Join us in Mapping Black Joy!
Join us in Mapping Black Joy!
HEALING SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY TRAUMA
in the Midst of
Ongoing Anti-Blackness
Dr. Joi Lewis, Founder
May All Black Lives Be Healed, Liberated and Whole
Our mission is to reclaim the inherent dignity, brilliance, and humanity of all Black people.
Our work is an iterative process framework informed by the lived experiences, and grounded in the teachings of Dr. Joi Lewis. We seek to:
Honor families and communities
Provide urgent and sustainable healing support
Address the direct and collateral consequences of racism and its intersection with other forms of oppression
Provide education and training that empowers all through the Healing Justice Foundation
Mapping Black Joy
The Mapping Black Joy (Healing Justice Ecosystem Building) mission is to shine a historic, present day and future bright light on Black Joy in every family, community, health care center, community gathering place, school, faith community, neighborhood, organization, barber shop, beauty shop, coffee shop, business, city, county, and state; wherever we can find it.
Learn more about the Mapping Black Joy project here.
We understand that in order to dream and build a healed future it is necessary to look back at the heartbreak and joy of the past and the present. This heartbreak and joy is ancestral, cosmic, physical, psychological, spiritual, other-worldly and it is also here with us, this is why Black Joy is the exact right vehicle to connect us in this healing justice ecosystem.
TIME OF RECKONING
Time of Reckoning is a series of community engagement and healing justice sessions that culminate in a Black-led town hall and policy action roundtable focusing on the criminal justice system and its collateral consequences. The culminating event will include local policy makers who have the power or influence to implement the recommendations brought forth by the community through this process.
Convened by the community and co-chaired by Dr. Brittany Lewis of Research in Action (RIA) and Dr. Joi Lewis of Joi Unlimited, this work was spurred by the murder of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). This process is an opportunity for true “radical re-imagining” of what is possible within our collective efforts to advance racial justice.
Your support will make a difference.
THANK YOU.
* The Healing Justice Foundation was created by Dr. Joi D. Lewis, Founder and CEO of Joi Unlimited. Members of the Foundation’s Inaugural Board are: Myra B. Garnes, Lesa Hammond, Kabir Mohamed, and Kelley Nelson
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Local healing justice workers, many of whom are from Black communities, are doing the best they can to provide support, but we’re not even close to meeting ongoing needs, such as (currently virtual) doula services, somatic healing, mental health support, or yoga and meditation.
We have raised more than half of our current fundraising goal of $250,000 to meet the urgent need of providing access to Healing Justice for all.
Your support–either through a tax-deductible donation or by sharing this announcement with your network–allows us to continue growing a healing justice fund that helps our communities heal from the trauma and reclaim our humanity.