Healing the Healers
Through in-person retreats and community building calls, our program offers Fellows significant opportunities to develop supportive networks, refine the vision for their work, and engage with our proprietary curriculum that teaches them to apply the dehumanization framework to buffer the effects of historical, systemic, and racially motivated trauma for the young people they serve.
Cohorts of Forward Promise Fellows come from all walks of life. They are both emerging leaders and established. They are intergenerational and interdisciplinary. And they share a call to make communities of color safe places for young people to heal, grow, and thrive. Forward Promise recognizes that our fellows are driving social change while navigating the same inequities and injustices as the individuals and communities they serve. They, too, need space to heal. Our humanity-affirming approach to leadership development features fellowship retreats that allow participants room to focus on their physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
