DC:   AYA's Melanin the Healer and Science Teacher

Since 1998, AYA Educational Institue has produced educational programs for Black youth and adults aimed at healing from racist oppression and alienation, and embracing our Africanness and academic excellence.www.ayaed.com

AYA Educational Institute

Our AYA student scholars have something to say, and we have some decisions to make.

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About AYA Educational InstituteFor over 25 years Afiya and Wekesa Madzimoyo have shepherded AYA Educational Institute. It has offered courses for adults and youth. Our week-day and weekend youth programs are executed online as a demonstration school for Black middle &amp; high school students and families. We innovate for success and then share what we’ve learned with parents, other educational communities, and institutions dedicated to uplifting our students, their families, our communities, and our people and restoring us to our traditional greatness. The “Melanin The Healer &amp; Science Teacher” Mbongis are one way we share what we have learned! It’s also a way we reinforce to our students their obligation to their parents, our community and our people and the mutual obligation we - adults - have to themS﻿tudent Topics throughout our cities of ATL, New York, Richmond and DC include:1.The Debt: Black Melanin Pioneers and Scientists 2.Melanogenesis 3.Henrietta Lacks and the Science of HeLa Cells 4.Synthetic vs. Naturally Occurring Melanins 5.Copper, Melanin, and Black Health 6.Protecting and Nurturing our Melanin 7.Can Melanin Split The Water Molecule? Challenging Dr. Arturo Solis Herrera 8.Melanin in Interstellar Space 9.The Protective and “Gain-of-Function Properties” of Melanin in The Face of Radiation


Mbongi - Community Decisions &amp; Action:
1.Educational Decisions / Action:a.Heal - Heal the academic wounds caused by racist and/or alienating education (especially science/math)b.Stimulate - Create projects, media, and teaching methods to stimulate our people becoming a science-loving and problem-solving people againc.Nurture - Take actions to nurture a “science for us” skill set in the age of “artificial intelligence,” “equity-based” science camps, and the “anti-critical race theory” veiled attack on African-centered education.d.Organize - Organize and implement “Melanin - The Healer and Science Teacher projects for youth &amp; adults2.Melanin-Related Health Decisions / Actions: a.Deficient in Vitamin D? Cooper? - Melanin? b.Sun Screen - Harmful or helpful?c.Countering Neurodegenerative Diseases in Our Community - Melanin?d.Countering Respiratory Illnesses - Melanin?e.Building Super Immune Systems - Melanin?f.Activating Ngolo Zandiakina - Countering medical and pharmacological “nocebo

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