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.
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.
Join Therapist Rian Roberson on the first Thursday of the month all summer for a wellness drop in session. This is a place for Black girls and gender expansive folks to explore …
One of Y-WE’s newest staff members, Shaena Spoor, shares about her vision for her work at Y-WE and her upcoming event, Day of Wellness.
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is an annual, national effort to bring light to intimate partner violence (IPV) among young people. It is designed to create intentional space to uplift young survivors.