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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Poland, March 2025 – Sport speaks a universal language—one that’s proving vital for Ukraine’s displaced youth in Poland. This February, our Director of Training Joe Smith and Trainer Jasmine Cooper experienced this truth in action at V4Sport Foundation’s “Let’s Play Together” Coaching for Community Camp—a…
Read MoreAll of California. All of 2025. Research doesn’t just suggest—it shouts—that good coaches keep kids in the game. California’s 25×25 initiative finally gives these game-changers the playbook they deserve. And, add bonus points! All coaches participating in CHJS 25×25 trainings will receive certificates of achievement –…
Read MoreThe Coaches Training Series in partnership with Nike is part of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation’s Coach Recognition Program, which includes Coach of the Year awards, paid coach mentors, Coaches Certificates, and “Living Jackies Nine” Coaches Playbook. LADF partners with leading national organizations, Center for…
Read More(Updated March 4, 2025) California (yes, the whole state), October 2024– California’s changing the game in youth sports, y’all. The star player? Coaches. Today the California Governor’s Advisory Council on Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being joined forces with Susan Crown Exchange’s Million Coaches Challenge to…
Read MoreWe always knew sport could heal. Now there’s proof the CHJS training helps coaches deliver on that promise. A new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Sport for Development has confirmed what athletes already feel in their bodies: trauma-informed sport training creates real change…
Read MoreJanuary, 2025. Portland, OR – When delivered thoughtfully, nothing heals like sport. But transforming youth sports requires all of us. In collaboration with numerous friends and allies in the sport for good space, we’re initiating a nationwide movement to ensure every young person has access…
Read MoreCoaching While Black is taking the conversation to the biggest stage in sports: Radio Row at the Super Bowl. In partnership with Players Coalition, this special miniseries explores what it really takes to coach, lead, and develop athletes through a healing-centered lens. The pressures of…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – We know that nothing heals like sport. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Good Sports to fast-track sports equipment to families affected by the SoCal fires. The streamlined request form helps get essential gear back into the hands of young athletes….
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