
African American Lecture Series November 2022
November 17, 7 – 8:30 PM. Cullman Performance Hall in the NC History Center
North Carolina native Phyllis Jeffers-Coly will read from and discuss her recently released book, We Got Soul; We Can Heal: Overcoming Racial Trauma through Leadership, Community and Resilience.
The author will talk on how using the idea of culture and SOUL synonymously can foster healing. She is an advocate for the celebrating ritual and ancestry in our lives, stressing to a collective capacity for healing and restoration.

Most recently, Diasporic Soul hosted, in Partnership with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Artist Gee Horton three Black. Dope. All Good. Communal Healing Retreats for Black Men in Cincinnati, OH with the support of a 2021-2022 Black Empowerment Works Grant from the United Way of Cincinnati. Additionally, for the Dak’art Biennale, Diasporic Soul co-curated My Soul to Keep a virtual OFF exhibition featuring the works of mixed-media artist Angela Franklin that included two offerings focused on the ways that Angela’s works reflect how Phyllis writes about SOUL as “a transformative healing resource that reflects the cultural sensibilities of the African Diaspora” in We Got Soul; We Can Heal.
