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We believe one simple thing.

Nothing heals like sport.

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CHJS

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.

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Who We Are

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 collective action, 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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TRAINING

We offer practical, innovative, and research-based learning experiences for coaches, organizations, government agencies, and businesses. Our content expertise ranges from theory to practice, but typically falls into three main content areas: 1) Healing-Centered Sport, 2) Social-Emotional Learning through Sport, and 3) Girls in Sport. All training or speaking engagements are focused on how coaches, programs, or the sports culture as a whole can make a concerted effort to focus on healing, not harming.

CONSULTING

We provide top-to-bottom consulting services for programs, organizations, government agencies, and businesses interested in deepening or measuring their impact. We leverage decades of experience pushing the bounds of what sport can do to help organizations reach their goals. Our consulting services include evaluation support, program and curriculum design, and organizational strategy.

COLLECTIVE ACTION

We leverage our platform and expertise to push for systemic change. We work in collaboration with stakeholders nationally, inside and outside of sport, to raise awareness about the unique power of sport to provide healing from life’s various traumas. We support local organizing efforts, lobby and advocate for funding and policy, and build powerful narratives towards a vision where all youth sports are a place for healing, growing, and thriving, and where all kids have access.

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Calling all baseball and softball coaches in the Tri-state area! – The Amazin’ Mets Foundation Coach Development Program is a key component to combatting one of the foundational issues that kids face: lack of access. In collaboration with the Center for Healing and Justice through Sport…

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Nothing Heals Like Sport Speaker Series

Nothing Heals Like Sport Speaker Series The Nothing Heals Like Sport Speaker Series brings together experts from mental health, education, philanthropy, and sport to explore how intentional sport environments serve as a powerful pathway for youth mental health. Megan Bartlett, CHJS Founder, hosts each conversation…

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OVERVIEW Yeah, We’re Here. And We’re Not Just Watching. CHJS has boots on the ground in Canada, and we are coming in hot! We’re working with schools, clubs, cities, and organizations to make sport safer, smarter, and more human. Science-backed? Absolutely. Human-centered? Always.   MEET…

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Sport as a Tool for NYC Mental Health: Join a Cohort

Already know you want in? Click here to sign up. – Join a dynamic community in New York City exploring how sport can be a powerful tool for building resilience, connection, and well-being. With support from the Carmel Hill Fund, this three-part learning cohort brings…

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