Falilah Bilal specializes in the fields of youth development, healing informed organizational development, professional wellness, and strategic fundraising consultation. At age 14, Falilah participated as a youth leader in healing retreats with the Black Woman's Health Project, where she was introduced to healing techniques, group facilitation skills, and guiding inter-generational healing experiences. She is a leader in healing-centered responses to gender based violence and was invited to present at the United Nation's Beijing Plus Five World Conference on Women's Issues. Currently, Falilah works as Chief of Staff at the Black Organizing Project in Oakland, California, and directs her own consulting company.
Additionally, she directs her own consulting company where she provides trainings, curriculum development, healing experiences, coaching, and executive leadership to local and national agencies, companies and programs. Falilah holds a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and a B.A. in Theater Arts and Child Psychology from San Francisco State University. At Mesa, she worked on articles that demonstrate her methods to help women heal from sexual trauma and tap into sexual liberation. You can learn more about Falilah here.