ARCHAEOLOGY OF SELF
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Excavate. Reflect. Heal. Transform.
Sundays, May 31st-June 28th, 2026
A 4-Week Certificate Program for Personal and Collective Liberation
A transformative journey integrating Critical Love, Critical Humility, Critical Reflection, Historical Literacy, and Interruption to deepen self-awareness, racial literacy, and healing-centered leadership.
Program Format:
Duration: 4 Weeks | Delivery: Live Virtual Sessions | Facilitators: Dr. Yolanda Sealey-RuizÂ
Dates: Sundays, May 31st, June 7th, June14th, June 28th, 2026
Time: 11 AM ET - 1 PM ET
Enroll TodayAbout the Course:
The Archaeology of Self Certificate Program is a guided deep dive into personal excavation and collective healing. Rooted in the racial literacy framework developed by Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, this course invites educators, leaders, consultants, and changemakers to critically examine their beliefs, biases, and historical conditioning.
By combining contemplative practices, writing exercises, interactive discussions, and small-group processing, this intensive will support participants in developing a healing-centered approach to justice, equity, and leadership.
In a time of rapid societal transformation, this course offers an intentional space to pause, reflect, and move forward with clarity and purpose.
What You’ll Learn:
By the end of this study group series, participants will:
- Develop Critical Love: Cultivate an ethical commitment to care for oneself and others.
- Foster Critical Humility: Remain open to understanding the limits of personal worldviews and biases.
- Engage in Critical Reflection: Examine identity, privilege, and systemic inequities.
- Build Historical Literacy: Understand the broader historical forces shaping today’s social landscape.
- Practice Interruption: Learn to challenge and disrupt racism and inequity in personal and professional spaces.
Who This Is For?
This program is designed for:
✔️ Educators, Leaders, and Facilitators building inclusive and healing-centered spaces.
✔️ Consultants, Activists, and Change Agents working toward equity and justice.
✔️ Anyone in Transition seeking personal and professional alignment.
✔️ Individuals Committed to Self-Reflection who want to examine their inner landscape to create outer transformation.
Program Structure & Modules
Foundations & Excavation
- Introduction to Archaeology of Self
- Understanding Racial Literacy & Healing-Centered Paradigms
- Guided Mirror Exercise: Uncovering self-perceptions and internalized narratives
Critical Love & Critical Humility
- Exploring self-love and collective care as a foundation for justice work
- Understanding humility in the face of historical and personal biases
- Small-group processing and journaling
Critical Reflection & Historical Literacy
- Deepening self-awareness through historical excavation
- Connecting personal experiences with systemic patterns of inequity
- Writing and storytelling as methods of reflection
Interruption & Integration
- Strategies for interrupting racism and inequity in everyday life
- Creating Personal Mission Statements for sustained action
- Final reflections and community sharing
What’s Included?
✔️ Four Live Sessions (2 hours each) with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz & Dr. Angel Acosta
✔️ Personal Reflection Worksheets & Writing Prompts
✔️ Guided Meditations & Contemplative Practices
✔️ Breakout Discussions & Small-Group Facilitation
✔️ Certificate of Completion
Pricing & RegistrationÂ
Thanks to the generous support of our funders, we are able to offer full and partial scholarships to cover this experience to a small number of participants.Â
Our intention is to remove financial barriers while maintaining the integrity and rigor of the experience. The full cost of the program is $599.99 and it reflects the depth of instruction, live facilitation, and carefully designed learning container.
We encourage to submit the form below as soon as possible to be considered for a scholarship. Scholarship availability is limited. Our admissions committee will reach out as soon as possible.
Registration/In-take Form
Meet Your Instructor
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Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D.
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D., a graduate of NYU and Columbia University, is a Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Yolanda is a sought-after speaker on educational equity issues, author of numerous academic articles, co-editor of four books, and co-author of the multiple award-winning book Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces where she examines her concept of Archeology of Self™ in education. At Teachers College, she is founder of the Racial Literacy Roundtables Series where for 15 years, national scholars, teachers, and students facilitate conversations around race and other issues involving diversity. Yolanda has appeared in several documentaries including Spike Lee’s “2 Fists Up: We Gon’ Be Alright” (2016), a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Love from the Vortex & Other Poems, was published in March 2020. Her sophomore book of poetry, The Peace Chronicles, was published in July, 2021. Showcasing the interdisciplinary nature of her work, Yolanda's poetry books have gained recognition and been embraced by jazz and avant-garde classical musicians. Beyond her artistic pursuits, Dr. Sealey-Ruiz's Archeology of Self™theory and practice concept has been presented to thousands of educators and educational leaders both within the United States and other countries.
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