Ulysses

I reconciled with my father after he killed my mother. I wrote the historic apology for the Philadelphia MOVE Bombing. I mediated sexual relations for an international "wellness" group called OneTaste. I'm seeking justice for a dead Black boy who was executed in Pennsylvania in 1931. I'm seeking justice for men who are targets of false allegations of abuse. I believe in peace. I believe in justice. And I believe in revenge. 
My name is Ulysses. 

Journey into Justice

Welcome. My work and my website are tools to explore justice. I believe peace, forgiveness and reconciliation demand justice. I welcome you to explore the extraordinary stories of my journey to help you navigate the stories of your journey. You can read my books, watch my films and listen to my podcasts. For deeper dives you can enroll in my courses and request one-on-one consultation. Email me for more information about my cathartic coaching opportunities. I look forward to hearing from you.

Look. Listen. Learn. Launch.

This is the fundamental four-part process that has guided Ulysses on his life-long journey of “curating the art of justice.” Embracing the vulnerability of the empathetic witness, Ulysses has learned to absorb the delicate energies of human fragility and transform the fragments of fear into platforms of liberation. An advocate of forgiveness, Ulysses is unafraid to confront betrayal through revenge in the name of justice. To deny the desire for revenge, he believes, is to “fake the funk” of forgiveness. To embrace the wrath of revenge is to fuel the flight of The Phoenix.

Ulysses "Butch" Slaughter is an artist, an alchemist and an “Alpha Black” who uses the power of forgiving to persistently pursue “radical, relentless, reconciliation” through all of his epic life journeys. For more than four decades, Ulysses has courageously answered “the call” to illuminate dark and difficult human relationships with unwavering determination to synthesize polarities and amplify potent possibilities. Ulysses’ signature forgiveness missions explore the inner, the interpersonal, the international and the intergalactic. 



Ulysses was the chief architect of The Philadelphia MOVE reconciliation campaign that led to an official apology for the urban bombing and killing of 11 people on May 13, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ulysses is host and producer of Re-member MOVE recorded at WURD 900AM Radio in Philadelphia, PA. 



Ulysses is former Director of The OneTaste Orgasmic Meditation Reconciliation Council, an international review team established to oversee the integrity of sexual play for OneTaste. His podcast, One Black Taste, chronicles his tumultuous time with the sex-positive organization. 



At the fragile age of 12, Ulysses listened as his mother Clarice was shot to death by his father Ulysses Grant Slaughter Sr. Emerging from his bedroom on June 25, 1978, he watched as his mother bled from two gunshot wounds to her head and took some of the last breaths of her life. Ritualistically, stepping over his mother’s fallen body that day was the first, most important "crossing-over" act in his dramatic odyssey toward reconciliation with his father and himself. Odyssey To Save Ulysses is the film series by Ulysses that chronicles the father-son journey.



A native of Chicago, Illinois, Ulysses resides in Media, Pennsylvania. Author of three books, director of various short films and curator of countless critical community forums, Ulysses has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Network and The Dr. Phil Show. He is a 2013 recipient of The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Leadership Award.

The Academy of Artistic Justice

"Curating The Art of Justice."

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Ulysses talks forgiveness at Bryn Mawr College in 2017

Mr. Ulysses Butch Slaughter was one of the three panelists at our inaugural conference, Practicing the Science and Art of Forgiveness: Beginning a Transformative Journey, on May 4, 2017 Ulysses is an emerging global thought leader advocating radical, relentless reconciliation through what he calls "The Ultimate Practice of Forgiving." His newest book, Forgive: The new mantra and practice for Black Men, is a powerful reflection and celebration of the many Black Men who influenced his critical decision to Forgive his father and advocate Forgiving as the foundational act of growth and personal freedom. This podcast is a recording of his panel presentation. We invite you to listen again or anew ... either way, you will be glad that you did!

Take A Course in Forgiveness

From sexual healing to social healing, I do it all. I do it well. And I do it in major ways. But none of my passionate, professional and public work would have been possible without my own personal journey into forgiveness and reconciliation. Before I engaged OneTaste, The Philadelphia MOVE Bombing, The Scars of Martin Green or Alexander McClay Williams, I had to deal with my deep, dark demons. My healing started with acknowledging self-hatred and a deep thirst for revenge against my own father, the man who killed my mother. I wanted justice. I wanted my father to feel the pain he caused. I don't regret feeling this hatred. It was the most healthy hatred I've ever known. In this new world, overrun with selfishness, greed and narcissism, it is crucial that we use the power of righteous rage to manifest the deepest power of love. How do we engage this deep work?

Slaying my demons first

 Don't be confused. After you've been betrayed, it is healthy to feel the depths of hatred. Before I could love my father again, I first had to hate him. Purchase my book "Dear Daddy, I hate you: letters to my mother's killer."

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