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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.

Kate Thomas Lead Consultant

Lauren Kinderknecht Operations and Evaluation Consultant

Christine Bright Lead Consultant and Trainer

Ethan Barron Lead Consultant

Erin Stevenson Grant Writer

David Flynn Co-Founder and Executive Director

Anthony Andino Director of Training

Cooper Thompson Trainer

Megan Bartlett Founder

Pharlone Toussaint Director of External Affairs

Joe Smith Project Director, SHIFT

Amy Mummery Trainer

Claire Perry Director of Communications

Armond Richards Trainer

Chris Reed Director of National Partnerships

Alecia Ivery LEAD CONSULTANT AND TRAINER

Adeena Cohen Director of Business Development

Adrienne Moore Director of Systems Change

Ivan Ortega Chicago Manager

Victor Johnson Los Angeles Manager

Jillian Green Loughran Director of Strategic Initiatives

Pardeice McGoy Trainer