ABOUT THE BLACK YOUTH HEALING ARTS CENTER

The Black Youth Healing Arts Center is a safe space in Saint Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood for Black youth to receive healing for their un/under-processed historical trauma. Unearthed historical trauma blocks the potential of full humanity and expression of gifts. The Black Youth Healing Arts Center (BYHAC) provides cultural, ancestral, and innovative processes to healing for Black youth foremost, while creating safe spaces and healing opportunities for youth of color.

 

Current spaces and activities at the BYHAC include an incubator/commercial kitchen, recording studio, ceramics, painting, weaving studio, performance stage, and art gallery. Join us for weekly programming, special events, and classes. To learn more about what's going on at the BYHAC visit our events page.  

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Our goal is for the BYHAC to become a multi-faceted center with cooperative values, residential leaders and services, activities, and training opportunities for Black youth throughout the day. All offerings will have a holistic integrative health/healing focused approach.

 

The BYHAC is designed by youth for youth and will house 16 site leaders as they earn, learn, and prepare to move into the community. Newly housed site leaders will be selected to replace those who graduate to off-site housing. Future plans include creating a therapy dog training center. Out of these services and activities we hope to develop social enterprises to fund The Collective long-term.