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About Us

Sport has the ability to help young people and athletes heal.

THE CENTER FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT (CHJS) BELIEVES.

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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Sport has the ability to help young people heal from trauma and build resilience.

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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.

Our Doers

Meet The Team

Relationships matter both on and off the field. At CHJS, we’re lucky to work with some of the most amazing humans who are innovating and doing the work in this healing-centered sport space.

Armond Richards Trainer

Ivan Ortega Chicago Manager

Kate Thomas Lead Consultant

Chris Reed Director of National Partnerships

David Flynn Co-Founder and Executive Director

Pardeice McGoy Trainer

Adeena Cohen Director of Business Development

Claire Perry Director of Communications

Jillian Green Loughran Director of Strategic Initiatives

Victor Johnson Los Angeles Manager

Alecia Ivery LEAD CONSULTANT AND TRAINER

Pharlone Toussaint Director of External Affairs

Anthony Andino Director of Training

Lauren Kinderknecht Director of Operations and Evaluation

Amy Mummery Trainer

Joe Smith Project Director, SHIFT

Cooper Thompson Trainer

Megan Bartlett Founder

Ethan Barron Lead Consultant

Adrienne Moore Director of Systems Change

Erin Stevenson Grant Writer

Christine Bright Lead Consultant and Trainer
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