The fourth part of the Foundations of Racial Equity Series focuses on the importance of healing justice as a strategy, framework, and way of being within philanthropic institutions. The session will focus on internal organizational practices and external opportunities for philanthropy to resource healing justice strategies.
In the early 2000’s healing justice was introduced as a political and cultural organizing strategy by BIPOC southern-based organizers responding to white supremacist & xenophobic violence; a conservative backlash post 9/11 and increased fascism within the region and the nation. Defined by the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, this strategy is deeply rooted in Black feminism and Black radical traditions of the South, and responds to generational trauma and systemic oppression through building community/survivor-led responses to sustain our collective well being. There is a growing call and desire for those in the philanthropic sector who are funding movement spaces, organizations, and community work to define, design, and implement Healing Justice and Holistic Security grantmaking and practices into their portfolios and organizational cultures.
This session, facilitated by longtime movement strategist and healing justice practitioner Marisol Jiménez, will offer participants an opportunity to explore how philanthropy can respond to this moment of deepening crises with integrity, care, and vision. During this session, participants will have an opportunity to explore what it means to Be in Right Relationship with Our Survival, both personally and organizationally.
Join us to:
- An introduction to healing justice as a historical framework, practice and ecosystem
- An invitation to apply a trauma-informed analysis to movement building and organizational strategies; particularly in times of threat and/or crises
- A values-rooted reflection on leadership in the face of rising political and social attacks
on equity, liberation and philanthropy itself
Session Four Integration Hour: Friday, November 21 – 2:00 pm ET (1-hour session)
Each session in the Foundations of Racial Equity series contains two parts. Part one is a 3-hour faculty-led session. Part two of each module includes an integration hour, a 1-hour lightly facilitated session. The purpose is to help participants reflect on and apply key themes from earlier sessions and create a peer-driven environment for discussing how FRE topics relate to current internal and sector-wide cultural shifts, especially in the face of rapid organizational changes. The space encourages real-time dialogue and shared learning, helping attendees connect insights to their own contexts and return to their organizations with practical tools and understanding.
Registration: Participants must register here for the full 2025 Foundation of Racial Equity series to attend this session.
