Psychedelic Justice: Toward a Diverse and Equitable Psychedelic Culture

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Dr. Beatriz Caiuby Labate (Bia Labate) is a queer Brazilian anthropologist based in San Francisco. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil. Her main areas of interest are the study of plant medicines drug policy shamanism ritual religion and social justice. She is Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines (http://chacruna.net https://chacruna-iri.org https://chacruna-la.org). She serves as Public Education and Culture Specialist at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and Adjunct Faculty at the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She is also a member of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Boards Research Subcommittee and Diversity Culture and Ethics Advisor at the Synthesis Institute. Additionally she is a co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP) in Brazil and editor of its site. She is author co-author and co-editor of twenty-four books two special-edition journals and several peer-reviewed articles (https://bialabate.net). Clancy Cavnar has a doctorate in clinical psychology (Psy.D.) from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill CA. She currently works in private practice in San Francisco and is Co-Founder and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. She is also a research associate of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP). She combines an eclectic array of interests and activities as clinical psychologist artist and researcher. She has a master of fine arts in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute a masters in counseling from San Francisco State University and she completed the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She is author and co-author of articles in several peer-reviewed journals and co-editor with Beatriz Caiuby Labate of eight books.