Psychedelic Professionals Meet: Denver

Let's keep Colorado on the leading edge of psychedelic medicine work by coming together in community to learn, share, and grow. Each Psychedelic Professionals Meetup Group starts with an informative topic relevant to research, practice, policy, or activism around psychedelic medicines, followed by open discussion and an opportunity to connect with like-minded others. 

For our September gathering, we are excited to welcome Naropa professor, Ian E. Wickramasekera II, PsyD, speaking on "Psychedelics and Social Justice: Overcoming Internalized Oppression with LSD." A large number of people of color often report suffering from anxiety, depression, and other trauma related symptoms stemming from how they negatively view their own racial background.  This phenomenon has been called internalized oppression and it can affect any member of a marginalized social group who experiences discrimination due to internalized forms of racism, sexism, ableism, etc.  In this presentation Dr. Wickramasekera will describe his own journey of self-discovery…