The Well

The Well is Sesa Mathlo Apothecary’s learning programme that weaves storytelling, Black feminisms and indigenous wisdom, practices and knowledge systems.

In developing The Well we have created a comprehensive programme and container that allows you to deepen your understanding of social constructions in a communal learning environment.

By having access to varying learning materials and teachers, we journey together to explore transformational ways to imagine and contribute to the waters of our future and enhance how you show up in the world as an agent of transformation.

What you’ll learn in each module

  • THE SOIL: Embodied Self Care

    • The embodied self and the dynamics of power

    • Self care’s roots in the civil rights movement

    • The role of self care as a tool for social justice

  • THE ROOTS: The construction of race

    • A local and global exploration of race

    • Race and our personal plus collective story

    • The function and meaning of anti-racism

  • THE TRUNK: Power & our social location

    • The characteristics of power

    • How gender and sexuality shape our experience

    • Whiteness as a social tool

  • THE BRANCHES: Privilege & change

    • Discrimination, unconscious bias & prejudice

    • How discrimination manifests

    • The mechanisms of privilege

  • THE LEAVES: Choice & social action

    • How to ground social justice action

    • Articulate a personal definition of social justice

    • Ecosystems guided by social transformation

How it works

A relational approach to

culture, identity & society 

We offer The Well as a 10-week programme bi-annually and deliver modules of The Well as half day or full day training. To bring The Well to your organisation, collective or group enquire here.

For our 10-week learning journey you get to choose your cohort based on what works for you. Our cohort schedule and registration for our Autumn and Winter 2024 cohorts will be live soon!

If you don’t see a date / time that works for you, please email us at hello@sesamathloapothecary.online with your preference and we can make arrangements based on cohort size & agreement.

Testimonials

  • "This has been an amazing ten weeks of learning, listening and sharing. Makanaka was so very well prepared with the readings and questions. One of the best thing about this series was that it was prepared, facilitated and presented by a woman of colour, a black woman. The relevance of that was crucial to the manner in which the sessions were organized and the material that was delivered."

  • “The way you held space and people in every conversation is such a testament to the person you are Makanaka. Thank you so much for creating this space, and leading it with care and love at the centre. It was restorative and everything I needed. I also learnt more language to explain race/identity better.”

  • “This experience supported a shift in focus towards a clear, specific and precise navigation towards social justice and equity for mutual flourishing. It helped me lean into anti racist actions as an everyday practice of 'showing up', which is very cool.”

  • "It was awesome to be led by a Black woman in this work and be introduced to learning material that centres experiences and perspectives of BIPOC. This offered rich layers of nourishment and it was beautiful to be held in a space that was poetic and creative, as we had difficult but necessary conversations".

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