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Wellness & Mental Health · Year-Round

Healing Spaces™

A Sanctuary for Wholeness, Joy, and Rest

Healing Spaces is the dedicated wellness and mental health arm of Black Girl Assembly. Rooted in culture, creativity, and community, it offers trauma-informed, joy-centered programming that supports emotional wellbeing, self-expression, and rest. At its core, Healing Spaces operates from one belief: healing is not a luxury. It is a birthright.

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About the Program

Program Overview

Healing Spaces™ meets young people where they are — in schools, community centers, and online — with programming that treats rest, joy, and emotional wellbeing as essentials, not extras. Every offering is trauma-informed, culturally rooted, and built alongside community clinicians of color.

Programming

What We Offer

  • The Reset Room — a virtual and in-person reflective space for journaling, affirmation, and re-centering
  • Reclaiming Your Voice — storytelling and journaling-based emotional processing
  • Body + Boundaries — trauma-informed movement and boundary-setting workshops
  • Creative Healing Labs — art therapy through collage, blackout poetry, painting, and mixed media
  • Health Equity Story Circles — culturally rooted healing circles
  • Black Girl Rest Rooms — pop-up care lounges at schools, community centers, and YMCA Teen Nights
  • Mental Health & Wellness Curriculum — developed with Boston Medical Center and community clinicians of color
Our Belief

Healing is not a luxury. It is a birthright. Every Healing Spaces offering operates on a sliding scale, and no one is ever turned away for inability to pay.

Calendar

How the Year Runs

Pop-Ups

1–3 hours · Black Girl Rest Rooms and Reset Room drop-ins, year-round · $0–$25

Series & Curricula

4–8 weeks · Creative Healing Labs, Body + Boundaries, and more · $0–$75

Enrollment

Rolling, year-round. Apply anytime and we'll match you with the next offering.

Spring 2027 dates are set — the season begins February 1, 2027. See the full Healing Spaces calendar or all programs on the Program Calendar.

Connect

Bring Healing Spaces To Your Site

Schools, community centers, and partners: tell us a little about your site and which offerings interest you, and a real person from Black Girl Assembly will get back to you.

We respond within two business days. Real people answer this email.

Common Questions

Healing Spaces FAQs

Is this therapy?+

No. Healing Spaces is trauma-informed, joy-centered wellness programming — not a clinical mental health service. Our curriculum is developed with Boston Medical Center and community clinicians of color, but participation is not a substitute for therapy, and we encourage young people to have their own therapeutic support.

Who can join?+

Black girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color ages 12 and up. Each workshop or event delineates the appropriate ages for attending. Some offerings are open pop-ups; others are enrollment-based series.

What does it cost?+

Sliding scale: $0–$75 per series, and $0–$25 for pop-ups. Financial aid, payment plans, and fully sponsored seats are always available. No one is turned away for inability to pay.

Where does it happen?+

Both virtual and in-person. Black Girl Rest Rooms pop up at schools, community centers, and YMCA Teen Nights; other offerings run online or at BGA spaces.

How long does it run?+

Year-round and ongoing — from 1–3 hour pop-ups to 4–8 week curricula. Join a single pop-up or enroll in a full series.

More questions? See the full Healing Spaces FAQs page.

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