At the Center For Healing and Justice Through Sport (CHJS), we believe that underneath the fun and camaraderie, sport can be used as a vehicle to provide creative and accessible solutions to some of society's biggest issues.
CHJS is a national nonprofit organization working to ensure that more young people and athletes have access to sport experiences that are healing-centered, inclusive, and work to address issues of systemic injustice.
Our mission is to make sport healing for all youth and athletes everywhere. We support athletes and teams through training, consulting, and systems change, as well as through innovative programs.
We believe that healing is a right for all. And through the wide appeal and accessibility of sport, we’ve found that sport is the ideal environment for justice-oriented and healing-centered philosophies. This work changes the lives of not only participating athletes, but their families, their communities, and the world at large.
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Our work is backed by neuroscience research showing that sport—the activity that has brought humans entertainment and joy for thousands of years— has both a physiological and psychological healing effect. CHJS brings trauma-informed coaching to youth through our accessible programs and services. By bringing together the knowledge and influence of sports experts, psychologists, scientists, and strategists, CHJS equips coaches with simple, practical skills and knowledge about the brain which are proven to have a therapeutic impact on athletes, students, and participants.
Through our dynamic partnership with The Neurosequential Network and NM- Sport, known for their field leading model in education, our innovative programs and initiatives are integrating sport into the healthy therapeutic web of children youth and families to help individuals and programs who believe in a new vision for sport, one centered around healing and justice.
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Coaches play a powerful role in community recovery. DONATE. Every day, coaches play a monumental role in their communities. This is especially true in the wake of a tragedy. But coaches say they are overwhelmed. They hold space for grief and grieving. They listen. They…
Read MoreCheck out the full article. Seattle, WA — In September, CHJS’s Adrienne Moore and Chris Reed facilitated a coaching session on Healing-Centered Coaching and Inclusive Coaching Strategies with 60+ Kraken Youth Hockey coaches. Here’s an excerpt from the article. “The night was right on target…
Read MoreCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Each quarter, CHJS hosts a free training on the foundations of our content, healing-centered sport and brain-based coaching. This interactive training session is created for coaches and parents who are new to the healing-centered sport world. Attendees will walk away…
Read MoreCHJS Australia acknowledges that the land on which we live and work always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to all First Nations peoples of this continent and its adjacent lands, recognising their…
Read MoreVote for CHJS to win most innovative services in Chicago. Chicago, IL— Out of 344 nominees, CHJS has been selected as one of the Top 100 Finalists still in the running for the 22nd annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The awards celebrate the most innovative new…
Read MoreRead our joint statement with co-organizers of the 2023 Equality Summit. Near the Women’s World Cup finale, CHJS-Australia and several organizations hosted the Equality Summit, an inspiring and celebratory event to promote equality in sport. Panels and workshops with some of the greatest minds and…
Read MoreCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Each quarter, CHJS hosts a free training on the foundations of our content, healing-centered sport and brain-based coaching. This interactive training session is created for coaches and parents who are new to the healing-centered sport world. Attendees will walk away with…
Read MoreOVERVIEW SHIFT is a network of grassroots sports organizations who have come together around the common goal of deepening their local impact through regional and global connections. Our goal is to explore innovative ways of bringing organizations together to form meaningful relationships, develop their capacity…
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