Meet Aiesha

Aiesha Turman, Ph.D. is a Black feminist Afrofuturist — writing, researching, teaching and creating at the intersections of Black futurism, protest theory, metaphysics, and Black feminist thought. As a Reiki Master Teacher, she utilizes the framework of the century-old modality along Bantu-Kongo cosmology and philosophy to explore the ability of literature and cultural productions by Black women, throughout time and the Diaspora, to aid in individual and community healing. 

In 2010, she founded The Black Girl Project after writing, directing, and producing the award-winning documentary of the same name. After creating and facilitating Black woman and-femme centered programs throughout the mid-Atlantic region, organizing an annual Sisterhood Summit for 7 seasons, which hosted facilitators and educators from across the country, and served over 3,000 participants, she has shifted gears (after resting) and is committed to a social art and education practice…For Black women and girls who need to remember who they are when the acculturation and lies get to be too much.

She currently teaches in the Africana Studies Dept. at SUNY - Nassau Community College in New York.