 2017
AFROCENTRIC
CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES.
Afro-Centric Creative Arts Therapies (ACCAT), is a community oriented and creative approach to mental health. Rooted in reparative justice ACCAT focuses healing through a multimodal method to achieve a balance well-being. The healing journey is centered in the ability to integrate socio-political and cultural affirmation engaging the participant in a process of self-awareness, self-expression and joy.
INTENTION,
IMPROVISATION
& BALANCE
ACCAT aims to support people of all ages with an intergenerational technique focused on building community centered spaces inspired by creative dynamics, practices, and experientials that support connections to the self and others. Walk (Dance) in your truth while nurturing the body, mind & spirit. We embrace the Afro Diasporic experience and we hope to create space that honors story and body memory evoking pride and joy.
CYPHER/BATEY
The vital circle. The cycle of ideas. The cornerstone of the restorative process. The root of Afro-Caribbean art making.
BODY MIND SPIRT
Our story, visible, connected, valued. Space free of judgement in support of transformation. A genuine-radical relationship with the self. Incited by integrity that nurtures critical thinking. To move in connection with the greater community.