Shakti Butler, Ph.D.
Shakti Butler, Ph.D., visionary, filmmaker, transformative learning educator, wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many - is President and Founder of World Trust Educational Services, Inc., a non-profit transformative educational organization. Rooted in love and justice, World Trust produces films, curricula, workshops and programs that are catalysts for institutional, structural and cultural change. Shakti is an inspirational speaker, facilitator, trainer and lecturer who is sought after by schools, universities, public and private organizations, and faith-based institutions. Dr. Butler has produced five documentaries. They are The Way Home; Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible; Light in the Shadows; Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity; and Healing Justice, released in 2017, intended to popularize a national conversation about justice, healing, and the youth-to-prison pipeline. Dr. Butler also served as diversity consultant and advisor on the Oscar-winning Disney animated film, Zootopia, which focuses on challenging bias and systemic inequity. Shakti’s work incorporates whole body learning through stories, art, movement and dialogue.
Thursday, January 27, 2022 | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (CT)
Roots of Social Justice, Healing and Radical Imagination
How do we find ourselves where we are? How do we know where we want to go? In order to fathom the depth and complexity of our current situation, we need to understand something of our history, and its impact on culture and identity. In order to imagine what liberation looks like, we need to address our individual and collective trauma. And so we begin....
