Darryl Aiken-Afam, the creator of the Ambient Noise/Contact and Conversation racism reduction programs, is a practitioner of Taoist and Zen based meditation, yoga, and martial arts practices for over 25 years. He’s also a certified shiatsu practitioner and personal trainer. He’s worked with collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes, as well as celebrities like Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. He holds an Associates degree in engineering, a Bachelors in general psychology and a Masters in Leadership Psychology, the latter two from Penn State University.
Darryl has also lectured at The University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern University, the Silver School of Social Work at NYU, and at Mount Sinai Hospital to professional therapists of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, on topics including holistic self-care, movement and energy in sports performance, and mindfulness-based racism reduction.
Suzie Choi holds both a Master of Arts and Master of Education in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Columbia University. Since then, she has focused on using a multicultural lens to guide her psychology practice. She currently works as a family Mental Health Therapist in a non-profit organization, where she helps vulnerable populations.
Suzie is committed to incorporating all aspects of a person’s identity in her practice. She finds it crucial to create a strong therapeutic relationship that emphasizes openness, acceptance and trust. Suzie is passionate about incorporating mindfulness with her therapeutic background in order to help those better understand and reduce the harmful impacts of racism and oppression in their lives."
Robin Schlenger received her Masters in Social Work from New York University and has also studied Psychodrama, Drama Therapy, Playback Theater and restorative conversations which she uses in her work.
Robin is on the leadership team of European Dissent (ED) which is an Affinity Group of
The People's Institute of Survival and Beyond. ED is a group of people of European Decent who "dissent" from the ideology of white supremacy and organize together with other whites and people of color to undo racism. She has extensive experience in facilitating difficult dialogues and conversations about difference with a focus on growth, healing, and repairing. has many years of clinical and supervisory experience working in the nonprofit and public sectors. As a consultant, Robin specializes in facilitating presentations and trainings that are rooted in restorative and anti-racist principles, which includes, difficult dialogues, supervision across differences and creating respectful and appreciative workplaces. She speaks extensively on white privilege from an individual and organizational perspective and what it means to partner with people of color in antiracist work.
Dr. Kevin Gillette received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University, and advance training in group psychotherapy from the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
Kevin believes that in order to truly understand the behaviors of individuals and groups it is necessary to consider them within their cultural and historical context. For this reason he has prioritized understanding the effects of racism, and facilitating dialogue about these effects. His efforts to address these concerns have included: explorations with clients in individual and group psychotherapy; on-going participation in groups designed to increase fluency when discussing issues of race ("racial literacy"); workshops presented for mental health professionals at conferences within the United States (Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society) and abroad (the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes); and work with Ambient Noise (using the Contact & Conversation model of mindfulness-based racism reduction).
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