Transforming Trauma into Transformative Action!

Our Four Pillars of Impact

Healing Justice

A framework that identifies how youth can holistically respond to and intervene on generational trauma and violence and to bring collective practices that can impact and transform the consequences of oppression on our bodies, hearts and minds.

Community Transformation

Engaging in a deep level of collaboration to seed transformational thinking and action. Using community transformation that focuses on the intersectionality of culture, race, gender and class and create a space where healing is experienced collectively.

Youth-Led Organizing

A burgeoning movement that empowers young people while simultaneously enabling them to make substantive contributions to their communities. Using organizing strategies to alter power relations and to identify, advocate for and instigate change on critical issues that are having an impact on our communities and broader society

Liberation & Access

Educate, engage and empower Detroit youth to Liberation for racial, social & economic justice. Our distinct goal is to build access for our peers: Access to healing, Access to literacy, Access to liberation and Access to new possibilities.

This is Our Why

"Healing justice is active intervention in which we transform the lived experience of Blackness in our world. We heal so that we can act and organize."
― Prentis Hemphill

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Youth/Adult Powersharing Assessment Workshop

Adultism is often a major problem in schools and youth programs and we define it as the systematic mistreatment and disrespect of young people where adult allies share power. To raise up the voices of young people and demonstrate to organizations how to do the same with actionable tools we created this workshop. This individualized assessment workshop is meant to build your base of knowledge on the value of including Youth Power in your organization and how to implement youth-power practices to dismantle adultism and share power. We will explore strategies to foster genuine partnerships with young people, enabling them to become active participants in decision-making processes. By the end of this training, participants will have an introduction to the knowledge and tools needed to build authentic youth coalitions, ensuring that our future leaders are not just seen, but heard, respected, and actively involved in shaping the world around them. This workshop is an introduction to what adultism is and what youth-led/youth-centered means. An organizational self-assessment tool with a set of metrics and tips organized across three levels to support power-sharing between young people and adults. A scorecard for documenting the current assessment for your organization as it currently operates. An action template for prioritizing tangible goals for where you would like your organization to be and how you are going to get there. Recommended resources and discussion questions for further learning and reflection are also included. Join us in making sure we build a movement of organizations honoring the power of young people.

$99.00