Welcome home cojourners. I'm glad you're here for another episode of the Homecoming

podcast. I'm Dr. Tama, licensed psychologist, ordained minister and sacred artists, here to help

facilitate your journey back home to yourself. And I am so excited for my dear friend being here with us on today, Yolo Akely Robinson.

Welcome.

Thank you so much for having me here.

Oh, I appreciate you so greatly.

We have been talking about being a mirror in terms of being in a

common stream and the work that we do. And so I would love to tell you our co-journers more

about YOLO for those who are not familiar. For over two decades, Yolo Akely Robinson has served as a counselor, organizer, facilitator,

and community healer working at the intersections of mental health, womanism, spirituality,

and collective care.

I love it.

A Ford Foundation Global Fellow and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Award recipient,

Yolo is the founder of the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, Being, a national,

somebody say national, grant maker for healing justice and mental health organizations

that has designed evidence-based interventions,

centering radical wellness, and collective care. His work bridges clinical community and movement

spaces with experiences banning men stopping violence, NYU Langone Medical Center, and National Initiatives with the CDC and NIH.

You better come on and be national, helping to design and implement community-based mental

health and wellness interventions nationwide, recognized by U.S. Surgeon General Dr.

Vivik Murthy for his leadership in advancing emotional

well-being and social connection. Yolo's areas of specialization include anti-patriarchal

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