Program At-A-Glance

The Black & Indigenous Women’s Identities, Spirits, and Spiritualities certification is a 12-week immersive program for women ready to reconnect with ancestral wisdom and healing traditions. Meeting live each week, the program integrates scholarship, ritual, storytelling, and community dialogue to honor the legacies of our foremothers while addressing the realities of intergenerational trauma. Participants engage in guided readings, reflective practices, and group discussion, with access to a private discussion board and supplemental resources for continued integration. The certification supports both personal growth and professional development, helping participants deepen healing-centered knowledge, strengthen spiritual resilience, and reclaim the authority of their voices, bodies, and spirits.

What You'll Learn

  • How to remember and honor ancestral lineages as a source of wisdom and healing

  • Tools for recognizing and healing intergenerational trauma carried in the body, mind, and spirit

  • Ways to reclaim Indigenous and African-centered spiritual practices for daily life and community work

  • Practices to restore balance, joy, and embodied wholeness in the face of systemic oppression

  • How to cultivate community, sisterhood, and shared accountability through collective learning and ritual

  • Pathways for applying these teachings in your personal journey, professional practice, or community leadership

Course curriculum

This 12-week certification course includes three live sessions each week, with each session lasting two and a half hours. Each class blends lecture, discussion, and reflective practice to create an engaging and supportive learning environment. All sessions are recorded and shared so participants can revisit the material or catch up if they’re unable to attend live. In addition, Friday online discussion boards provide space for deeper dialogue, peer connection, and reflection between sessions. Live classes begin Wednesday 3/18 at 6pm CST.

    1. Course Introduction

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    2. Course Syllabus

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    1. Week One: Agenda & Zoom Link

