Two doctoral students speak at TEDxUGA

Shawntell Pace (M.Ed. ’19, Ph.D. ’22) and Tanisha Pelham (Ph.D. ’22), participated in TEDxUGA’s student showcase with their talk, “Sacred Spaces: A Source for Black Healing,” which can be viewed on the TEDxUGA Facebook page.

Pace founded The Healing Circle, a weekly support group that provides a safe space for Black women to share their experiences at UGA. Under the guidance of Linda Campbell, professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services and director of UGA’s Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation, Pace hopes to transform the way mental health practitioners provide care to Black women. Along with Pelham, Pace provides strategies for the group to combat racial trauma, often engaging them in difficult conversations on loss, depression, anxiety, intergenerational trauma, stress management, spirituality, and more.