Workshop Summary

Georgia Fullerton will facilitate the creative art and mindfulness workshop, “The Many Parts of Me: Creativity, Wisdom, and Wholeness”. This 90 minute experiential breakout introduces an Afrocentric expressive arts framework for understanding the many parts that live within us.

Grounded in African centered philosophy, feminist psychology, and Internal Family Systems informed practice, participants explore four core inner energies: creativity, desire, protection, and wisdom. These energies are approached as living sources of strength, clarity, and self leadership.

Through mindfulness, visual art making, and guided reflection, participants reconnect with ancestral ways of knowing that honor complexity rather than fragmentation. The focus is not clinical or diagnostic. It is relational, embodied, and rooted in Black cultural intelligence.

Participants leave with a stronger sense of inner knowing, practical tools for engaging their internal system with compassion, and an invitation to deepen the work through a four week expressive arts series offered after the conference.

Course Objectives

Embodying Kujitambua: Knowing Yourself Beyond One Story

Georgia Fullerton’s workshop aligns deeply with the Tallawah Youth Conference pillars and the Kujitambua theme: Reimagine Possibilities. Reimagine Yourself.

Through expressive arts, mindfulness, and identity exploration, participants will be guided to expand their understanding of who they are — beyond labels, stress, or single narratives.

This interactive session supports:

Knowledge of Self
Participants will increase self-awareness by identifying multiple internal strengths and protective responses. Youth will explore the idea that they are made up of many powerful parts — not just one version of themselves — cultivating self-compassion and confidence.

Knowledge of Systems
By understanding emotional responses and protective patterns, youth begin to recognize how stress, environments, and lived experiences shape behavior — without defining identity.

Knowledge of Possibilities
Through expressive arts and future-oriented reflection, participants will create a visual representation of the strengths they carry forward. This process supports reimagining their future with clarity, agency, and grounded confidence.

Youth will:

• Practice a mindfulness-based grounding technique to support emotional regulation when overwhelmed.

• Engage in culturally responsive expressive arts as a tool for identity exploration.

• Create a visual piece representing strengths they can carry into their future.

Georgia’s workshop embodies Kujitambua by helping youth not only reflect on who they are — but actively reimagine who they are becoming.

About the Speaker

Georgia Fullerton is a certified expressive arts therapist, arts educator, and creative leader working at the vibrant intersection of arts, education, and health. She integrates clinical practice, curriculum design, and community cultural work to create transformative programs for Black educators, youth, and women professionals. Her practice bridges imagination and wellbeing, designing spaces where creativity becomes both medicine and method.