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WHAT & WHY

Sport is drastically underutilized as an intentional strategy to support healing, build resilience, and address issues of systemic injustice. The Center for Healing and Justice through Sport (CHJS) was created to do just that.

Sport is uniquely situated to help kids heal and thrive.
In order to see the power of sport in action, we must redesign the delivery of all youth sports, everywhere, using the knowledge and research from experts to maximize its inherent developmental and healing qualities.

A healing sports system only works when there is a just society around it.
We must work inside and outside the sports system to change societal conditions that prevent kids, families, and communities from accessing and participating in high-quality, healing sports.

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Through the power of neuroscience and the inherent nature of sport, we can change people’s relationship to their trauma and contribute to a healthier and more just society.

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Building individual resilience to stress in athletes cannot be successful without also truly addressing systemic racism, inequity, and miscarriages of justice.

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The work starts with us.

Adrienne Moore Senior Director of Collective Action

Kate Thomas Lead Consultant

Chris Reed Director of National Partnerships

Christine Bright Lead Consultant and Trainer

Claire Perry Director of Communications

Jillian Green Loughran Senior Director of Regional Operations & Strategy

Joe Smith Director of Training

Erin Stevenson Grant Writer

Cooper Thompson Trainer

Jasmine Cooper Trainer and Lead Consultant

Victor Johnson Los Angeles Manager

Ivan Ortega Chicago Manager

Pharlone Toussaint Senior Director of External Affairs

Armond Richards Trainer

Adeena Cohen Director of Business Development

Ethan Barron Lead Consultant

Megan Bartlett Founder

Alecia Ivery LEAD CONSULTANT AND TRAINER

Lauren Kinderknecht Director of Operations and Evaluation

David Flynn Co-Founder and Executive Director

Pardeice McGoy Trainer

Anthony Andino National Trainer

Amy Mummery Trainer