Dr. Jemal
The Soulcial Philosopher
Dr. Alexis Jemal (she/her) is an American educator, activist, Black feminist, author, and scholar, whose work centers on societal well-being and community healing.
Why Mushrooms?
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Meet Dr. Jemal
Dr. Alexis Jemal is a Black feminist psycho-socio-cultural scholar-artivist, critical-radical social worker, educator, writer, social entrepreneur, and environmentally conscious humanitarian. Her work centers justice, empowerment, wellness, healing, and liberation—grounded in lived experience and elevated through academic scholarship. As a leading founder of the Briar Patch Collaboratory, she bridges community and academia through Soulcial Work Praxis—a healing-centered, arts-based approach to research, education, and practice. Dr. Jemal’s vision disrupts oppressive systems by combining rigorous inquiry with imaginative intervention, advancing holistic strategies for individual and collective transformation.
“Building sociometry demands that we appreciate our commonalities and celebrate our diversity. That is the foundation of collaboration and radical imagination. Collaboration and radical imagination cracks windows when doors close, opening the unknown and creating possibilities for tomorrow from the impossibilities of today. Thus, relationship makes the impossible, possible." - Dr.Jemal
"For the master’s tool will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the master’s house as their only source of support." - Audre Lorde