SJPLA’s Healing Justice for Ourselves, our Communities, and our Workspaces is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. Through guided discussion, practices, guest speakers, participants will learn more about the healing justice framework created by Cara Page and the Kindred Healing Justice Collective.
We rarely address the mental, physical, and emotional toll of this work, felt most acutely by BIPOC workers, leading to burnout and attrition. Providing healing practices and tools to care for this workforce helps retain expert employees and renew their ability to care for their clients.
What is Healing Justice?
Learning Overview
We will identify unique ways to collectively invite wellbeing and healing practices in ourselves, our structures, and our work.
Week 1: Wellbeing and Healing Justice
This session will provide an overview of the wellbeing and healing justice framework.Week 2: Grounding and Mindfulness at Work
Led by syd yang of blue jaguar healing arts, this session will share ways of being rooted in mindful awareness that facilitate a deeper sense of sustainability and connection, with yourself and with others.Week 3: Workplace Wellbeing
Participants will be introduced to elements of Liberatory Workplaces and through a guided exercise begin reimagining a workplace that includes sustainable practices.Week 4: Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
Led by psychologist and trauma-informed therapist, dr. shena young, this session will introduce participants to the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and discuss how burnout plays a role in their overall physical, mental and emotional/social state.Week 5: Reflection and Action
This session will explore how a workplace without wellbeing and healing justice impacts our community efforts. We will brainstorm sustainable wellbeing agreements that can be supportive for the individual and organizations as a whole.
How it works
The course takes place over five 90 minute sessions and will enroll 15-20 people per course.
Eligible applicants:
Homeless response worker in Los Angeles
Have not taken this course with us before
Can commit to attending all five sessions (via zoom). If you miss the first session, you will be removed from the course.
October 17, 1-2:30 p.m.
October 24, 1-2:30 p.m.
October 31, 1-2:30 p.m.
November 7, 1-2:30 p.m.
November 14, 1-2:30 p.m.
Facilitators
