Justine Cruise-Roberson is one of the therapists actively holding spots for Y-WE clients through our Healing Justice Collective. She is a licensed social worker who specializes in a variety of therapies, and has an extensive background working with young people, holding space for BIPOC, queer, and trans clients.
Meet Makinie, the Founder and President of DMHS (Deconstructing the Mental Health System)! DMHS is one of the partners in Y-WE’s Healing Justice Collective. We sat down with Makinie to learn more about the DMHS’s background, values, and dreams.
Check out Y-WE Grow’s feature in the King County Department of Health’s Environmental Justice Speaker Series. Youth participants Andrea, Fatima, Jaydalen, and Emma share their important perspectives on environmental and climate justice. Learn more about the pressures young people are facing, the things they’ve learned in their time at Marra Farm, and what you can do to support this work.
In part two of our series highlighting Y-WE’s new Healing Justice Collective, we discuss hope-tending, the power of healing in community, and why you can’t “therapy your way out of oppression.”
Y-WE’s Healing Justice Collective is a new initiative that connects current and past Y-WE participants to values-aligned mental health practitioners and covers the cost of these resources. Learn about the genesis of the collective, what inspired it, and how we can make healing more accessible.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods met with Y-WE Staff member, Tayah, to chat about her story, how her ancestry has shaped her, and her visions for Black History Month and the future for Black people in Seattle.