Practicing Liberation Workbook

TESSA HICKS PETERSON is a scholar activist, teacher, facilitator, mother, wife, daughter, friend, dancer, and community builder. She is the Assistant Vice President of Community Engagement and Associate Professor of Urban Studies at Pitzer College. She has Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Cultural Studies and a BA in Psychology, Sociology, and Spanish. Hicks Peterson teaches classes and facilitates training on issues ranging from anti-bias education and social justice to empowerment through movement, mindfulness, and art.



HALA KHOURI, MA, is a therapist, yoga teacher, and somatic experiencing. She has been teaching yoga and movement for over 25 years and has been doing healing work with people living with trauma, depression, anxiety, or in life transitions for over 15 years. Khouri is trained in Somatic Experiencing and is an adjunct professor at Pitzer College where she teaches a Critical Community Engagement course. She also runs an online community program, Radical Wellbeing.


Keely Nguyễn is a Communications Manager at Partnership for Safety and Justice. She is a first-generation Vietnamese-American immigrant who is passionate about uplifting the well-being of communities impacted by structural and direct violence. Nguyễn holds a BA in Public Health and Policy.

TESSA HICKS PETERSON is a scholar activist, teacher, facilitator, mother, wife, daughter, friend, dancer, and community builder. She is the Assistant Vice President of Community Engagement and Associate Professor of Urban Studies at Pitzer College. She has Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Cultural Studies and a BA in Psychology, Sociology, and Spanish. Hicks Peterson teaches classes and facilitates training on issues ranging from anti-bias education and social justice to empowerment through movement, mindfulness, and art.



HALA KHOURI, MA, is a therapist, yoga teacher, and somatic experiencing. She has been teaching yoga and movement for over 25 years and has been doing healing work with people living with trauma, depression, anxiety, or in life transitions for over 15 years. Khouri is trained in Somatic Experiencing and is an adjunct professor at Pitzer College where she teaches a Critical Community Engagement course. She also runs an online community program, Radical Wellbeing.


Keely Nguyễn is a Communications Manager at Partnership for Safety and Justice. She is a first-generation Vietnamese-American immigrant who is passionate about uplifting the well-being of communities impacted by structural and direct violence. Nguyễn holds a BA in Public Health and Policy.

TESSA HICKS PETERSON is a scholar activist, teacher, facilitator, mother, wife, daughter, friend, dancer, and community builder. She is the Assistant Vice President of Community Engagement and Associate Professor of Urban Studies at Pitzer College. She has Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Cultural Studies and a BA in Psychology, Sociology, and Spanish. Hicks Peterson teaches classes and facilitates training on issues ranging from anti-bias education and social justice to empowerment through movement, mindfulness, and art.



HALA KHOURI, MA, is a therapist, yoga teacher, and somatic experiencing. She has been teaching yoga and movement for over 25 years and has been doing healing work with people living with trauma, depression, anxiety, or in life transitions for over 15 years. Khouri is trained in Somatic Experiencing and is an adjunct professor at Pitzer College where she teaches a Critical Community Engagement course. She also runs an online community program, Radical Wellbeing.


Keely Nguyễn is a Communications Manager at Partnership for Safety and Justice. She is a first-generation Vietnamese-American immigrant who is passionate about uplifting the well-being of communities impacted by structural and direct violence. Nguyễn holds a BA in Public Health and Policy.