We all come from colonized and violent histories that have created healing and healthcare based on values, systems, and laws that punish, constrict, and displace people. Care is often commodified based on who is deemed “healthy” and not “healthy” and who is worthy of care based on race, gender, sexuality, disability, immigration, and class. Under capitalism, people are considered material goods, valued for what they can produce, consume, or be owned.

Healing justice takes a bold stance and names the impact of this violence as real, seen and remembered. My work moves from this lineage and framework.

I hold healing justice as an evolving framework that re-centers the role of healing, safety and wellness inside of liberation-based movements. Healing Justice is informed by economic, gender, racial, reproductive and disability justice movements.

This framework works to meet the urgent and immediate needs of our communities and moves us towards a long term vision and practice of liberation for our people and the Earth.

I give reverence and honor the legacy of this lineage from ………

Harriet Tubman
Cara Page
Aurora Levin Morales
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinah
Susan Raffo
Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective
Badass Visionary Healers
Rock Dove Collective
Sins Invalid
Casa de Salud
Young Women's Empowerment Project
Black Panther Party