Founded in 2019 by Wanda Swan and Dr. Raphael Coleman, a nationally-recognized college health professional and thought leader in cultivating equity-minded health promotion strategies, Practademics is a Georgia-based consulting and training company that works with organizations to cultivate socially-just practices that grow and extend their capacity to better create and sustain an anti-racist working environment. Specifically, the company grounds its work in the belief that education is key to unravelling all forms oppression; present and future social justice work must be grounded in the history of movements toward liberation; and that holistic well-being includes an unapologetic affirmation of one’s identities. Through resistance-centered individual and organizational capacity building and policies and systems consultations, Practademics co-creates an environment that is socially just and safe for individuals of historically-minoritized identities.

For inquiries, please contact us via email at practademics@gmail.com.

Dr. Raphael Coleman, co-founder, is a national award-winning public health trained scholar-practitioner with over 10 years of experience across multiple functional areas in higher education. His scholarship and practice pay attention to equity-minded health promotion practices in higher education contexts; the academic and social experiences of Black queer and transgender students; and  cultivating individual and organizational resilience to support student well-being. 

Wanda Swan, co-founder, is a nationally-recognized thought leader in survivor advocacy, anti-oppression work, restorative justice and violence prevention.  An advocate, prevention strategist, speaker, published scholar, anti-oppression coach, and on-air personality, she has been deeply embedded in the anti-violence movement as a professional practitioner for over a decade. Wanda’s work has spanned across higher education, local and state agencies, and non-profits dedicated to survivor resiliency. As both a curator and co-conspirator of systems disruption and research that informs her field of practice, Wanda is co-founder of and currently holds co-leadership roles in professionals organizations like Campus Advocacy and Prevention Professionals Association (CAPPA) and The Sexual and Relationship Violence Prevention Education and Response Knowledge Community (NASPA SRVPER KC).

Mission: To provide social liberation through resistance-centered scholarly praxis.

Vision: To empower future generations of change agents to consciously cultivate socially just, safe communities.

Collective Positionalities:

• Education is key to unraveling all forms of oppression.

• Present and future social justice movements must be informed by and honor the sociohistorical context of previous liberation work.

• Holistic well-being includes affirming one's identities, facilitating a sense of belonging, and an assurance of safety.

 Collective Inventory of Expertise:

• Anti-Black Racism/Anti-Oppression

• College Access

  • Title IX in higher education

  • Consent Education

  • Guiding College Choice - a resource perspective

    • What does violence look like on campus?

      • Annual Security Report

    • What are adjudications protocols on campus?

    • What educational and leadership opportunities are available to contribute to violence prevention and well-being work on campus?

    • What are the philosophies/belief systems of the institution? (public/private/religiously affiliated) - how does that inform reporting regulations

      • Medical amnesty

    • What support services and resources are available for students from historically minoritized backgrounds?

  • Mandatory Education - what are universities required

  • College Admissions

    • Resume

    • Personal statement

    • College Applications

    • Finding Financial Aid

• Health Education

  • Alcohol and Other Drug Education (bystander intervention)

  • Holistic Sexual Health Education

  • Resilience Building

  • Stress Management/Reframing

  • Self-care/preservation

  • Peer Helping Skills - Self-Advocacy Skills

  • Medical Amnesty

• Violence Prevention

  • Advocacy Skills

  • Peer Mentorship

  • Bystander Intervention

  • Medical Amnesty

  • Primary Prevention - community awareness raising around the root causes of violence

  • Survivor resiliency is life after trauma

  • Anti-oppression

  • Trauma Informed Care

  • Direct Services/Advocacy care for survivors and co-survivors

  • Psychoeducation on different forms a violence

    • Stalking

    • Interpersonal Violence

    • Domestic/Dating Violence

    • Sexual Violence

    • Stealthing

    • Cyber Stalking

    • Bullying - HAZING!

    • Sexual Harassment

• Community Assessment