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Liberation cannot be controlled.

This is something Ella Baker deeply understood.  

While others sought power, she invested in people, organizing quietly, challenging hierarchy, and building movements that could survive without

We are entering the Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🐎 

Named in the lunar tradition as a time of speed, volatility, courage, and movement that refuses containment. 

Fire Horse years don’t reward careful leadership. They demand i

Today, on the eve of Frederick Douglass’ chosen birth date, we honor a man who understood that freedom was never meant to be solely symbolic, it was meant to be lived. 

Douglass fought for the abolition of slavery with his words, his orga

Reflections for Winter Solstice Season, in the words of our founder AW Shields. 

Swipe through to feel the shadows, the unseen, and the gifts they bring, and the nourishment they offer as we close the year and root into&nbsp

This fall, we had the honor of holding space with the Freedom Community Center (FCC) in St. Louis.
  
FCC is a Black-led organization rooted in dismantling the systems that harm our people and dreaming up what real safety can look like

All year, The Root Wellness Center has been planting seeds of healing. 

Every gathering, every cohort, every ritual has been a reminder that healing is not an individual act. It’s something we do in comm

Earlier this fall, our healer Brianna (she/her) led the National Benevolent Association’s Young Adult Social Service Peer Learning & Wellness Group Retreat in New Orleans. It was a space where care workers and spiritual leaders came togethe

Root work in motion 🌱✨

Last month, our own A.W. Shields and Danielle Sherman joined the @forwardjustice Strategy Center in Chapel Hill, NC for their staff retreat, guiding deep conversations on change, belonging, and collective culture.

Forward

Last month, our Founder and Executive Director AW Shields was honored with the Black SEL Innovative Leadership Community Award, in recognition of her dedication, brilliance, and impact in the field of mental health, healing and community wellness. 🌿

REQUIRED VIEWING: @songsfromthehole is a documentary and a testimony to the power of art, truth-telling, and healing even in the most confined places.  

Through music, memory, and community, James “JJ’88” Jacobs (@jj_eigh

This summer, Root Cause Collective’ s Trauma Recovery Coach Kia Davis, LCSW, led The Cost of Caring: Vicarious Trauma, Moral Injury, and Sustainable Practice @thesentencingproject’s Civic Power Convening in Chicago. 

In a room full

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