    2. Week One: Class Recording

    3. Week One: Assignments

    4. Week One Reading: When God Was a Black Woman, Gibson (8-23)

    5. Week One Reading: Architects of Existence-Washington (1-12)

    6. Week One Reading: God Is A Black Woman, Cleveland (13-21)

    7. Creating an Ancestor Altar

    8. Shrine of the Mother: Jambalaya, Teish

    9. Course Lexicon

    10. Week Two: Assignments

    11. Week Two Reading: Architects of Existence-Washington (19-23)

    12. Week Two Reading: The Great Cosmic Mother: The Original Black Mother

    13. Week Three: Agenda

    14. Week Three: Assignments

    15. Week Three Reading: The Sibyls, The First Prophetess of Mami Wata (iii-26)

    16. Week Three Reading: When God Was a Black Woman (236-246)

    17. Module 1 Assignment: Imagining the Divine Black Feminine (Due 10/7)

    1. Week Four: Agenda

    2. Week Four: Assignments

    3. Week Four Reading: The Sibyls, The First Prophetess of Mami Wata (38-62)

    4. Week Four Reading: Architects of Existence (246-253)

    5. Week Five: Agenda

    6. Week Five: Assignments

    7. Week Five Reading: The Sybils (97-100)

    8. Week Five Reading: Spirits Come From Water (14-23)

    9. Week Five Reading: Body, Representation, & Black Religious Discourse

    10. Week Six: Agenda

    11. Week Six: Assignments

    12. Week Six Reading: The Day God Saw Me As Black (144-150)

    13. Module 2 Assignment: (Re)Membering Our Bodies (Due 11/5)

    1. Week Seven: Agenda

    2. Week Seven: Assignments

    3. Week Seven Reading: The Day God Saw Me As Black (125-143)

    4. Week Seven Reading: Beyond the Black Church

    5. Week Seven Reading: My Soul is a Witness

    6. Week Eight: Agenda

    7. Week Eight: Assignments

    8. Week Eight Reading: The Day God Saw Me As Black (105-120)

    9. Week Eight Reading: The Day God Saw Me as Black (p. 173-186)

    10. Week Nine: Agenda

    11. Week Nine: Assignments

    12. Week Nine Reading: The Day God Saw Me As Black (186-201)

    13. Week Nine Reading: The Day God Saw Me As Black (202-219)

    14. Module 3 Assignment: Reflection on Sacred Texts & Religious Origin Stories (Due 12/2/2025)

    1. Week Ten: Agenda

    2. Week Ten: Assignments

    3. Week Ten Reading: Spirit of Intimacy, A Song of Spirit, p. 12-21

    4. Week Ten Reading: Spirits Come From Water, Cultivating Spiritual Hygiene, p. 137-165

    5. Week Ten Reading: Sacred Instructions, Love of Thousands, p. 11-21

    6. Week Eleven: Agenda

    7. Week Eleven: Assignments

    8. Week Eleven Reading: Spirit of Intimacy, In the Ash Circle, p. 84-95

    9. Week Eleven Reading: Spirit of Intimacy, The Illusion of Romance, p. 96-101

    10. Week Eleven Reading: Spirit of Intimacy, Conflict a Spirit Gift, p.110-120

    11. Week Eleven Reading: Sacred Instructions, The Four Foundations of Self-Determined Societies, 197-219

    12. Module 4 Assignment: The Great Return — Capstone Community Project

About this course

  • 58 lessons
  • 30.5 hours of video content

Meet Your Course Instructor

Kimberly J. Davis, MBA, PhD

Lead Instructor Dr. Kimberly Davis

Dr. Kimberly J. Davis is a spiritual scholar, author, educator, and healing practitioner dedicated to helping Black women heal the effects of intergenerational trauma through ancestral wisdom, ritual, and embodied spiritual practice. She is the founder of Journey Healing Institute and the creator of the Soul-to-Soul Healing™ model, rooted in healing justice. A former corporate executive with an MBA in Finance, she now holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religion with a focus on Women’s Spirituality from CIIS, where she also teaches. Her published work includes multiple articles, a book chapter, and a phenomenological study on intergenerational healing through embodied spiritual practices. Dr. Kimberly J. has presented her research at Harvard Divinity, the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and the Association of Black Psychologists. Her writing blends scholarship, memoir, and sacred practice to empower personal and collective transformation.

Testimonials from Past Students

Our students are saying...

Course was breathtaking...

Raquel

I'm so grateful for all the teachings in this course. It brings me so much joy to be able to make connections from stories told by my grandmother about the Sibyls & Amazonian women. So much confirmation of women empowered and where it comes from HERstorically. Thank you for the correct image of hierarchy. I've passed it on to my children. This course was breath taking.

Big Mama and God is a Black woman!!!!

Goddess K

This course was exactly what I needed to advance fully into my journey of who I am. It helped me to understand completely who I am spiritually and my lineage. It helped as a container so that I can stay grounded in my knowledge and unveiling and to heed the call of big Mama and God is a black woman!!!! Thank you so much

Learning the "how" and "why rituals were demonized helped me shift

Keshia

Last week was particularly game changing for me. I was able to release the stigma around how how we honor our culture through rituals and alters. Learning the "how" and "why it was demonized helped me shift into what I need know to move forward. And learning the history of the sacred feminine and exactly what makes it so very sacred . Then taking it a step further and "seeing" it in myself - that is not separate from me.

This course was exactly what I needed to advance fully into my journey of who I am

Dionne

Taking this course was exactly what I needed to advance fully into my journey of who I am. It helped me to understand completely who I am spiritually and my lineage. It helped as a container so that I can stay grounded in my knowledge and unveiling and to heed the call of big Mama and God is a black woman!!!! My eyes are fully opened. Thank you so much

Program Bonuses

Additional valuable materials included in your program

  • Access to Scholarly Research Articles

    Research materials and articles to support theories, content, and practices will be provided. In addition, you will have access to rituals, meditations, and transformative spiritual healing journeys.

  • Community Pages

    Online community page for collaboration and support. Virtual sacred space to share lived experiences and receive support from program community members. Guided meditations, embodied journeys, journal prompts and other practical resources will be shared in this communal space.

  • Capstone Community Project

    The Capstone Community Project is a culminating offering that demonstrates the wisdom, practices, and healing you have cultivated throughout this program. Participants will design and create a healing practice, educational tool, or community-centered program that can be shared in community.

Enroll Today!

If you’re interested in joining the Spring cohort, review the program pricing options and enroll today. Space is limited, and payment plans are available. See pricing options below.

Pricing options

We offer three pricing options so participants can choose the rate that best fits their financial capacity while supporting shared access and community care. The Standard Pricing option is the regular tuition rate for all participants. The Community Pricing option offers a reduced rate for those who would benefit from financial flexibility or discounted access. The Pay-It-Forward Pricing option is for those who are able to contribute at a higher level to help subsidize participation for others. All pricing tiers may be paid in full or divided into three monthly payments for added flexibility

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